This West Virginia state page of our website provides direct links to major databases and historical titles found on West Virginia genealogy and history, whether they exist on our site, or across the web.
Black West Virginia Genealogy
West Virginia Cemeteries
West Virginia Census Records
West Virginia Court Records
West Virginia Genealogy
West Virginia County Genealogy and Histories
United States Genealogy
USGenWeb Project
Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, Wyoming
American History and Genealogy Project
Gilmer, Jackson, Kanawha, McDowell, Pendleton
West Virginia Military Records
- Military Records
- West Virginia Forts
List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902. - Dunmore’s War Rosters
The only rosters preserved of the companies which were in the battle of Point Pleasant, or arrived with Colonel Christian in the evening after it had been fought and won. Also included, a list of defenders of the frontier in 1774, that did NOT participate in the Battle of Point Pleasant. - Revolutionary War Records
- Civil War Records
- West Virginia Civil War Battlefield Map
- Civil War Pensions Index Cards
Each card gives the soldier’s name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier’s rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
- World War I Records
- World War II Records
- World War II Casualties – Army – Army Air Corps
- Colorado Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
- Korean War Casualty List
- Vietnam War Casualty List
West Virginia Native American Records
- West Virginia Indian Tribes
- Current Federally Recognized Indian Tribes by State
- List of Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
- State Recognized Tribes
West Virginia Newspapers
- Wood County, WV Obits 1841-1875
- Wood County, WV Obits 1876-1885
- Wood County, WV Obits 1886-1890
- Wood County WV Obits 1896-1900 Volume 1
- Wood County WV Obits 1896-1900 Volume 2