Kanawha County, West Virginia:
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Projects

• Kanawha County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kanawha County WVGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kanawha County, West Virginia AHGP Project      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Our Kanawha Valley Heritage 

Adjacent counties

• Boone County, WV  to the southwest
• Clay County, WV  to the northeast
• Fayette County, WV  to the southeast
• Jackson County, WV  to the north
• Lincoln County, WV  to the west
• Nicholas County, WV  to the east
• Putnam County, WV  to the northwest
• Raleigh County, WV  to the south
• Roane County, WV  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (13)

Blogs

• Blog about Ward, West Virginia, a lost coal mining community in Kanawha County WV 

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (35)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Kanawha County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Charleston City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Charleston, Dunbar and South Charleston City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Charleston, Dunbar, St Albans and South Charleston City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Charleston, Kanawha and South Charleston City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Dunbar City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• West Virginia Estate Settlements  includes Kanawha County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971      (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• African American Coal Miner  Information Center
• The Jewish Community of Charleston, West Virginia 

History (53)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Kanawha County Migrations Project 

Introduction and Guides (11)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• A Guide to West Virginia County Records on Microfilm  Kanawha County     (Source: The Library of Virginia)
• Kanawha County history sources      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• Kanawha County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Kanawha County, West Virginia     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• The South Charleston Museum      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)
• West Virginia State Museum/Cultural Center 

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Kanawha County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Kanawha County, WV Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WV-MetroValley-L The Metro Valley region

  • WV-MetroValley-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-MetroValley-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WV-MetroValley-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• WVKANAWH-L Kanawha County genealogy

  • WVKANAWH-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WVKANAWH-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • WVKANAWH-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (22)

Military Records and Histories

• 1840 US Federal Census of Pensioners      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Carlisle, Camp, WV  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Kanawha County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Charleston, WV  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Coalsmouth, WV  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Kanawha County, West Virginia     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Kanawha County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Kanawha County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Charleston City     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Kanawha County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Kanawha County, West Virginia  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Kanawha County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Kanawha County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Kanawha County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Charleston Daily Mail  February, 1951     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Charleston Newspapers' News Library 
• Chronicling America  Kanawha County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Charleston Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Kanawha County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Charleston Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Charlestown Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Sunday Gazette-Mail (Charleston, West Virginia)  1959-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (14)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (10)

School Records and Histories

• Belle School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Charleston School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• East Bank School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Institute School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Shelton College  The Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Shelton College      (Source: West Virginia Archives and History)
• St Albans School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• University of Charleston  Historic Campus Architecture Project

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Kanawha County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Kanawha County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Anne Bailey Chapter  Charleston     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• John Young Chapter  Charleston     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Midland Trail Genealogical Society 
• Scottish Heritage Society      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• West Virginia Repositories & Historical Societies  Kanawha County     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• William Morris Chapter  Pratt     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (195)

Tax Lists

• 1792 Tax List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• 1793 Tax List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• 1796 Tax List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• 1801 Tax List      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Transportation and Industry

• American Fork & Hoe Co./True Temper Corp. 
• Building histories of Kanawha County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Kanawha County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Kanawha County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Kelly Axe Mfg. Co. 
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Kanawha County, West Virginia     (Source: Google Patents)
• West Virginia Geological Survey  Kanawha County     (Source: Google Books)

Vital Records

• 1850 Mortality Schedule for Kanawha County, WV      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kanawha County Birth Records      (Source: USGenWeb West Virginia Archives)
• Kanawha County Death Records      (Source: USGenWeb West Virginia Archives)
• Kanawha County Death Records  1903, 1907, 1909, 1914, 1916 - 1955
• Kanawha County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Kanawha County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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