Grant County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Grant County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Grant County WVGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Potomac Highland Roots  Family tree information about families in Potomac Highlands

Adjacent counties

• Garrett County, MD  to the north
• Hampshire County, WV  to the east
• Hardy County, WV  to the southeast
• Mineral County, WV  to the northeast
• Pendleton County, WV  to the south
• Preston County, WV  to the northwest
• Randolph County, WV  to the southwest
• Tucker County, WV  to the west

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

• Biographies of Grant County, WV      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, W. Va.      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Petersburg GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Grant County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Grant County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Grant County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Grant County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (19)

Estate Records

• West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971      (Source: Family History Library)

History (14)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Grant County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Grant County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Grant County, West Virginia     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Grant County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Grant County, WV Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L Old Frederick County, Virginia. The boundaries of old Frederick County today encompass 12 counties: Frederick, Clarke, Warren, Shenandoah and Page counties in Virginia; and Jefferson, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy and Grant counties in West Virginia.

  • OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• POTOMAC-HIGHLANDS-L The Potomac Highlands mailing list is for the discussion of family histories in this area, including migration of our ancestors

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

• WVGRANT-L Grant County genealogy

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

• WVRANDOL-L Discussing of surnames, places, and events in the area of Randolph County, West Virginia including Harrison County (from which it was formed in 1787) and any counties that physically touch its borders (i.e., Barbour, Grant, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Tucker, Upshur, Webster).

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Grant County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Grant County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Grant County Post Offices 
• Grant County Postal Covers      ($)
• Grant County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Grant, Hardy counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Quad List of Petersburg, West Virginia      (Source: Maptech Historical Maps)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Grant County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Grant County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Grant County, West Virginia  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Grant County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Grant County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Grant County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Grant County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Grant County Press  Petersburg, West Virginia     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• Grant County Press  Jan 6, 1944 - Apr 14, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Grant County Press 
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Grant County

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Grant County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Grant County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Virginia--Grant County--Gormania.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• West Virginia--Grant County--Kempton.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Petersburg High School Class of 1946      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Petersburg School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Allegheny Regional Family History Society 
• Grant County Historical and Genealogical Society      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Grant County Historical/Genealogy Society 
• Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (10)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Birth Records 1865-1910, Grant County, WV      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Births 1865-1866      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Grant County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Grant County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage Records 1866-1920, Grant County, WV      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

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