Ohio County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Archiving Wheeling 
• Kay and Maggie's World  of the West Virginia Panhandle
• Ohio County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ohio County WVGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Belmont County, OH  to the west
• Brooke County, WV  to the north
• Jefferson County, OH  to the northwest
• Marshall County, WV  to the south
• Washington County, PA  to the east

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

• History of Greater Wheeling and vicinity  Vol. II, 1912     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Ohio Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Ohio County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Ohio County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Burial Records of United States Veterans  Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, Volume 1     (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Mt. Wood Cemetery 
• Ohio County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Ohio County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Ohio County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• West Library Cemetery      (Source: Cemetery Photographs)

Census Records and Indexes (30)

Court and Legal Records

• The County Court for the District of West Augusta, Virginia  Held at Augusta Town, near Washington, Pennsylvania, 1776-1777     (Source: PA's Past)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Ohio County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Minute (or Order) Book of the Virginia Court  Held for Ohio County, Virginia, 1777-1780     (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Ohio County (West Virginia) Index, Volume 11  Card Index to all Ohio County Courts' Case Files     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Ohio County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Ohio County Jail  1930 Index of Prisoners     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)
• Records of the district of West Augusta, Ohio County, and Yohogania County, Virginia  District of West Augusta, minutes of the court (1775-1776), deeds (1775-1776); Ohio County, minutes of the court (1777-1780); Yohogania County, minutes of the court (1776-1780), wills (1776-1780)     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania  Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1775 - 1780     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Virginia Court Records in Southwestern Pennsylvania  Records of the District of West Augusta and Ohio and Yohogania Counties, Virginia 1775-1780     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Directories

• Ohio River Directory, 1871-72  includes Wheeling     (Source: Google Books)
• Telephone Directory of Bellaire, Bridgeport, Martins Ferry, St. Clairsville, Ohio, 1934  Benwood, Elm Grove, McMechen, Moundsville, Warwood, Wheeling, Woodsdale, W. Va. and West Alexander, Pa.     (Source: The Digital Shoebox Project)
• Wheeling City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wheeling Directories  1888-93     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (48)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Declaration of Naturalization, Ohio Co., West Virginia      (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

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

Land Records

• Ohio County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (11)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Wheeling Area Genealogical Society Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-WAGS Wheeling Area Genealogical Society

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

• WVOHIO Ohio County genealogy

  • WVOHIO Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Ohio County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Ohio County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Wheeling, WV  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (27)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Ohio County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Ohio County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ohio County Courthouse 
• West Liberty  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Wheeling  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Warwood School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Liberty School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wheeling School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• The Wheeling Area Genealogical Society 
• Wheeling Celtic Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (241)

Tax Lists

• The "1790" & "1800" Tax Lists      (Source: Virginia Tax Lists)
• Appraisers records, 1904-1926  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1811-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax records, 1814-1875  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Wheeling Personal property tax lists, 1838-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Ohio County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb West Virginia Archives)
• Ohio County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Ohio County Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Ohio County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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