Morgan County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Allegany County, MD  to the west
• Berkeley County, WV  to the east
• Frederick County, VA  to the south
• Hampshire County, WV  to the southwest
• Washington County, MD  to the north

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

• Biographies of Morgan County, WV      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Morgan Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Morgan County Biographies 
• Morgan County GEDCOM Index 
• Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and Their Descendants  A History of Frederick County, Virginia from Its Formation in 1738 to 1908. Compiled Mainly from Original Records of Old Frederick County, Now Hampshire, Berkeley, Shenandoah, Jefferson, Hardy, Clarke, Warren, Morgan and Frederick     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (30)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Morgan County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

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

History (16)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of West Virginia locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: Family History Library)
• Morgan County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Morgan County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Morgan County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Morgan County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Morgan County, West Virginia Public Records      (Source: Public Records Search)
• Morgan Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• Morgan Public Records Resources & Searches      (Source: RecordsBase.com)

Land Records

• 1774-1781 Rent Rolls      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Virginia Land Records  includes Some Notes on Berkeley Springs, W. Va.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Morgan County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Morgan 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)

• WVMORGAN-L Morgan County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (18)

Military Records and Histories

• 1840 US Federal Census of Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Morgan County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Morgan County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Morgan County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Hancock Battle Summary  1862     (Source: American Battlefield Protection Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Morgan County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Morgan County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Morgan Messenger  Berkeley, West Virginia     (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• The Morgan Messenger  Jan 2, 1980 - Apr 16, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Berkeley Springs, West Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Herald-Mail Online      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Morgan County - Miscellaneous Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• The Morgan Messenger  Select "Obituaries" from the menu on the left
• The Morgan Messenger      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Morgan County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Morgan County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Morgan County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Morgan County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Allegheny Regional Family History Society 
• Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society 
• West Virginia Repositories & Historical Societies  Morgan County     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Ye Towne of Bath Chapter  Berkeley Springs     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (28)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists (Virginia)  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Morgan County Death Records  1916 - 1955
• Morgan County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Morgan County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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