West Virginia Vital Records: Difference between revisions

[[Church Records|West Virginia Church Records]]: Depending on the denomination, church records may contain information about birth, marriage and death.  

[[Cemeteries|West Virginia Cemetery Records]]: Cemetery records are a rich source of birth and death information.  These records may also reveal family relationships.  

[[Census|West Virginia Census]]&nbsp:Census records are a valuable source for birth and marriage information. You may also determine approximate time of death when the individual disappear from the census. This is a good place to begin a search.  

[[Newspapers|West Virginia Newspapers]]: Besides obituaries, local newspapers may contain birth and marriage announcements and death notices.  Also check newspaper social columns for additional information.   

[[Periodicals|West Virginia Periodicals]]: Local genealogical and historical societies often publish periodicals which may contain abstracted early birth, marriage and death information.  

[[Military Records|West Virginia Military Records]]: Military pension records can give birth, marriage and death information,  In addtion, soldiers' homes records can included this same information.  

[[Probate Records|West Virginia Probate Records]]: If no death record exists, probate records may be helpful in estimating when an individual has died. Probate records in the 20th Century often contain the exact death date.  

[[History|West Virginia History]]: Local histories, family histories and biographies can all be sources of birth, marriage and death information. Often this information is found in county-level records or in surname searches of the Family History Library catalog.