Lewis County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Lewis County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lewis County WVGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Roanoke, West Virginia 

Adjacent counties

• Braxton County, WV  to the southwest
• Doddridge County, WV  to the northwest
• Gilmer County, WV  to the west
• Harrison County, WV  to the north
• Upshur County, WV  to the east
• Webster County, WV  to the south

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

• Lewis Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Lewis County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• Weston City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (22)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• West Virginia, Naturalization Records  1814-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991  Lewis 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)
• Lewis County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Lewis County online history resources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Lewis County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)

Land Records

• Lewis County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVLEWIS Lewis County genealogy

  • WVLEWIS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lewis County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Democrat  Weston, West Virginia     (Source: Virginia Chronicle Digital Newspaper Archive)
• The democrat.  Weston, W. Va., 1868-1874     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Historical Weston Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Weston Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Weston Democrat      (Source: Virginia Chronicle Digital Newspaper Archive)
• The Weston Democrat.  Weston, W. Va., 1875-current     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Weston Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Ireland Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Jane Lew Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Lewis County
• Obituary search includes The Weston Democrat      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes Weston Democrat  Weston, WV     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Weston Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

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

Societies

• Hackers Creek Pioneer Descendants 
• Trans-Allegheny Chapter  Weston     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (50)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax books, 1817-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• School tax for Jane Lew township: 1865  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lewis County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Lewis County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Lewis County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Lewis County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

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

Wiki

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

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