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Resources
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West
Virginia History and Genealogy
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West Virginia
GenWeb Project
A good place to find contributed genealogical information,
surname lists, queries, and message boards for all of the counties in West
Virginia.
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West Virginia Archives and
History Vital Records Research
This page provides statewide birth, marriage, and death records
for West Virginia. Currently, birth and marriage records are available
for all 55 counties from the date of formation of the county. Birth
records are restricted to those 100 years old and older. Marriage
records are available up until 1969-70. Death records are available from the date of formation of the county up until 50
years ago.
Monongalia
County History and Genealogy
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Monongalia County GenWeb Site
A good site on which to find histories of the county, as well
as submitted text files including census records, cemetery records, and
military records. Also includes maps of the area, message boards, and
mailing lists.
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Monongalia Historical Society
P.O. Box 127
Morgantown, WV 26505
The Society has a Genealogy Committee that will answer local
queries.
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Harrison-Monongalia VA Mailing
List (scroll down page to find)
Discussions of
the families of the Harrison and Monongalia counties area of Virginia (now
West Virginia). This includes the areas around Harrison and Monongalia
counties and the trails bringing the families into the area, and covers the time period surrounding the Revolutionary War, as Monongalia County was
formed in 1776 and Harrison County was formed in 1784.
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Monongalia County,
WV Rootsweb Message Board
Use for browsing/searching
genealogical queries related to Monongalia County. Contains queries
dating back to January, 1998. Messages that appear on this board also appear in
the "[email protected]"
Mailing List.
Libraries
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West Virginia State Archives
Here one can find a guide to the Archives' collections, as
well as a list of their accessions for every year since 1991. There
are also links to a staff research guide, "Researching Your
Revolutionary War Ancestor," and to their Genealogy Surname
Exchange. Hours, fees, and other information are also available.
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Library of Virginia
A wealth of genealogy information
is on this website, but most useful for the Revolutionary period in
Monongalia County is their database of Virginia Land Office Patents and
Grants from both the Crown and the Commonwealth starting in 1623. Individuals
can be located either by their original land grant or as neighbors (adjoiners)
on their neighbor's grants. The actual original images are online, as
well as a nice abstract of each document.
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West Virginia and
Regional History Collection
West Virginia University Libraries
Located on the 6th floor of the WVU Downtown Campus Library,
the West Virginia and Regional History Collection is the premier place to conduct West Virginia
genealogical research. This collection contains all of the census
records for what is now West Virginia (including Virginia 1790-1860),
published genealogies, and various published records (such as marriages,
cemeteries, etc.) for most counties in the state. They also have the
largest extant collection of historical WV newspapers, as well as a large
manuscript collection. Check out
their online "Guide to Genealogical Research" and their searchable
"Guide to Archives and Manuscripts." The West Virginia Collection
also has many resources for surrounding areas such as Fayette County, PA
and Garrett County, MD. The computers in the West Virginia
Collection have access to
the Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest Online databases.
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West Virginia University
Libraries
The books in the West Virginia and
Regional History Collection do not circulate, but the WVU Libraries have many duplicates of
books that are in the Collection. These books circulate to residents
with borrowers cards and to anyone connected with WVU. All books are
available for browsing in the library by the general public.
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Morgantown Public Library
The public library has a local history and genealogy
collection located next door to the library in the historic Garlow House. Some
books are duplicates of the University Library's
collection, but there are also some unique published and unpublished genealogies and
transcriptions of records by local DAR chapters and others that are not available
elsewhere.
Web hyperlinks to non-DAR
sites are not the responsibility of the NSDAR,
the state organizations, or individual DAR chapters.
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Page last updated October
17, 2009 |