West Virginia Genealogy

This detailed guide to genealogical sources and resources in West Virginia covers what records to look for what is available and where it can be found. From the large to the small it identifies records on the state and regional level and then county level (county by county) providing details of vital records Bible records church records cemetery records newspapers naturalizations military records county and regional records census records (including special schedules indexes and census substitutes) land records maps and city directories. Also included is a detailed bibliography of West Virginia genealogical sources--again statewide regional and countywide. Also there are appendices with: (1) a complete inventory of the Historical Records Survey Archives on microfilm and (2) a list of West Virginians who filed Civil War damage claims 1871-1880. The main focus of the book however is on the holdings of the various institutions whose resources support the genealogist's special needs.