Summers County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Summers County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Summers County WVGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Summers County WVGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Fayette County, WV  to the north
• Giles County, VA  to the south
• Greenbrier County, WV  to the northeast
• Mercer County, WV  to the southwest
• Monroe County, WV  to the southeast
• Raleigh County, WV  to the west

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

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

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Summers County, West Virginia      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Foley Cemetery  Pipestem State Park     (Source: Graveyards & Gravestones)
• Hill Cemetery  Pipestem State Park     (Source: Graveyards & Gravestones)
• Law Cemetery  Pipestem State Park     (Source: Graveyards & Gravestones)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Summers County  West Virginia Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Summers County Cemeteris      (Source: I Dream of Genealogy)
• Summers County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Summers County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes

• Summers Co. Census Records      (Source: Census Online)
• Summers County Federal Census Index      (Source: us-census.org)

• 1880

  • 1880 Federal Census  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1890

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Summers County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • 1890 Veterans Schedules  Summers County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• 1900

  • 1900 Federal Census  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • United States Census, 1900  Summers County     (Source: FamilySearch)

• 1910

  • 1910 Federal Census  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1920

  • 1920 Federal Census  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)

• 1930

  • 1930 Federal Census  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • Summers County on Reel 2555      (Source: Internet Archive)

• 1940

  • 1940 Federal Census  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
  • National Archives Official 1940 Census Website  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: U. S. National Archives & Records Administration)

Court and Legal Records

• Summers County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Summers County Jail  1930 Index of Prisoners     (Source: Blacksheep Ancestors)

Estate Records

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

History (25)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Land Records

• Index to 1784-1862 Summers patents (Neighborhoods)      (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Summers County Deeds and Indexes  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Summers.gz  1784-1862 Summers patents (Neighborhoods)     (Source: Deed Data Pool)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Campbell Flannagan Murrell House Museum  Hinton, West Virginia     (Source: Facebook)
• Campbell-Flannagan-Murrell House Museum  Hinton, West Virginia
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Library Directory for Summers County, West Virginia      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: Find My Past)
• Summers County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Summers County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Summers County, West Virginia Books from Heritage Books      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-SOUTHERN Southern West Virginia

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

• WVSUMMER Summers County genealogy

  • WVSUMMER Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Hinton Sanborn Maps      (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Individual County Chronologies  Summers County     (Source: The Newberry Library)
• Names of various places      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Raleigh, Mercer, Summers, Monroe counties  1873     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Summers County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Summers County Post Offices 
• Summers County Postal Covers      ($)
• Summers County, West Virginia 1911 Map      (Source: My Genealogy Hound)

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Summers County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Summers County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• The Hinton News  Jan 6, 2004 - Apr 14, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Newspaper Archive of Hinton Daily News      (Source: SmallTownPapers)
• Newspaper Archive of The Hinton News      (Source: SmallTownPapers)
• Newspaper Archive of The Leader  Hinton, West Virginia     (Source: SmallTownPapers)
• Summers County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Hinton Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Pivont Funeral Home  Hinton, West Virginia

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Hinton      (Source: Detroit Publishing Company)
• Historical Postcards of Summers County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Summers County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Summers County Courthouse 

School Records and Histories

• Hinton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sandstone School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Summers County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Summers County WV Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (14)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Summers County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• The National Coal Heritage Area 
• Patents  Summers County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• Summers County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Summers County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Summers County, West Virginia      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• West Virginia Geological Survey  Raleigh County and the Western Portions of Mercer and Summers Counties, 1916     (Source: Google Books)

Vital Records

• 1871-1883 Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Summers County Death Records  1908, 1917 - 1955
• Summers County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Summers County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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