Webster County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Braxton County, WV  to the northwest
• Greenbrier County, WV  to the south
• Lewis County, WV  to the north
• Nicholas County, WV  to the southwest
• Pocahontas County, WV  to the southeast
• Randolph County, WV  to the east
• Upshur County, WV  to the north

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

• Biographies of Webster County, WV      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)
• Webster County Biographies 
• Webster County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Allen Cogar Cemetery, Webster County, West Virgnia      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Cemeteries of Webster County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Isaac Gregory Cemetery 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Webster County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Webster County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Webster County Cemeteris      (Source: I Dream of Genealogy)
• Webster County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Webster County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

Estate Records

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

History (12)

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)
• Webster County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Webster County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Webster County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Webster County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Webster County, West Virginia Public Records      (Source: Public Records Search)
• Webster Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• Webster Public Records Resources & Searches      (Source: RecordsBase.com)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• 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)

• WVWEBSTE-L Webster County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Webster County     (Source: Family History Library)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

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

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Camden on Gauley      (Source: Touring Turn-of-the-Century America)
• Coal Miner's Photos  includes Earl Nicholson and James Robinson     (Source: West Virginia Coal Mines)
• Historical Postcards of Webster County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants 
• Webster County Historical Society 
• West Virginia Repositories & Historical Societies  Webster County     (Source: Wayback Machine)

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

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Webster County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Patents  Webster County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Webster County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• West Virginia Geological Survey  Webster County And Portion of Mingo District, Randolph County, South of Valley Fork of Elk River, 1920     (Source: Google Books)

Vital Records

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

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