United States Resources: West Virginia

    West Virginia quilt square based on Maggie Malone's 1,001 Patchwork Designs

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • West Virginia Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

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  • West Virginia Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-wv: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "West Virginia--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-wv: Where to write for West Virginia vital records, West Virginia genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check West Virginia Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.

    Other West Virginia Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other West Virginia Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium West Virginia County Links
  • West Virginia Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - West Virginia
  • The West Virginia GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • A Guide to West Virginia Genealogy Resources from GeneaSearch
  • The West Virginia Genealogy Guide

    General Resources

  • West Virginia Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: West Virginia
  • LDS Research Outline for West Virginia
  • West Virginia Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: West Virginia
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Index of Fatalities in West Virginia Coal Mines 1883-1925
  • Don Norman's 700 West Virginia families
  • West Virginia Histories Homepage
  • West Virginia Memory Project
  • Histories of Railroads in West Virginia
  • Early History of West Virginia Counties
  • Census Online: West Virginia
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of West Virginia
  • West Virginia Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • West Virginia Biographies Project
  • West Virginia HistoryJournal
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • Genealogy Helplist
  • Ghost Towns of West Virginia
  • West Virginia Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Lincoln Highway
  • WSAZ: The First 50 Years Huntington-Charleston
  • A History of the Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory, 1906
  • West Virginia Postal History
  • West Virginia Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • History of Route 40 and the National Road

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • West Virginia State Archives
  • Appalachian Collection
  • A Guide to the Local History and Genealogy Holdings, Marshall University
  • Pricketts Fort

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • West Virginia Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Marshall County Cemeteries
  • Pleasants County Cemeteries
  • Wetzel County Cemeteries

    Ethnic and Religious

  • History of the Cherokee
  • Delaware History
  • Erie History
  • Shawnee History

    Local History and Information

  • Barbour County Genealogical Notes
  • A History of Brooke County
  • History of Charleston
  • Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants
  • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
  • Prehistory and History of the Kanawha River Basin
  • Matewan History
  • McDowell County, WV
  • Family trees of the first settlers of Monroe County
  • Nutter Fort History
  • City of Philippi - History
  • West Virginia Biographies: Raleigh County
  • Kids Dig Reed - Reed Farmstead Archaeological Site
  • The Snake Den Mill
  • Summersville

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of West Virginia locations
  • West Virginia from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • West Virginia Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • The Civil War in West Virginia
  • West Virginia in the Civil War
  • Calhoun County In The Civil War
  • Marshall County Military Page Message Boards
    • Civil War, West Virginia RootsWeb
    • West Virginia in the Civil War wvcivilwar.com
  • Civil War Sites in West Virginia
  • West Virginia Civil War Map of Battles
  • Union Regimental Index: West Virginia
  • West Virginia Union Militia in the Civil War
  • West Virginia Soldiers Aboard the 1865 Sultana
  • First Regiment West Virginia Vol. Cavalry Company "C"
  • The First West Virginia Infantry
  • Company A, 1st West Virginia Infantry
  • 4th West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
  • 2nd West Virginia Volunteer Cavalry, U.S.
  • Company A, 5th West Virginia Cavalry
  • Company D, 5th West Virginia Cavalry
  • Company F, 5th West Virginia Cavalry
  • Company G, 5th West Virginia Cavalry Plummer Guards
  • 6th West Virginia Cavalry
  • The 7th West Virginia Cavalry
  • The Twelfth West Virginia Infantry
  • 13th Regiment West Virginia Volunteer Infantry
  • Muster Roll -- West Virginia 15th Volunteer Infantry
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from West Virginia

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • West Virginia Historical Society
    • Quarterly (Articles in text, no pictures)
  • Mining Your History Foundation A Statewide Genealogy and Local History Society for "Almost Heaven" West Virginia

      Ethnic and Religious

    • The Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society

      Lineage

    • West Virginia State Society Daughters of the American Revolution
      • Westmoreland Chapter - Ceredo
      • Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter - Point Pleasant
      • Pack Horse Ford Chapter - Shepherdstown
      • Shriver/Stewart Camp 1810 - Morgantown
    • Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War 1861-1865 West Virginia Department
    • Department of Maryland - Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War includes West Virginia
    • Virginia Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (includes West Virginia)

      Railroad

    • Chesapeake and Ohio Historical Society
    • Collis P. Huntington Railroad History Society - National Railway Historical Society

      Special Interest

    • West Virginia Archeological Society

      Regional

    • Allegheny Regional Family History Society
    • KYOWVA Genealogical Society Lawrence and Boyd Counties, Kentucky; Lawrence and Gallia Counties, Ohio; Cabell, Wayne, Lincoln, and Mason Counties, West Virginia

      Local

    • Berkeley County Historical Society
    • Boone County Genealogical Society
    • Brooke County Genealogical Society
    • Calhoun County, WV Historical & Genealogical Society
    • The Greenbrier Historical Society
    • Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants
    • Harrison County Genealogy Society
    • Kanawha Valley Genealogy Society
    • LIncoln County Genealogical Society
    • Marion County Genealogical Club
    • Marshall County, WV Historical Society
    • The Virtual Marshall County, WV Genealogy Society
    • McDowell County Historical Society
    • Ritchie County Historical Society
    • Sissonville Historical Society
    • Taylor County Historical and Genealogical Society
    • Tyler County Heritage and Historical Society
    • The Upper Vandalia Historical Society Putnam County
    • Upshur County Historical Society
    • The Genealogical Society of Wayne County, West Virginia
    • Webster County Historical Society
    • Wetzel County Genealogical Society
    • Wheeling Area Genealogical Society
    • Wyoming County Genealogical Society

    Vital Records

  • West Virginia Vital Research Records
  • West Virginia Birth and Death Certificates West Virginia Health Statistics Center
  • West Virginia Vital Records from VitalChek
  • West Virginia Vital Records Information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Higginson Book Company
  • Iberian Publishing Company
  • Picton Press
  • SK Publications West Virginia Census Books and CDs
  • West Virginia Histories Bookstore
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