WVGenWeb. West Virginia GenWeb.
Visit other counties within West Virginia and learn more about projects within the GenWeb community.
Jefferson County,
West Virginia Resources on Rootsweb.
West Virginia
State Archives — manuscripts and other information on line. Extensive holdings of primary and
secondary resources supporting family and local historical researchArchives and History Library, located in
Charleston, West Virginia. See the Jefferson
County Collection at the state archives.
West Virginia Birth and Death Certificates — West Virginia Health Statistics Center — Additional information on who can obtain birth and death certificates
from the state.
Jefferson County Listener
— growth/planning/zoning, business statistics, environment and other information.
Eastern Panhandle
(West Virginia) Libraries — Guide to location of libraries in Berkeley, Morgan, Jefferson,
Hampshire, Mineral, Hardy, Grant and Pendleton counties of West Virginia
Handley
Regional Library, Winchester, Virginia
Bolivar/Harpers
Ferry Public Library
South Jefferson Public Library
State of West Virginia The official
state page.
Vital Research
Records Search Selection — The Vital Research Records Project of the West Virginia State Archives
is placing Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line. Users can search the records and view scanned
images of the original records. Not all of Jefferson County records are scanned, but do check back with t
heis site frequently since this is an ongoing project.
Jefferson
County Museum — Housed in the lower level of the Charles Town Library at 200 East Washington Street,
the museum displays material relating to the Washington family and John Brown, history of Jefferson County and
Civil War artifacts, a large document collection, papers of Col. R.P. Chew, CSA, and pottery and porcelain
of the period.
Washington
Heritage Trails Self-Guided Tours information — visit many of Charles Town's historic sites. The general
website for the Washington Heritage Trail includes
many historic sites throughout West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle — Jefferson, Berkeley and Morgan
counties.
White
House Farm — historic site in Summit Point.
Peter Burr
Living History Farm, Jefferson County. The home of Peter Burr, (born 1727, Connecticut and died 1795, Berkeley County, Virginia — now
Jefferson County, West Virginia), was built there about 1751 and is now known as the oldest wood frame structure in West Virginia. It is owned
by the Jefferson County Historical Landmarks Commission and is known as the Peter Burr Living History Farm. The Peter Burr Society Yahoo
group page
was established to help locate the descendants of his 13 children. Membership is available to all interested parties. For more information, contact
Cheryl (Burr) Shaw, moderator of the group.
The Station at
Sheperdstown — train station, history and events.
Jefferson County Black History
Preservation Society — learn about black history in the area.
The Appalachian Trail Home
Page
Harpers Ferry — National
Historical Park
West Virginia Chronology
— Visit a page maintained by Jeff Miller and browse around his other interesting pages, including
"Some Interesting Facts" about West Virginia,
including historical events.
West Virginia Facts More facts
and links about West Virginia.
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