Brooke County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Brooke County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Brooke County WVGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kay and Maggie's World  of the West Virginia Panhandle

Adjacent counties

• Hancock County, WV  to the north
• Jefferson County, OH  to the west
• Ohio County, WV  to the south
• Washington County, PA  to the east

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

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

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Brooke County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Brooke County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Brooke County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Brooke County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Brooke County, West Virginia Cemeteries No. 1      (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Burial Records of United States Veterans  Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, Volume 1     (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Cemeteries of Brooke County      (Source: Interment.net)
• God's Acre  Bethany, West Virginia     (Source: The Restoration Movement)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (30)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• Telephone Directory of Bellaire, O. - Wheeling, W. Va., 1932  Bridgeport, Martins Ferry and St. Clairsville, O., Beech Bottom, Benwood, Cameron, Elm Grove, Moundsville, Warwood and Woodsdale, W. Va.     (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Wellsburg City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (23)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• West Virginia, Naturalization Records  1814-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991  Brooke County, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

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

• Brooke County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVBROOKE Brooke County genealogy

  • WVBROOKE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Brooke County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• The Brooke County Review  Apr 28, 1994 - Apr 17, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Chronicling America  Brooke County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Newspaper Archive of Brooke News  Wellsburg, West Virginia     (Source: SmallTownPapers)
• Newspaper Archive of The Brooke County Review      (Source: SmallTownPapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Follansbee Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Brooke County
• Wellsburg Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bethany  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Brooke County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Brooke County Courthouse 
• Digital Library of Appalachia  Bethany College
• Historical Postcards of Brooke County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Bethany College  College History, includes catalogs, bulletins, yearbooks, and alumni     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Bethany School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Follansbee School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• A Look Around Bethany College  1840-Present     (Source: The Restoration Movement)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes Bethany College     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wellsburg School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Brooke County Genealogy Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (69)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land tax record: 1798-1851      (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of lands sold for non-payment of taxes: 1853-1906  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of real estate with the county of Brooke sold for the non-payment of taxes: 1875-1877  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of taxable property: 1838, 1844, 1847  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1797-1851  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Road tax: 1836-1840  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax receipts: 1889      (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Brooke County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Brooke County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Brooke County, West Virginia      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Building histories of Brooke County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Erskine Glass Catalog #11      (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Brooke County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Brooke County Birth Records      (Source: USGenWeb West Virginia Archives)
• Brooke County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Brooke County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Brooke County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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