Roane County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Calhoun County, WV  to the east
• Clay County, WV  to the southeast
• Jackson County, WV  to the west
• Kanawha County, WV  to the south
• Wirt County, WV  to the north

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

• Early West Virginia Settlers  includes Roane County, West Virginia Families     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Lockhart's Central West Virginia Genealogy 
• Roane Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Roane County Biography Board      (Source: PA Roots)
• Roane County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Roane County, West Virginia Families  Excerpted from History of Roane County, West Virginia from the Time of Its Exploration to A.D. 1927     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Roane County, West Virginia Families      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Roane County, West Virginia Families  Excerpted from History of Roane County, West Virginia from the Time of Its Exploration to A.D. 1927     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (18)

Court and Legal Records

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 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 Roane County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (14)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Land Records

• Roane County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy Collection  Roane County Public Library
• Library Directory for Roane County, West Virginia      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Roane County, West Virginia     (Source: Find My Past)
• Roane County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• VA-Jackson-Roane Discussions of the families of the Roane and Jackson counties area of Virginia (now West Virginia)

  • VA-Jackson-Roane Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVROANE Roane County genealogy

  • WVROANE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Roane County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Newspaper Archive of Roane County Reporter      (Source: SmallTownPapers)
• Newspaper Archive of The Times Record  Spencer, West Virginia     (Source: SmallTownPapers)
• Roane County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Roane County Reporter  Jan 2, 1930 - Dec 4, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Times Record  Mar 14, 1940 - Dec 11, 2008     (Source: Google News Archive)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Roane County Genealogy Project Obituary Board      (Source: PA Roots)
• Spencer Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Roane County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Roane County Courthouse 

School Records and Histories

• Spencer School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Walton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Roane County Historical Society 
• Roane County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (45)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Roane County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Roane County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Roane County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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