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U.S. - West Virginia
Category Index
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Also for West Virginia:
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- AccessGenealogy - West Virginia Genealogy Resource Center
- American Local History Network - West Virginia
- Ancestor Search - West Virginia Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - West Virginia
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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 Ancestry.com - West Virginia Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - West Virginia Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Footnote.com - West Virginia
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription .
- GenealogyBank.com - West Virginia
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription  .
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- West Virginia
- Genealogy in Wyoming Co., West Virginia
- Geneasearch: A Guide to West Virginia Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- G's Adoption Registry - West Virginia
- Kindred Trails - West Virginia Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - West Virginia Research Room
- Looking 4 Kin - West Virginia
- Mid-Atlantic Roots Network
Dedicated to the genealogy, history and culture of the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina and the District of Columbia.
- The Olive Tree Genealogy - West Virginia
- Southeast USA Genealogy
For people interested in genealogy research anywhere in the United States, especially in the Southeast (including the states of Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Missouri, Virginia, Arkansas, Louisiana, Ohio, Maryland, South Carolina, and North Carolina.) A mailing list with corresponding message board, related links, a CD Lookup request page, a free forwarding e-mail address, and a page where researchers can register their relevant surnames.
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - West Virginia
- State of West Virginia - My West Virginia Genealogy
Free genealogical information on records and links fo West Virginia including information on courthouse records, churches, cemeteries, societies, vital records information and much more.
- Surname Navigator USA
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
- USGenWeb - WVGenWeb Project
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 Websites at RootsWeb
- WorldVitalRecords.com - West Virginia in Databases or West Virginia in Titles
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- 50states.com - West Virginia State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- Court Web Sites - West Virginia
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- FindLaw: West Virginia: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- Formation of West Virginia Counties
Illustrated with maps.
- NACo - About Counties - West Virginia
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of West Virginia
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- State of West Virginia
- USA CityLink Project - West Virginia
- West Virginia County Clerk List
- Yahoo! Get Local...West Virginia Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
- Buffalo Creek Disaster
Flood on February 26, 1972 which killed 118 people.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- County Commissioners' Association of West Virginia - Early History of West Virginia Counties
- County History Resources
From the West Virginia State Archives.
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - West Virginia
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- The First American West: The Ohio River Valley, 1750-1820
Consists of 15,000 pages of original historical material documenting the land, peoples, exploration, and transformation of the trans-Appalachian West including Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky & West Virginia from the mid-eighteenth to the early nineteenth century.
- West Virginia Coal Mines
- West Virginia History Timeline
- Yahoo!...History...West Virginia
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- Appalachianfamily Mailing List
Appalachian Mountain Families including families from Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- COALMINERS Mailing List
For anyone whose ancestors were coalminers in the United Kingdom or the United States.
- Melungeon Mailing List
For people conducting Melungeon and/or Appalachian research including Native American, Portuguese, Turkish, Black Dutch, and other unverifiable mixed statements of ancestry or unexplained rumors, with ancestors in TN, KY, VA, NC, SC, GA, AL, WV, and possibly other places.
- OHIO-VALLEY Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the Ohio Valley including the states of Ohio, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.
- SOMGEN-L Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Pennsylvania counties of Somerset, Bedford, Cambria and Fayette; the Maryland counties of Garrett and Allegany; and the border counties in West Virginia.
- VA-WVA-ROOTS-L Mailing List
Virginia and West Virginia.
- WDC-GenWeb Mailing List
For those interested in the World Descendant Charts (WDC) Genealogy Web Project. The WDC specializes in Virginia and West Virginia families.
- WVa-AfriGeneas Mailing List
To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within West Virginia.
- WV-ALHN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in West Virginia.
- WVA Mailing List
- WV-BIO Mailing List
For the discussion of the West Virginia Biographies Project which gathers biographies of West Virginia citizens.
- WV-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List
For the sharing of original West Virginia source material such as wills, deeds, bible records, tax lists, cemetery files, pension applications, obituaries, old letters, marriage lists, etc.
- WVGEN Mailing List
For discussing the creation of a single source for all West Virginia genealogy databases.
- WVPIONEERS Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the "inter-related" mountain pioneers of East Central West Virginia.
- WVWBTSVETS Mailing List
For anyone researching Civil War Veterans, both Confederate and Union, in West Virginia.
- Yahoo! Groups: JoCoKy Reunion 2002
Message board for reunions in Eastern Kentucky and parts of West Virginia.
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - West Virginia
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - West Virginia
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - West Virginia
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - West Virginia
Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
- Color Landform Atlas: West Virginia
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Historic USGS Maps of West Virginia - Image Map
- Historic USGS Maps of West Virginia - Quad Index
- Historic USGS Maps of West Virginia - Town Index
- K.B. Slocum Books and Maps - West Virginia
- Machine Cancel Publications by Richard E. Small
Listings of historic post office locations for sale for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Hawaii, Virginia, West Virginia, the terrritory of Puerto Rico, & more.
- Map of West Virginia Counties
- MapQuest: World Atlas: West Virginia
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - West Virginia Maps
From The University of Texas at Austin.
- RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo
Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
- U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - West Virginia County Selection Map
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - West Virginia
At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - West Virginia
Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.
- 7th West Virginia Cavalry
Formerly the Eighth [West] Virginia Infantry and the Eighth West Virginia Mounted Infantry U.S. Civil War, Union Army, 1861-1865.
- The 7th West Virginia Infantry Homepage
"The voice of the Bloody Seventh".
- 8th Virginia Cavalry -- Wayne County, West Virginia
- 10th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Includes Official Records After Action Reports on battles fought in the 1864 Shenandoah Campaign.
- 16th Virginia Cavalry -- Wayne County, West Virginia
- 36th Virginia Infantry
The 36th Virginia Infantry was organized in the western counties of Virginia, now known as West Virginia.
- The 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Webpage
Regimental history of the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Complete rosters, biographies, and some photos of veterans of this unit. The 39th drew its recruits from the Big Sandy Valley in Eastern Kentucky, and from the adjacent areas of Virginia and West Virginia.
- The 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry Webpage
Contains the regimental history of the 45th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Complete rosters for this unit. The 45th drew its recruits from Eastern Kentucky and West Virginia.
- 45th U.S. Colored Infantry - West Virginia Troops
Little is known about the soldiers and many of their WV Civil War medals remain unclaimed in the WV State Archives.
- Amick's Partisan Rangers
Amick, West Virginia family of Civil War soldiers near Sewell Mountain.
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 Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Carlin's Battery - Battery D, First West Virginia Light Artillery
- The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - West Virginia
- Civil War Battle Summaries by State - West Virginia
- Civil War in West Virginia
- Civil War Rosters - West Virginia
List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
- Civil War Roundtable of Southern West Virginia
- Civil War: West Virginia
The Civil War websites and research of Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
- First West Virginia Cavalry
A comprehensive history of the 1st West Virginia Cavalry, as well as a wealth of information about the soldiers. Relatives are invited to submit bios, photos, genealogies, pension files, etc.
- Fifth West Virginia Cavalry
Formerly the 2nd Infantry. Regimental History Book compiled by Frank S. Reader, 1890.
- History of the Thirteenth Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - West Virginia
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Muster Roll--West Virginia 15th Vol. Infantry
- Third West Virginia Infantry
aka Sixth West Virginia Vets Volunteer Cavalry.
- Twelfth West Virginia Infantry
The "History of the 12th West Virginia Infantry," written in 1892 by William Hewitt, is presented in its entirety, as well as additional information about the regiment and the soldiers.
- USGenWeb Archives: West Virginia: Civil War Files
- USGenWeb Archives: West Virginia: Early Military Files
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - West Virginia
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- West Virginia Civil War Medals
A list of current owners of West Virginia Civil War medals, as well information about the soldiers for whom they were made. A complete history of the medals is provided.
- West Virginia in the Civil War
- West Virginia Military Research
- West Virginia Veterans Memorial Database
Online searchable database of West Virginians who died in 20th Century conflicts.
- WV American Civil War Research Site
Civil War site related to Confederate West Virginia history.
- Yahoo! Groups - 13thWVI - 13th Regiment WV Volunteer Infantry
- ABYZ News Links - West Virginia - Newspapers and News Sources
- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- The Braxton Democrat-Central
Serving Braxton County, West Virginia since 1883.
- Footnote.com - West Virginia Newspapers
Brooke County Review, Brooke News, Farmer's Advocate, Glenville Democrat, Grant County Press, Hinton News, Morgan Messenger, Mountain Messenger, Pennsboro News, Pleasants County Leader, Pocahontas Times, Roane County Reporter, Spirit of Jefferson, Spirit of Jefferson Farmer's Advocate, St. Marys Oracle, Times Record. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspapers - West Virginia
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with fee-based subscription .
- Home Town News - West Virginia
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- NewsDirectory.com: Newspapers: West Virginia
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | West Virginia
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - West Virginia
- NewspaperLinks.com - West Virginia
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: West Virginia
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - West Virginia Newspapers
- The United States Newspaper Program
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - West Virginia Newspapers
- West Virginia Newspapers
- World-newspapers.com - West Virginia Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...West Virginia
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- African American Genealogy Resources: States/West Virginia
From Christine's Genealogy Website.
- African Americans in West Virginia
Selections from the James Randall Collection at the West Virginia State Archives.
- AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in West Virginia
- Don Norman's Family Histories from West Virginia
- EVANS Family
Information on some of the early families connected to Mingo and Logan Counties in West Virginia. Also includes families from Pike and Martin Counties in Kentucky. Site has many old photos. EVANS, HENSLEY, DAVIS, MAYNARD, JEWELL, CURRY, FARLEY, VINSON.
- GEDCOM Index .com - West Virginia
Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.
- Mingo Genealogy
Early families connected to Mingo and Logan Counties in West Virginia and Pike and Martin Counties in Kentucky. Old photos. EVANS, HENSLEY, DAVIS, MAYNARD, JEWELL, CURRY, FARLEY, VINSON.
- Tribes and Villages of West Virginia
- West Virginia Biographies Project
- West Virginia Blacksheep Ancestors
Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
- West Virginia Jewish History & Genealogy
Devoted to the promotion of West Virginia Jewish history, life and genealogy.
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - West Virginia
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - West Virginia
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - West Virginia
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - West Virginia
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in West Virginia or Specializing in West Virginia
- Carpenter Genealogical Services ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
A professional genealogical research group in Salt Lake City specializing in the United States and Western Europe. Our focus is Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Colonial Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, Texas, Missouri, Wyoming, Nebraska and African American/Slavery research and slavery in the South. Western European limited to Germany, Switzerland, France, and the Scandanavian countries. Families of note: WINGET, HATHAWAY, AXTELL, CLUTTER, DOUD, LYTLE, BLEHSCHMIDT, EHMAN, HAGGSTROM.
- Cemetery & Genealogy Photography Service
Cemetery and other genealogy-related photography services for West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, & Washington, DC.
- eXpertGenealogy - Genealogy Professional Genealogist - Virginia & West Virginia
Directory of professional genealogists specializing in Virginia & West Virginia research.
- Genealogy Helplist - West Virginia
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Eastern and Southern United States
Including the states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia.
- Grave Finder's Genealogy Researchers
Genealogy Researchers with over 30 years experience. We have access to records for Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and Oklahoma. We also have access to some of the records for Iowa, Illinois, Ohio and West Virginia. We are available to take pictures of headstones.
- Professional Genealogist & Researcher Julian H. Preisler
Professional genealogy, local history, Jewish research, photography and related research services offered for WV, MD, PA and VA.
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - West Virginia
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
- WV Research Services at the West Virginia & Regional History Collection
Providing research and inexpensive photocopies of early Virginia & West Virginia historical and genealogical documents.
- Cyndi's List Genealogy Bookstore
A categorized list of genealogy research books that looks a lot like my bookshelf at home.
- Amazon.com Genealogy Bookstore - West Virginia
The following are individual book titles of interest for this topic. The book links below point to the Amazon.com bookstore online where you may purchase the book if you wish. These links are provided to bring these published resources to your attention as an aid to your research. Follow the links to books of interest to make note of their title, author, publisher, and ISBN. You might then use this information to obtain the book from your local library or your favorite corner book shop.
- Archive CD Books USA
Digital reproductions (or e-books) of old books, maps, and other rare genealogical material.
- Barbara Green's Used Genealogy Books - West Virginia
- Barnette's Family Tree Books - West Virginia
- Books We Own - West Virginia
Find a book from which you would like a lookup and click on the submitter's code at the end of the entry. Once you find the contact information for the submitter, write them a polite request for a lookup. Be sure to follow the Tips for making a request . See also the Frequently Asked Questions about Copyright page and please also consider reading through: How to Contribute to Books We Own.
- Boyd Publishing Company - West Virginia
See their home page for details on placing an order.
- eBay Listings: Search for West Virginia Genealogy
Online auction service for buying & selling.
- Genealogical.com - West Virginia
The online store of Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. & Clearfield Company.
- Heritage Books: West Virginia
- Higginson Book Company - West Virginia
- History of the American Negro
West Virginia edition, ed. by A.B. Caldwell, 1923; "This collection of biographies of prominent Negro men and women of West Virginia is Volume VII of the Biographical History of the American Negro. It does not include all the important men and women of the race in the State, but it does include many of the noblest and best."
- Hollyhock Press
Publisher of genealogical books covering the region of Bath, Highland, Augusta and Pocahontas Counties, Virginia and West Virginia.
- Iberian Publishing Company's Online Catalog
Specializing in reference works for genealogists and historians researching the Virginias and other Southeastern U.S. States circa. 1650 - 1850.
- Mountain Heritage Books
New and used books mainly about West Virginia and surrounding states dealing family histories, county histories, and related books.
- Mountain Press - West Virginia
Free Surname Search for many West Virginia genealogy books. Information available for many counties on wills, deeds, marriages, deaths, civil war, census, tax list, military as well as many maps.
- Picton Press - West Virginia
- Quintin Publications | West Virginia
- SK Publications Census CDs and Books - West Virginia
- West Virginia Book Company
- WVBooks.com - "Tommie Sewell" The Memories and Writings of Harold David Somerville - Volumes I, II and III
Early pioneer settlers in West Virignia of Jackson, Wirt and Wood Counties.
- Ye Olde Genealogie Shoppe Books - Virginia & West Virginia
- Ancestry.com - Message Boards - West Virginia
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 RootsWeb Surname List - RSL West Virginia
The RSL and this form concept & design are courtesy of Karen Isaacson
- SE USA Genealogy Forum on About.com
This forum is primarily for genealogy discussion/research involving the Southeast USA states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia). Post your southern surnames, air your views on issues, ask questions, share research tips or photos, tell us about your personal genealogy site and join in our fun games and contests.
- West Virginia Surname Researchers
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- AccessGenealogy - West Virginia Census Records
Census links for online census research.
- African American Census Schedules Online | West Virginia
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Censuses
Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription:
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- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Ancestry.com - West Virginia Census, 1860-90
Searchable database available by subscription.
- Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - West Virginia
- HeritageQuest - US Federal Census Schedules Available on Microfilm
Digitized images of the complete US Census from 1790 to 1930 for sale on microfilm.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com
Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Before the Needles - West Virginia
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in West Virginia. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- County Courthouse Addresses
- Deed Data Pool
Downloadable deed files for Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia & West Virginia.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Records Room: West Virginia Counties, United States
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestry.com - Obituary Collection
Searchable databases available by subscription. A compilation of obituaries published in newspapers, collected from various online sources.
- ObitsArchive.com - West Virginia
The largest and most comprehensive collection of newspaper obituaries and death notices in the United States. Each obituary or death notice is indexed by the name of the deceased person, to make searching easier and more precise. In addition, the text of each obituary or death notice is searchable, making it easy to find just what you're looking for using a place of residence, occupation, names of family members, or other personal information.
- The Obituary Link Page - West Virginia Obituary Links
Also includes links to cemetery resources.
- USGenWeb Archives
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