Wayne County, West Virginia:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Boyd County, KY  to the west
• Cabell County, WV  to the northeast
• Lawrence County, KY  to the west
• Lawrence County, OH  to the north
• Lincoln County, WV  to the east
• Martin County, KY  to the southwest
• Mingo County, WV  to the southeast

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

• Big Sandy Valley      (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Big Sandy Valley  A History of the People And Country From the Earliest Settlement To the Present Time (1887)     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• The Big Sandy Valley  A History of the People and Country     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Wayne Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Wayne County Biographies      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wayne County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Wayne County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Wayne County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Directories

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

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (26)

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

Land Records

• Wayne County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-MetroValley The Metro Valley region

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

• WVWAYNE Wayne County genealogy

  • WVWAYNE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Ceredo advance      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Ceredo crescent      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Ceredo Crescent      (Source: Virginia Chronicle Digital Newspaper Archive)
• Ceredo Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• Chronicling America  Wayne County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Ceredo Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Ceredo Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Wayne County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Ceredo Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Kenova Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Wayne Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Wayne, West Virginia Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• Crum School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The History of Education in Wayne County, WV      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kenova School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wayne School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• KYOWVA Genealogical Society 
• Midland Trail Genealogical Society 
• Wayne County Genealogical and Historical Society 
• Westmoreland Chapter  Ceredo     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (23)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1842-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• 1866-1870 Marriages      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wayne County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Wayne County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Wayne County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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