Boone County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Boone County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Boone County WVGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Boone County, West Virginia Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Kanawha County, WV  to the northeast
• Lincoln County, WV  to the west
• Logan County, WV  to the southwest
• Raleigh County, WV  to the east
• Wyoming County, WV  to the south

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Boone Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Boone County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Boone County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Boone County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Boone County Cemeteries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Boone County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Boone County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Cemeteries of Boone County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Whitesville, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

• Boone County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Boone County Jail  1930 Index of Prisoners     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Boone County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Boone County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Boone County, West Virginia Wills Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971      (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985  includes Boone County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (15)

Introduction and Guides

• Boone County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Boone County online history resources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Boone County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Cyndi's List of West Virginia locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Boone County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Boone County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Boone County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• A Guide to West Virginia County Records on Microfilm  Boone County     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Library Directory for Boone County, West Virginia      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Boone County, West Virginia     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-MetroValley The Metro Valley region

  • WV-MetroValley Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVBOONE Boone County genealogy

  • WVBOONE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Boone County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Boone County Post Offices 
• Boone County Postal Covers      ($)
• Boone County, West Virginia 1911 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Individual County Chronologies  Boone County     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Putnam, Kanawha, Boone counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)

Military Records and Histories

• 1890 Veterans Census      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Boone County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Boone County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Boone County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Boone County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Classic Buildings of Boone County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)

Newspaper Records

• Boone County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Boone County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Danville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Madison, West Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Boone County
• Obituary search includes Coal Valley News  Madison, WV     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The Coal Valley News  Madison, WV     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Whitesville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Boone County Courthouse 
• Boone County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Boone County, Racine  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Boone County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Danville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Madison School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Seth School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Van School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Boone County Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (18)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1847-1854  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Boone County  Geological Survey Commission, 1915     (Source: Google Books)
• Boone County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Building histories of Boone County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• The National Coal Heritage Area 
• Patents  Boone County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Soil Survey of Boone County, West Virginia  1915     (Source: Google Books)

Vital Records

• Boone County Death Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Boone County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Boone County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

• Boone County, West Virginia Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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