Greenbrier County, West Virginia:
Family History & Genealogy, Census, Birth, Marriage, Death Vital Records & More

Home > USA > West Virginia > Greenbrier County

Please, add your favorite Website(s) to this page!

Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Alleghany County, VA  to the southeast
• Bath County, VA  to the east
• Fayette County, WV  to the west
• Monroe County, WV  to the south
• Nicholas County, WV  to the northwest
• Pocahontas County, WV  to the northwest
• Summers County, WV  to the southwest
• Webster County, WV  to the north

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

• Early West Virginia Settlers  includes Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Greenbrier Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Greenbrier County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes      (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Greenbrier Pioneers and Their Homes      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Greenbrier [W. Va.] Pioneers and Their Homes      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Greenbrier County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Greenbrier County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Confederate Cemetery      (Source: Cemetery Photographs)
• Greenbrier County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Greenbrier County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Greenbrier County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Greenbrier Valley Graveyards 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• West Virginia Cemeteries  includes Greenbrier County     (Source: Cemeteries Photographed)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Lewisburg, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Greenbrier County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Greenbrier County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

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

History (27)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Greenbrier County Migrations Project 

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

Land Records

• Greenbri.gz  1774-1858 Greenbrier patents (Neighborhoods)     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Greenbrier County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Index to 1774-1858 Greenbrier patents (Neighborhoods)      (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Whanger.gz  Whanger related deeds     (Source: Deed Data Pool)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-SOUTHERN Southern West Virginia

  • WV-SOUTHERN Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVGREENB Greenbrier County genealogy

  • WVGREENB Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Greenbrier County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Greenbrier County Post Offices 
• Greenbrier County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Greenbrier County Postal Covers      ($)
• Greenbrier County Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Greenbrier County, West Virginia 1911 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Individual County Chronologies  Greenbrier County     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Pocohontas, Greenbrier counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Greenbrier County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Greenbrier County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Greenbrier County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Early Settlers in Greenbrier County  Extracts from the Journal of Dr. Thomas Walker     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Greenbrier County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Virginia Valley Records  Genealogical and Historical Materials of Rockingham County, Virginia and Related Regions     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Newspaper Records (12)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Alderson Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Frankford Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Lewisburg Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Mountain Messenger 
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Greenbrier County
• Obituary search includes Mountain Messenger, Lewisburg      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rainelle Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Ronceverte Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• White Sulphur Springs Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Greenbrier County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Greenbrier County Courthouse 
• Historical Postcards of Greenbrier County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lewisburg  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• White Sulphur Springs      (Source: Detroit Publishing Company)

School Records and Histories

• Alderson School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Charmco School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lewisburg School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rainelle School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Smoot School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Greenbrier Historical Society 
• Greenbrier Historical Society 
• Greenbrier Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Greenbrier Historical Society & North House Museum  Lewisburg, West Virginia     (Source: Facebook)
• Midland Trail Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (148)

Tax Lists

• The "1790" & "1800" Tax Lists      (Source: Virginia Tax Lists)
• 1810 Personal Property      (Source: Virginia Tax Lists)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1782-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

Please, add your favorite Website(s) to this page!

This page and its subpages contain 333 links.