Calhoun County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Braxton County, WV  to the southeast
• Clay County, WV  to the south
• Gilmer County, WV  to the east
• Ritchie County, WV  to the north
• Roane County, WV  to the west
• Wirt County, WV  to the northwest

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

• Calhoun County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (17)

Court and Legal Records

• Calhoun County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

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

History (14)

Introduction and Guides

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

• Calhoun County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVCALHOU Calhoun County genealogy

  • WVCALHOU Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Calhoun County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• The Calhoun chronicle  Grantsville, West Virginia     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Calhoun Chronicle  Grantsville, West Virginia     (Source: Virginia Chronicle Digital Newspaper Archive)
• Chronicling America  Calhoun County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Grantsville Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Historical Grantsville Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Grantsville Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Arnoldsburg Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• The Calhoun Chronicle  Obituaries since 2001
• Grantsville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Hur Herald  Local News, Calhoun County, West Virginia

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Calhoun County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Calhoun County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Calhoun County Historical and Genealogical Society 
• Calhoun County West Virginia Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (15)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Calhoun County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Calhoun County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Calhoun County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Calhoun County Birth Records  1855 - 1858, 1863, 1865 - 1929
• Calhoun County Death Records  1855 - 1859, 1864 - 1867, 1891 - 1969
• Calhoun County Marriage Records  1856 - 1969
• Calhoun County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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