Wood County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Parkersburg Nostalgic Gazette 
• Wood County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wood County WVGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Wood County, WV Genealogy      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Athens County, OH  to the northeast
• Jackson County, WV  to the south
• Meigs County, OH  to the west
• Pleasants County, WV  to the northeast
• Ritchie County, WV  to the east
• Washington County, OH  to the north
• Wirt County, WV  to the southeast

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

• Sketches of Wood County  1878     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Wood Co, West Virginia, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Wood County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)

Cemeteries

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

Census Records and Indexes (27)

Court and Legal Records

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

Directories

• The Book of Marietta, 1906  including Williamstown, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Ohio River Directory, 1871-72  includes Parkersburgh     (Source: Google Books)
• Parkersburg City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

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

History (33)

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

Land Records

• Wood County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• The Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Genealogy and Local History  Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library
• Library Directory for Wood County, West Virginia      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Parkersburg West Virginia Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Wood County, West Virginia     (Source: Find My Past)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wood County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Wood County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVWOOD Wood County genealogy

  • WVWOOD Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (19)

Military Records and Histories

• 1840 US Federal Census of Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Wood County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Wood County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Wood County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Wood County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records (10)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The News Center WTAP 
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Wood County
• Obituary search includes Parkersburg News  Parkersburg, WV     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The Parkersburg News/Sentinel      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Parkersburg Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Parkersburg News and Sentinel 
• Vienna Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Wood County, West Virginia Death Notices Collection      (Source: Genealogy Buff)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Eatons  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Wood County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Parkersburg  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Wood County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Wood County Courthouse 
• Wood County History Photography & Scenery  The History of Wood County, Parkersburg, & Early West Virginia
• Wood County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)

School Records and Histories

• Emerson Grade School, Parkersburg WV abt 1933      (Source: Family Old Photos)
• New Era One Room School      (Source: Facebook)
• Parkersburg School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Vienna School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Williamstown School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Wood County Historical and Preservation Society 
• Wood County Historical and Preservation Society      (Source: Facebook)
• Wood County Historical and Preservation Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (128)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Personal property tax lists, 1801-1850  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Wood County Death Records  1917 - 1955
• Wood County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

Wiki

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

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