Clay County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Braxton County, WV  to the northeast
• Calhoun County, WV  to the north
• Fayette County, WV  to the south
• Kanawha County, WV  to the west
• Nicholas County, WV  to the southeast
• Roane County, WV  to the northwest

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

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

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Court and Legal Records

• Clay 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 Clay County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History

• Clay County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Clay County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Clay County, West Virginia      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• Clay County, West Virginia      (Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia)
• National Register of Historic Places      (Source: National Register of Historic Places)

• Churches and Other Religious Institutions

  • Primitive Baptist Churches  Church and Family History Assistance     (Source: The Primitive Baptist Library of Carthage)

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Clay, West Virginia      (Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia)
  • Widen, West Virginia      (Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia)

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Clay County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Clay Courthouse, WV Coal Train Engine Explodes, Nov 1909      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Clay, WV truck wreck, Aug 1933      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Swandale, WV Man Crushed By Logs, Mar 1954      (Source: GenDisasters)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Clay County West Virginia Circiuit Court Petitions for Naturalization  1906 and after     (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• West Virginia, Naturalization Records  1814-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991  Clay County, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

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

• Clay County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVCLAY Clay County genealogy

  • WVCLAY Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Clay County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Clay County Free Press 
• Clay County, West Virginia Obituary Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• Clay Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Clay County Courthouse 
• Clay County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Historical Postcards of Clay County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

• Clay School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Clay WV Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (11)

Tax Lists

• Delinquent tax list, 1861-1902  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Clay County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Clay County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Clay County, West Virginia      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Clay County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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