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West Virginia - Established Jun 20, 1863 - State Capital: Charleston

West Virginia

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257 free genealogy resources for researching family history and records in West Virginia:

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Abraham Lincoln, lawyer
Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography
Archive.org
Biographical Review
Dictionary of National Biography Vol. 1-63 and supplements
Directory of Open Access Journals
History and progress of the county of Marion, West Virginia from its earliest settlement by the whites down to the present, together with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens
History of Tucker County, West Virginia from the earliest explorations and settlements to the present time with biographical sketches of more than two hundred and fifty of the leading men, and a full appendix of official and electional history also, an account of the rivers, forests and caves of the county
History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley Counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson and Clarke their early settlement and progress to the present time, geological features, a description of their historic and interesting localities, cities, towns and villages, portraits of some of the prominent men, and biographies of many of the representative citizens
History or record of the decendants sic of Peter Stump of Hampshire County, West Virginia, whose exact date and place of birth in sic unknown with a biographical sketch of some of the decendants sic, who number up in the thousands, which has continued through 3 centuries
Jews in America
Library of Congress
Midwest Genealogy Center suggested links
NARA Archival Research Catalog
Perkins Research Biographical Sketches
The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy
Who's Who in America
William Benson of Barbour County, West Virginia
William Corder of Barbour County, West Virginia
Your Ancestors Magazine
Cemetery Records (6) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Census Records (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Church Records (5) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Immigration Records (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
African-American Collections
Chinese Heritage (National Archives)
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
FindMyPast
Leonard Passenger Arrivals, Atlantic & Gulf Ports, 1820-1874
Markings on the Manifest's Left Margin
On the Trail of the Immigrant
Passengers and immigrants to America
The Great Migration - Colonial America
Where to find passenger lists
Local Histories (43) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
A History of Preston County, West Virginia
A history of Jefferson County, West Virginia
A history of Monroe County, West Virginia
American Association for State and Local History
American Library Association (ALA)
Annals of southwest Virginia, 1769-1800
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Archive.org
Biographical Review
Chronicles of old Berkeley a narrative history of a Virginia County from its beginnings to 1926
Chronicling America
Colonial families of the United States of America, Vol. VI
Cornell Making of America Digital Library
FamilySearch
Historic Map Works
History and progress of the county of Marion, West Virginia from its earliest settlement by the whites down to the present, together with biographical sketches of its most prominent citizens
History of Braxton County and central West Virginia
History of Fayette County, West Virginia
History of Hampshire County, West Virginia from its earliest settlement to the present
History of Hampshire County, West Virginia from its earliest settlement to the present
History of Harrison County, West Virginia
History of Preston County (West Virginia)
History of Tucker County, West Virginia from the earliest explorations and settlements to the present time with biographical sketches of more than two hundred and fifty of the leading men, and a full appendix of official and electional history also, an account of the rivers, forests and caves of the county
History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley Counties of Frederick, Berkeley, Jefferson and Clarke their early settlement and progress to the present time, geological features, a description of their historic and interesting localities, cities, towns and villages, portraits of some of the prominent men, and biographies of many of the representative citizens
History or record of the decendants sic of Peter Stump of Hampshire County, West Virginia, whose exact date and place of birth in sic unknown with a biographical sketch of some of the decendants sic, who number up in the thousands, which has continued through 3 centuries
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Internet Public Library: History
JSTOR Journals and Books online
Library of Congress
Life on the Frontier for the Williams Family
Map of the United States in 1800
Midwest Genealogy Center suggested links
Pardons by the President final report of the names of persons who lived in Alabama, Virginia, West Virginia, or Georgia, were engaged in rebellion and pardoned by the President, Andrew Johnson
Resources of south-west Virginia showing the mineral deposits of iron, coal, zinc, copper and lead, also the staples of the various counties, methods of transportation, access, etc.
Sims index to land grants in West Virginia
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The 175th anniversary of the formation of Monongalia County, West Virginia and other relative historical data
The Dyer settlement, the Fort Seybert massacre Fort Seybert, West Virginia
The Washingtons and their colonial homes in West Virginia
The history of Barbour County, West Virginia from its earliest exploration and settlement to the present time
Western History Association
Your Ancestors Magazine
Maps (10) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Marriage Records (1) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Military Records (26) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Native American (7) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Newspapers (11) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Photos & Illustrations (7) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
Vital Records (4) --- CLICK TO EXPAND ---
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American History & Genealogy
A godchild of Washington a picture of the past
Abraham Lincoln, lawyer
American Ancestors Jewish Heritage Center
American Association for State and Local History
American Catholic Historical Society
American Historical Association
American Jewish Historical Society
American Studies Electronic Crossroads
Archival and Manuscript Repositories in the United States
Civil War Soldiers Index 1861-1865
Coastal Georgia Genealogical Society
Colonial Daughters of the Seventeenth Century
Cumberland County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants
Curt Teich Postcard Archives Digital Collection
Emigrants from Scotland to America, 1774-1775 copied from a loose bundle of Treasury papers in the Public Record Office, London, England
Facts about the Civil War
Famous Mayflower Descendants
Final Rolls of the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory
Freedman's Bank Records, 1865-1871
FultonHistory online newspapers and postcards
Genealogy, A Journal of American Ancestry
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790
Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790. Records of the state enumerations, 1782 to 1785
History Channel
History of Pike County, Illinois
History of Science Society
History, Genealogy, and Archives: Databases and E-Resources
Internet Public Library: History
Latin American Network Information Center
Linkpendium's State by State Search Engine
Lost amid the fogs sketches of life in Newfoundland, England's ancient colony
National Archives and Records Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
Native American Genealogy Books for Sale
Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture
Organization of American Historians
Portraits of Native American Indians
Ray's Place - New England Genealogy and much more
Registers of the Huguenot Society of America
Society of American Archivists
Soldiers of the Civil War
Southern Historical Association
Souvenir of the centennial anniversary of Washington's inauguration, April 30, 1789, as first president of the United States the birth of the American republic with the program of ceremonies
The American Monthly Magazine
The narrative of Colonel David Fanning (A Tory in the Revolutionary war with Great Britain), giving an account of his adventures in North Carolina from 1775 to 1783
Twenty Years among our hostile Indians
U.S. Navy Personnel Research Guide
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
Veterans History Project
Western History Association
WorldConnect
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