Statewide resources, West Virginia:
Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More

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Projects

• West Virginia      (Source: Open Genealogy)
• West Virginia ALHN 
• West Virginia and History      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• West Virginia Genealogy  WVGenWeb Project     (Source: USGenWeb)
• West Virginia History & Genealogy      (Source: U.S. Genealogy Express)
• West Virginia Memory Project 
• West Virginia Trails History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• West Virginia Trails to the Past      (Source: Trails to the Past)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (13)

Cemeteries

• Grave Locations Of Restoration Movement Leaders In West Virginia      (Source: The Restoration Movement)
• West Virginia African American Cemeteries      (Source: African American Cemeteries Online)
• West Virginia Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• West Virginia Cemetery Directory  D'Addezio.com
• West Virginia Cemetery Preservation Association 
• West Virginia Cemetery Readings, 1941      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in West Virginia

  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Court and Legal Records

• Black Sheep Ancestors  Directory of Links for Prison and Convict Records, Court Records, Executions, Famous Outlaws, Criminals & Bandits
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Statewide County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• West Virginia City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Virginia City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• West Virginia Directory of Industries  1922     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

• West Virginia Estate Settlements      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Virginia Estate Settlements  to 1850     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• West Virginia Will Books  1756-1971     (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• African Ancestry in West Virginia 
• Indian Tribes of West Virginia      (Source: AccessGenealogy)
• Tribes and Villages of West Virginia 
• U. S. African American Griots      (Source: USGenWeb)
• West Virginia Jewish History & Genealogy 

• WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in West Virginia

  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in West Virginia

  • WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-NA-TRIBES-L WV-NA-Tribes list is for researching the Native American Indian tribes of West Virginia, predominately Cherokee and Delaware, Allegheny nation

  • WV-NA-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-NA-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-NA-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-NA-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-NA-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-NA-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

History (19)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• U.S. Naturalization Records - Original Documents, 1795-1972  includes West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Virginia Immigration & Naturalization Project      (Source: USGenWeb)
• West Virginia Migrations Project 
• West Virginia Naturalization & Citizenship Records and Substitutes      (Source: Olive Tree Genealogy)
• West Virginia Naturalization Records  1814-1991     (Source: Family History Library)

Introduction and Guides (16)

Land Records

• Land Office Grants, Searchable  Select "Virginia Land Office Patents and Grants" database     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Sims Index to Land Grants in West Virginia      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• West Virginia County Land Ownership Maps, Indexed  1860-1918     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (12)

Lookups

• Obituary Lookup Volunteers 
• Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness 
• West Virginia Family History Research      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)
• West Virginia Free Genealogy Look Ups      (Source: GeneaSearch)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Five Civilized Tribes Genealogy Forum  Texas, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, the Virginias, the Carolinas and the Deep South
• Looking 4 Kin Genealogy and Family History  West Virginia
• West Virginia Genealogy Message Board  Ancestor Explorer

• OHIO-VALLEY-L Ohio Valley Genealogy

  • OHIO-VALLEY-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • OHIO-VALLEY-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • OHIO-VALLEY-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-CW-UNCLAIMED-MEDALS-L Finding family members to claim their West Virginia Civil War Soldier's Unclaimed Medals

  • WV-CW-UNCLAIMED-MEDALS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-CW-UNCLAIMED-MEDALS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-CW-UNCLAIMED-MEDALS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Native American Cemeteries in West Virginia

  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-CEMETERIES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Indian Tribes that lived, or traveled in West Virginia

  • WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-INDIAN-TRIBES-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVA-L West Virginia Genealogy

  • WVA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WVA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WVA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (36)

Military Records and Histories (55)

Miscellaneous Data (12)

Newspaper Records

• Centennial newspaper exhibition, 1876  List of West Virginia newspapers     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives  West Virginia     (Source: GenDisasters)
• Historical West Virginia Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Old West Virginia Genealogy, History & News      (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)
• Personal...But Polite  Newspaper Extracts of Personal Columns
• Search West Virginia Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Directory of West Virginia Funeral Homes 
• National Hall of Records  The National Repository for Online Obituaries
• Obituaries 101  Links to newspapers with obituaries
• West Virginia Funeral Homes 
• West Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: ObituariesHelp.org)
• West Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• West Virginia Obituaries      (Source: ObitCity.com)
• West Virginia Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)

• WV-OBITS-L Obituaries from West Virginia

  • WV-OBITS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-OBITS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-OBITS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Land Office Grants, Searchable      (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• USGenNet West Virginia Site Search      (Source: USGenNet)
• USGenWeb Search 
• Vital Records Search  West Virginia Division of Culture and History
• West Virginia Obituary Search      (Source: ObitsArchive.com)
• West Virginia USGenWeb Archives Search      (Source: USGenWeb Archives)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• West Virginia Slavery      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)

Societies (10)

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

• Blanton Family Historians 
• Gregory Surname Census records      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Ward Surname, Cemetery Listings      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Tax Lists

• U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, West Virginia  1862-1866     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Transportation and Industry

• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• West Virginia  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• West Virginia Coal Mining      (Source: USGenWeb)
• West Virginia Dye Industry 

Vital Records (15)

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