Cabell County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Gallia County, OH  to the north
• Lawrence County, OH  to the northwest
• Lincoln County, WV  to the southeast
• Mason County, WV  to the northeast
• Putnam County, WV  to the east
• Wayne County, WV  to the southwest

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

• Cabell Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Cabell County Annals and Families      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cabell County Annals and Families      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Cabell County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Early West Virginia Settlers  includes Cabell County Annals and Families     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• Cabell County, West Virginia City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Huntington City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Cabell County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Green Bottom Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Cabell County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

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

History (49)

Introduction and Guides

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

• Cabell County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land Grants and Deeds      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-MetroValley The Metro Valley region

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

• WVCABELL Cabell County genealogy

  • WVCABELL Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• 1840 US Federal Census of Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Cabell County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Guyandotte, WV  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Cabell County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Cabell County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Chronicling America  Cabell County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Huntington Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Huntington advertiser      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• The Huntington argus      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Huntington Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Huntington independent      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Search Huntington Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Socialist and labor star  Huntington, West Virginia     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Barboursville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• The Herald-Dispatch  Recent obituaries
• Huntington Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Huntington, West Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Milton Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Cabell County
• Obituary search includes Herald-Dispatch  Huntington, WV     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The Herald-Dispatch  Huntington     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• Barboursville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Huntington High School  Class of 1927     (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Huntington School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lesage School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Milton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. School Catalogs, 1765-1935  includes Marshall College, Huntington     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Barboursville Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Border Rangers Chapter 2580  Barboursville     (Source: United Daughters of the Confederacy)
• Buford Chapter  Huntington     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• KYOWVA Genealogical Society 
• Kyowva Genealogy and Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Midland Trail Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (78)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1809-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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