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West Virginia Genealogical Research Sources
West Virginia Genealogical Research Sources
compiled by GFARebella
These are sources that I have gathered from publications, speakers, and from people in the Mid-Atlantic SIG.
Bear in mind when researching West Virginia, that it was part of Virginia until 1863. If you have ancestors in the state before then, you might check with the Virginia sources.
CENSUS RECORDS:
Population Schedules.
Indexed - (1810-1860 see Virginia; 1870)
Industry and Agriculture Schedules.
1850, 1860 see Virginia; 1870, 1880
Mortality Schedules.
Same as Industry and Agriculture.
Slave Schedules.
1850, 1860 see Virginia.
Union Veterans Schedules.
1890
HISTORICAL & GENEALOGICAL SOCIETIES, ARCHIVES & LIBRARIES:
Kanawa Valley Genealogical Society
PO Box 8765
So. Charleston, WV 25303
KYOWVA Genealogical Society
PO Box 1254
Huntington, WV 25715
Lincoln County Genealogical Society
PO Box 92
Griffithsville, WV 25521
Logan County Genealogical Society
PO Box 783
Logan, WV 25601
Marion County Genealogical Club
Fairview, WV 26570
Ritchie County Historical Society
200 S. Church St.
Harrisville, WV 26362
West Augusta Historical and Genealogical Society
118-11th St.
Parkersburg, WV 26101
Wheeling Area Genealogical Society
2237 Marshall Ave.
Wheeling, WV 26003
Archives and History Library
Division of Culture and History
Cultural Center, Capitol Complex
Charleston, WV 25305
West Virgina Historical Society
(Same address as Archives and History Library)
West Virginia and Regional History Collection
West Virginia University Library
Colson Hall
Morgantown, WV 26506
West Virginia Genealogical Society
PO Box 172
Elkview, WV 25071
BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS:
For Birth and Death.
Births and deaths begin January 1920; marriages January 1964. For marriages prior to 1964, write to the County Clerk of the county where the marriage license was issued.
Division of Vital Statistics
Department of Health
Charleston, WV 25305
(304) 558-2931
COUNTY ADDRESSES:
Barbour (formed in 1843 from Harrison / Lewis / Randolph counties)
PO Box 301
Philippi WV 26416
Berkeley (formed in 1772 from Frederick Co. VA)
100 W. King St
Martinsburg WV 25401
Boone (formed 1847 from Kanawha / Cabell / Logan counties)
Madison 25130
Braxton (formed 1836 from Lewis / Nicholas counties)
PO Box 486
Sutton WV 26601
Brooke (formed 1797 from Ohio county)
PO Box 272
Wellsburg WV 26070
Cabell (formed 1809 from Kanawha county)
Huntington WV 25701
Calhoun (formed 1856 from Gilmer county)
Grantsville WV 26147
Clay (formed 1858 from Braxton / Nicholas / Kanawha counties)
Clay WV 25043
Doddridge (formed 1831 from Harrison / Tyler / Ritchie / Lewis counties)
West Union WV 26456
Fayette (formed 1831 from Logan / Nicholas / Greenbrier / Kanawha counties)
Fayetteville WV 25840
Gilmer (formed 1845 from Lewis / Kanawha counties)
Glenville WV 26351
Grant (formed 1866 from Hardy county)
5 Highland Ave
Petersburg WV 26847
Greenbrier (formed 1778 from Montgomery, VA / Botetourt, VA counties)
PO Box 506
Lewisburg WV 24901
Hampshire (formed 1754 from Frederick, VA / Augusta, VA counties)
Romney WV 26757
Hancock (formed 1848 from Brooke county)
102 N Court St.
New Cumberland WV 26047
Hardy (formed 1786 from Hampshire county)
PO Box 540
Moorefield WV 26836
Harrison (formed 1784 from Monongalia county)
301 W. Main
Clarksburg WV 26301
Jackson (formed 1831 from Mason / Wood / Kanawha counties)
Ripley WV 25271
Jefferson (formed 1801 from Berkeley county)
Charles Town WV 25414
Kanawha (formed 1788 form Greebrier / Montgomery counties)
PO Box 3226
Charleston WV 25332
Lewis (formed 1816 from Harrison county)
PO Box 87
Weston WV 26452
Lincoln (formed 1867 - 1869 from Boone / Cabell / Logan / Kanawha / Wayne counties)
Hamlin WV 25523
Logan (formed 1824 from Giles, VA / Cabell / Tazewell, VA / Kanawha counties)
Logan WV 25601
Marion (formed 1842 from Monongalia / Harrison counties)
Fairmont WV 26554
Marshall (formed 1835 form Ohio county)
PO Box 459
Moundsville WV 26041
Mason (formed 1804 from Kanawha county)
Point Pleasant WV 25550
McDowell (formed 1858 from Tazewell, VA county)
PO Box 967
Welch WV 24801
Mercer (formed 1837 from Giles, VA / Tazewell, VA counties)
Princeton WV 24740
Mineral (formed 1866 from Hampshire county)
PO Box 250
Keyser WV 26726
Mingo (formed 1895 from Logan county)
PO Box 1197
Williamson WV 25661
Monongalia (formed 1776 from the District of West Augusta, VA.)
Morgantown WV 26505
Monroe (formed 1799 from Greenbrier county)
Union WV 24983
Morgan (formed 1820 from Berkeley / Hampshire counties)
Fairfax St.
Berkeley Springs WV 25411
Nicholas (formed 1818 from Greenbrier / Kanawha / Randolph counties)
Summersville WV 26651
Ohio (formed 1776 from the District of West Augusta, VA)
City County Building
Wheeling WV 26003
Pendleton (formed 1788 from Augusta, VA / Hardy / Rockingham, VA counties)
Franklin WV 26807
Pleasants (formed 1851 from Wood / Tyler / Ritchie counties)
St. Marys WV 26170
Pocahontas (formed 1821 from Bath, VA / Randolph / Pendleton counties)
900 C 10th Ave
Marlinton WV 24954
Preston (formed 1818 from Monongalia county)
101 W. Main
Kingwood WV 26537
Putnam (formed 1848 from Kanawha / Cabell / Mason counties)
PO Box 508
Winfield WV 25213
Raleigh (formed 1850 from Fayette county)
Beckley WV 25801
Randolph (formed 1787 from Harrison county)
Elkins WV 26241
Ritchie (formed 1842 from Harrison / Lewis / Wood counties)
Harrisville WV 26362
Roane (formed 1856 from Kanawha / Calhoun / Jackson counties)
Spencer WV 25276
Summers (formed 1871 from Fayette / Mercer / Greenbrier / Monroe counties)
PO Box 97
Hinton WV 25951
Taylor (formed 1844 from Harrison / Barbour / Marion counties)
Grafton WV 26354
Tucker (formed 1856 from Randolph county)
Parsons WV 26287
Tyler (formed 1814 from Ohio county)
PO Box 66
Middlebourne WV 26149
Upshur (formed 1851 from Randolph / Lewis / Barbour counties)
Buckhannon WV 26201
Wayne (formed 1842 from Cabell county)
Wayne WV 25570
Webster (formed 1860 from Nicholas / Braxton / Randolph counties)
Webster Springs WV 26268
Wetzel (formed 1846 from Tyler county)
PO Box 156
New Martinsville WV 26155
Wirt (formed 1848 from Wood / Jackson counties)
PO Box 53
Elizabeth WV 26143
Wood (formed 1798 from Harrison county)
Parkersburg WV 26101
Wyoming (formed 1850 from Logan county)
PO Box 309
Pineville WV 24874
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