Braxton County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Braxton County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Braxton County WVGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Braxton County WVGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Calhoun County, WV  to the west
• Clay County, WV  to the southwest
• Gilmer County, WV  to the northwest
• Lewis County, WV  to the northeast
• Nicholas County, WV  to the south
• Webster County, WV  to the east

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

• Braxton Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Braxton County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Braxton County, WV Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Braxton County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Braxton County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Braxton County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Braxton County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Cemeteries of Braxton County      (Source: Interment.net)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Taylor Family Cemetery      (Source: Graveyards & Gravestones)
• West Virginia Cemeteries  includes Braxton County     (Source: Cemeteries Photographed)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Court and Legal Records

• Braxton County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Braxton County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (23)

Introduction and Guides

• Braxton County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Braxton County online history resources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Braxton 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

• Braxton County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

• Braxton County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVBRAXTO Braxton County genealogy

  • WVBRAXTO Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Braxton County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Braxton County Post Offices 
• Braxton County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Braxton County Postal Covers      ($)
• Braxton County, West Virginia 1911 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Calhoun, Gilmer, Braxton, Lewis, Upshur counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Individual County Chronologies  Braxton County     (Source: The Newberry Library)

Military Records and Histories

• 1840 US Federal Census of Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Braxton County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Braxton County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Braxton County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Archeological Test Excavations at the Bulltown Civil War Site, Braxton County, West Virginia      (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Braxton Citizens' News  Nov 8, 2005 - Apr 14, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Chronicling America  Braxton County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Newspaper Archive of Braxton Citizens News      (Source: SmallTownPapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Braxton Citizens' News 
• Braxton County - Miscellaneous Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Flatwoods Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Gassaway Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Braxton County
• Obituary search includes Braxton Citizen's News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sutton Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Braxton County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Braxton County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Braxton County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sutton      (Source: Detroit Publishing Company)

School Records and Histories

• Realities of Rural School Reform  1995     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Sutton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (19)

Tax Lists

• Delinquent land sold for taxes: 1865-1886  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land book, 1836-1900  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1836-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax records, 1844-1845  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Taxable persons, property and subjects: 1866, 1868  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Braxton County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Braxton County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Braxton County, West Virginia      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Building histories of Braxton County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Braxton County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Braxton County Birth Records      (Source: USGenWeb West Virginia Archives)
• Braxton County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Braxton County Marriage Licenses  1836-1845     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Braxton County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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