West Virginia Historical Records

West Virginia, a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic U.S., borders Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio. It is the 10th-smallest state by area.

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West Virginia vital records West Virginia, Deaths 5,764,784 records available West Virginia Births, 1853-1921 3,510,513 records available West Virginia Marriages 3,490,300 records available West Virginia, Marriages, 1931 - 1970 57,526 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in West Virginia	West Virginia schools and universities records West Virginia Wesleyan College (Buckhannon, WV), 1908 - 2009 912 records available Birmingham - Southern College (Birmingham, AL), 1914 - 1922 19,753 records available See the entire collection catalog of school and universities records in West Virginia
West Virginia histories, memories and biographies Kentucky. a History of the State 1,117 records available History of Seventh Day Baptists in West Virginia 748 records available History of Ritchie County, West Virginia (1911) 714 records available History of the American Negro And His Institutions, Part 2 686 records available Genealogical And Personal History of the Upper Monongahela Valley, West Virginia, Volume 2 632 records available Myers' History of West Virginia (1915) 507 records available Wesleyan University of West Virginia (Buckhannon, WV), 1906 - 1907 507 records available History of the Dividing Line, And Other Tracts From the Papers of William Byrd of Westover, Virginia, Volume 1 500 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in West Virginia	West Virginia directories, guides and references Kegley's Virginia Frontier 853 records available History of Hampshire County, West Virginia: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present 766 records available History of Hampshire County, West Virginia 774 records records available History of Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory 568 records available Twelve Virginia Counties: Where the Western Migration Began 542 records available History of Pendleton County, West Virginia (1910) 540 records available The History of Barbour County, West Virginia 532 records available History of Pendleton County, West Virginia 532 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in West Virginia
West Virginia land records Dyer's Index To Land Grants in West Virginia, Volume 1 (1896) 958 records available Dyer's Index To Land Grants in West Virginia, Volume 2 (1896) 942 records available See the entire collection catalog of land records in West Virginia	West Virginia military records Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1866, Volume 11 828 records available Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1866, Volume 7 810 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in West Virginia
West Virginia government records Declaration of Naturalization, Ohio Co., West Virginia 600 records available Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1866, Volume 11 828 records available Official Roster of the Soldiers of the State of Ohio In the War of the Rebellion, 1861 - 1866, Volume 7 810 records available See the entire collection catalog of land records in West Virginia	West Virginia immigration & travel records West Virginia Naturalization Records, 1814-1991 61,406 records available See the entire collection catalog of land records in West Virginia
West Virginia newspapers records West Virginia Newspapers, 1930-2009 299,623 records available See the entire collection catalog of land records in West Virginia

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