West Virginia Genealogy

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• West Virginia African American Genealogy

  • African American Cemetery Records

  • African American Census Records

• West Virginia Cemetery Records

• West Virginia Census Records

• West Virginia County Map

• West Virginia Forts
  List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.

• West Virginia Genealogy Lookups

• Military Records

  • Dunmore's War Rosters
    The only rosters preserved of the companies which were in the battle of Point Pleasant, or arrived with Colonel Christian in the evening after it had been fought and won. Also included, a list of defenders of the frontier in 1774, that did NOT participate in the Battle of Point Pleasant.

  • Revolutionary War 
    • 1840 Pensioners Database
  • Civil War Records 
    • West Virginia Civil War Battlefield Map
    • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
      Each card gives the soldier's name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier's rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
  • World War I Records 
  • World War II Records 
    • West Virginia Army - Army Air Corps World War II Casualty List
    • Colorado Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
  • Korean War Casualty List
  • Vietnam War Casualty List
• West Virginia Native American Records
• West Virginia Vital Records
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• Alumni Lists
  • Cabell Co: Marshall University Class of 1978, Huntington, West Virginia
  • Grant Co: Petersburg High School Class of 1946
  • Harrison Co: 1958 Senior Class, Salem College
  • Harrison Co: Salem: 1955 Graduating Class, Salem High School
  • Jefferson Co: Alumni List for Powhatan College, 1910
  • Jefferson Co: Charles Town High School Class of 1921, Charles Town, West Virginia
  • Mingo Co: Lenore High School Class of 1974, Lenore, West Virginia
  • Mingo Co: Lenore High School Faculty and Staff 1974, Lenore, West Virginia
  • Mingo Co: Lenore Junior & Senior High School, 1974 Underclassmen, Lenore, West Virginia
• Birth Records
  • Grant Co: Birth Records 1865-1910, Grant County, WV
• Cemetery Records
  • Berkeley Co: Cemetery around the Tomahawk Presbyterian Church 1806 - 2001
  • Fayette County: Mount Hope: MacDonald Cemetery
  •  Jackson Co: Fisher Cemetery
  • Jackson Co: Miller Cemetery
  • Kanawha Co: Foster Cemetery, Kanawha County, West Virginia
  • Kanawha Co: Mt. Hope Cemetery, Dawes Mountain, Kanawha County, West Virginia
  • Marion Co: Boggess Cemetery, Fairmont, West Virginia
  • Marion Co: Fairmont City Cemetery, Fairmont, WV
  • Marion Co: Freeland Cemetery, Marion County, West Virginia
  • Marion Co: Gilboa Cemetery, Marion County, West Virginia (also known as Gilbor Cemetery)
  • Marion Co: Fairmont City Cemetery
  • Nicholas Co: Cemetery on Penn Frame's property
  • Nicholas Co: Frame and Justice Families in Birch River Cemetery
  • Ward Surname, Cemetery Listings
  • Webster Co: Allen Cogar Cemetery, Webster County, West Virginia
  • Wood County: Elizabeth: Slate Chapel Cemetery Inscriptions
• Census Records
  • Gregory Surname Census records
  • Summers Co: 1880 Census - LEFTWICH Surname
• Church Records
  • Monongalia Co: Baptism Records for 1822-1886, First Presbyterian Church, Morgantown, WV
• Death Records
  • Cabell Co: Death Record for Adam Oliver Kelley, Cabell, WV, 1945
• Marriage Records
  • Grant Co: Marriage Records 1866-1920, Grant County, WV
  • Mingo County Marriages
• Military Records
  • Jefferson Co: Memorial to Confederate Soldiers, Elmwood Cemetery, Shepherdstown WV
• Obituaries
  • Mercer Co: WV Mercer County Bluefield Daily Telegraph Obits - June-Sept. 2007
• Professional, Society, Religious Groups
  • Harrison Co: Simpson Creek Baptist Church, 1944 Membership, Bridgeport, West Virginia
  • Jefferson Co: Knights of Pythias, Jefferson WV, 1928

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Cemetery Records
West Virginia Cemetery Readings, 1941

Census - Other Federal Census
West Virginia Census, 1860-90

Directories - City Directories
Wheeling, West Virginia Directories, 1888-93

History
Brooke County, West Virginia History to 1882
Ritchie County, West Virginia History
West Virginia History, Vol. 1
West Virginia History, Vol. 2
West Virginia History, Vol. 3

Military - Civil War Records
West Virginia 5th Cavalry Roster

Newspaper Records
Bluefield Daily Telegraph (Bluefield, West Virginia)
Charleston Daily Mail, The (Charleston, West Virginia)
Daily Telegraph, The (Bluefield, West Virginia)

Surnames - Biographies
West Virginia Prominent Men

Vital Records
Raleigh County, West Virginia Birth Records, 1853-75

Vitals - Birth Records
Fayette County, West Virginia Births, 1881-87
Fayette County, West Virginia Births, 1888-93
Fayette county, West Virginia, births, 1866-1880

Vitals - Marriage Records
West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900
West Virginia Marriages, ???

Additional Free West Virginia Genealogy

United States Genealogy

• West Virginia Genealogy

United States GenWeb Project

• West Virginia USGenWeb

Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, Wyoming

American History and Genealogy Project

• West Virginia History and Genealogy

Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, McDowell