Raleigh County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Boone County, WV  to the west
• Fayette County, WV  to the north
• Kanawha County, WV  to the north
• Mercer County, WV  to the south
• Summers County, WV  to the east
• Wyoming County, WV  to the southwest

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

• Raleigh Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Raleigh County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Raleigh County, West Virginia, Biographies      (Source: U.S. Biographies Project)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Church Records

• U.S. Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970  includes Montcoal, West Virginia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Raleigh County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

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

History (27)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Land Records

• Raleigh County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

• Raleigh 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)

• WVRALEIG Raleigh County genealogy

  • WVRALEIG Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Individual County Chronologies  Raleigh County     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Raleigh County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Raleigh County Post Offices 
• Raleigh County Postal Covers      ($)
• Raleigh County, West Virginia 1911 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)
• Raleigh, Mercer, Summers, Monroe counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)

Military Records and Histories

• 1890 Special Schedule  Surviving Soldiers, Sailors, and Marines, and Widows, etc.
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Raleigh County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Beckley Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Beckley Post-Herald (Beckley, West Virginia)  1930-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Raleigh County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Beckley Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Post-Herald And Register (Beckley, West Virginia)  1953-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Raleigh Register (Beckley, West Virginia)  1910-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Raleigh County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marfork Mine      (Source: West Virginia Coal Mines)
• Miners at Edwight, WV      (Source: West Virginia Coal Mines)
• Raleigh County Courthouse 
• West Virginia Mine Photos  Jim Humphrey, Rodney Williams & Colbert Bailey     (Source: West Virginia Coal Mines)

School Records and Histories

• Beckley School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Bradley School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• History of Woodrow Wilson High School  Beckley, West Virginia
• Montcoal School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sophia School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Captain James Allen Chapter  Beckley     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Raleigh County Historical Society 
• Raleigh County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (30)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry (10)

Vital Records

• Raleigh County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Raleigh County Marriages  1863-1870     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Raleigh County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Raleigh County Marriages  1850-1911
• Raleigh County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Raleigh County, West Virginia Birth Records, 1853-1875      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

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

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