McDowell County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• McDowell County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• McDowell County, WV      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Buchanan County, VA  to the southwest
• Mercer County, WV  to the east
• Mingo County, WV  to the northwest
• Tazewell County, VA  to the south
• Wyoming County, WV  to the north

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

• The Big Sandy Valley  A History of the People and Country     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• McDowell Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• McDowell County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records

• Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935  includes McDowell County, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

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

Estate Records

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

History (41)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Land Records

• McDowell County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

• McDowell 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)

• WVMCDOWE McDowell County genealogy

  • WVMCDOWE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  McDowell County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  McDowell County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Keystone Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• McDowell County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• McDowell progress      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• The McDowell times  Keystone, West Virginia     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Search Keystone Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Kimball Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Northfork Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in McDowell County
• War Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Welch Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of McDowell County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• McDowell County Courthouse 
• McDowell County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• McDowell County, Capels  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• McDowell County, Maitland  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• McDowell County, Marine  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• McDowell County, Mohegan  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• McDowell County, Twin Branch  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• McDowell County, Welch  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Gary School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Iaeger School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Northfork School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Welch School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Coalwood WV Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• McDowell County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

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

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of McDowell County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• McDowell County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• The National Coal Heritage Area 
• Patents  McDowell County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Welch Municipal Airport (I25)  Welch, West Virginia     (Source: Abandoned & Little-Known Airfields)
• William O. Trevey Glass Slide Collection  Documents the daily lives and labor of coal miners, primarily in the New River Coal Fields of southern West Virginia, at the turn of the Twentieth Century     (Source: Radford University Digital Collections)
• Willis W. Vail Glass Slide Collection  Employed primarily as a surveyor in the years 1890-1896, Willis W. Vail (1868-1951) documented through photography the towns and scenery of the New River Gorge mining companies, especially in Raleigh, Fayette, and McDowell Counties     (Source: Radford University Digital Collections)

Vital Records

• McDowell County Death Records  1906 - 1907, 1915 - 1955
• McDowell County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• McDowell County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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