Gilmer County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Gilmer Co., WV, Genealogy and History      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Gilmer County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Gilmer County WVGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Braxton County, WV  to the southeast
• Calhoun County, WV  to the west
• Doddridge County, WV  to the north
• Lewis County, WV  to the east
• Ritchie County, WV  to the northwest

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

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

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (20)

Court and Legal Records

• Gilmer County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Gilmer County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Gilmer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Gilmer County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971      (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1985  includes Gilmer County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History

• Gilmer County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Gilmer County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Gilmer County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• Gilmer County, West Virginia      (Source: LandmarkHunter.com)
• Gilmer 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

  • History of Cedarville Community      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
  • Glenville, West Virginia      (Source: The West Virginia Encyclopedia)
  • History of Sinking Creek Community      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)

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

  • Gilmer County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Gilmer County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• West Virginia, Naturalization Records  1814-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991  Gilmer County, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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: FamilySearch)
• Gilmer County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Gilmer County online history resources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Gilmer County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)

Land Records

• Gilmer County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Gilmer County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Library Directory for Gilmer County, West Virginia      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Gilmer County, West Virginia     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVGILMER Gilmer County genealogy

  • WVGILMER Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Calhoun, Gilmer, Braxton, Lewis, Upshur counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Gilmer County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Gilmer County Post Offices 
• Gilmer County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Gilmer County Postal Covers      ($)
• Gilmer County, West Virginia 1911 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Individual County Chronologies  Gilmer County     (Source: The Newberry Library)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Gilmer County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• The Glenville Democrat  Mar 2, 1978 - Apr 16, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Newspaper Archive of The Glenville Democrat      (Source: SmallTownPapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Glenville Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Gilmer County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Gilmer County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

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

Societies

• Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (13)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1845-1850  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Gilmer County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Gilmer County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Gilmer County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Gilmer County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Gilmer County Birth Records  1816, 1824, 1840, 1853 - 1859, 1861 - 1929
• Gilmer County Death Records  1853 - 1854, 1856, 1858 - 1859, 1861 - 1863, 1865 - 1873, 1875 - 1876, 1878 - 1893, 1895 - 1899, 1901 - 1969
• Gilmer County Deaths  1853-1854     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Gilmer County Marriage Records  1845 - 1847, 1849 - 1969
• Gilmer County Marriages  1863-1873     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Gilmer County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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