Mason County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Cabell County, WV  to the southwest
• Gallia County, OH  to the west
• Jackson County, WV  to the east
• Meigs County, OH  to the north
• Putnam County, WV  to the southeast

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

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

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Court and Legal Records

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (19)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Land Records

• Mason County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-MetroValley The Metro Valley region

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

• WVMASON Mason County genealogy

  • WVMASON Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Mason County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• The Eleventh Ohio  Point Pleasant, Va.     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Historical Point Pleasant Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Point Pleasant Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Point Pleasant Register  Apr 1, 1986 - Dec 31, 2004     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Point Pleasant register.  Point Pleasant, W. Va., 1909-1939     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Search Point Pleasant Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Weekly Register  Point Pleasant, West Virginia     (Source: Virginia Chronicle Digital Newspaper Archive)
• The weekly register.  Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.], 1862-1909     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Mason Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• New Haven Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes Point Pleasant  Denton, WV     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Point Pleasant Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Point Pleasant Register  Recent obituaries
• Point Pleasant, West Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• Ashton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mason School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Point Pleasant School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Virginia State Hospital For Colored Insane  1930 Index of Inmates     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• West Virginia State Hospital for Colored Insane  1930 Index of Inmates     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)

Societies

• Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter  Point Pleasant     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• KYOWVA Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (80)

Tax Lists

• Fee books, 1804-1881      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Land book, 1804-1900  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• A list of tax tickets delivered: 1875-1880  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1805-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Receipt book: 1864-1879  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax books, 1872-1876  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Early West Virginia Settlers  includes Mason County, West Virginia Marriages, 1806-1915     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Mason County Birth Records      (Source: USGenWeb West Virginia Archives)
• Mason County Death Records  1918 - 1955
• Mason County Marriages  1863-1866     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Mason County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Mason County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Mason County, West Virginia Marriages  1806-1915     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Mason County, West Virginia Marriages  1806-1915     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mason County, West Virginia Marriages, 1806-1915      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Wiki

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

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