Marion County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Harrison County, WV  to the south
• Monongalia County, WV  to the north
• Taylor County, WV  to the southeast
• Wetzel County, WV  to the west

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

• History and progress of the county of Marion, West Virginia  1880     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Marion Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Marion County Biography Board      (Source: PA Roots)
• Marion County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Marion County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Marion County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Marion County Jail  1930 Index of Prisoners     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)

Directories

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (38)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Land Records

• Marion County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Marion County Genealogy DataBoards      (Source: PA Roots)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVMARION Marion County genealogy

  • WVMARION Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (16)

Military Records and Histories

• Fairmont, WV  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Marion County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Classic Buildings of Marion County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• Marion County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• The Woman's Club of Fairmont, West Virginia  1916-17     (Source: Genealogy Finds)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Marion County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Fairmont Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• The Fairmont West Virginian.  Fairmont, W. Va., 1904-1974     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Fairmont WV West Virginian      (Source: Old Fulton New York Post Cards)
• Fremont WV West Virginian      (Source: Old Fulton New York Post Cards)
• Historical Fairmont Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Fairmont Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Farimont Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The West Virginian  Fairmont, West Virginia     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Fairmont Coal Company  includes James Leroy (Roy) Shackelford     (Source: West Virginia Coal Mines)
• Historical Postcards of Marion County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marion County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Marion County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Marion County Courthouse 
• Marion County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)

School Records and Histories

• Barrackville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Fairmont School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Fairview School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Farmington School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mannington School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Monongah School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rivesville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Marion County Genealogical Club 
• Marion County Genealogical Club 
• Marion County Historical Society 
• Marion County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (53)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of taxable property in Marion County at time of formation in 1842  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1842-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Marion County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Marion County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Marion County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Marion County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• 1877 Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Marion County Birth Records      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Marion County Births  1861-1862     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Marion County Death Records  1909, 1914 - 1915, 1917 - 1955
• Marion County Marriage Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Marion County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Marion County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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