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
• Shenandoah Valley Black Heritage Project 

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

• Genealogy of Some Early Families  in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, West Virginia     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Genealogy of Some Early Families in Grant and Pleasant Districts, Preston County, W. Va.      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Grant County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Grant County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Grant County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• 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 (16)

Court and Legal Records

• Grant County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Estate Records

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

History (13)

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

Land Records

• Grant County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Grant County West Virginia Genealogy      (Source: Facebook)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• OLD-FREDERICK-CO-VA 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 Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

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

  • POTOMAC-HIGHLANDS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVGRANT Grant County genealogy

  • WVGRANT Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVRANDOL 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 Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Grant County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Grant County Post Offices 
• Grant County Postal Covers      ($)
• Grant County, West Virginia 1911 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Grant, Hardy counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Individual County Chronologies  Grant County     (Source: The Newberry Library)

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: FamilySearch)
  • 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)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Grant County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Grant County Press  Jan 6, 1944 - Apr 14, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Newspaper Archive of Grant County Press      (Source: SmallTownPapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Basagic Funeral Homes  Franklin and Petersburg, West Virginia
• Grant County Press 
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Grant County
• Petersburg Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Grant County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Grant County Courthouse 
• Grant County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Grant County, Gormania  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Grant County, Kempton  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Grant County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

School Records and Histories

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

Societies

• Allegheny Regional Family History Society 
• Grant County Historical/Genealogy Society 
• Shenandoah Valley Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (11)

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

• 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)

Wiki

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

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