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'''1810–1870:''' Available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=350&subject_disp=West+Virginia&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library]. | '''1810–1870:''' Available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=350&subject_disp=West+Virginia&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library]. | ||
County-wide indexes are also available in published format for various years. | County-wide indexes are also available in published format for various years.<br> | ||
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'''Soundex Indexes''' | '''Soundex Indexes''' | ||
'''1880–1930:''' Available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=350&subject_disp=West+Virginia&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library]. | '''1880–1930:''' Available at the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=350&subject_disp=West+Virginia&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library]. | ||
== Special Censuses == | == Special Censuses == | ||
Revision as of 12:30, 26 November 2008
Portal:United States Census >West Virginia
Availability[edit | edit source]
Many federal census records are found at the Family History Library, the National Archives, and other federal and state archives. The following are available:
1810 (partial)–1860: West Virginia was part of Virginia.
1870–1930: The 1890 census was destroyed except for the 1890 Union veterans schedule. (Family History Library films 338268-69.)
Substitutes for missing censuses:
Most published substitutes are based on state censuses and tax lists. Each covers different counties. Most of present-day West Virginia is included in the second item, but both must be used for a complete search of West Virginia.
- Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. (Family History Library film 874197 item 4.) This includes areas of Augusta, Berkley, Hardy, and Montgomery counties in Virginia that later became part of West Virginia.
- Heads of Families . . . Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia. 1908. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Book Company, 1952. (Family History Library book 975.5 X2us 1790; film 874193 item 4.)
For missing portions of the 1810 census use:
- Schreiner-Yantis, Netti. A Supplement to the 1810 Census of Virginia: Tax Lists of the Counties for Which the Census is Missing. Springfield, Virginia: Genealogical Books in Print, 1971. (Family History Library book 975.5 R4s.) This includes information from Cabell, Greenbrier, Hardy, and Tazewell counties (and 15 Virginia counties) that are missing from the 1810 census.
Historical Background[edit | edit source]
Indexes[edit | edit source]
Online Indexes
Censuses are digitized, indexed and online at these subscription websites:
www.ancestry.com ($$)
http://www.heritagequest.com/
http://www.censusfinder.com/
http://www.census-online.com/links/WV/
Book Indexes
1810–1870: Available at the Family History Library.
County-wide indexes are also available in published format for various years.
Soundex Indexes
1880–1930: Available at the Family History Library.
Special Censuses[edit | edit source]
Mortality Schedules[edit | edit source]
The Family History Library has mortality schedules on microfilm for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880. They are also at the Archives and History Library. The schedules for 1860 and 1870 are indexed.
State Censuses[edit | edit source]
The only state census that includes West Virginia was taken by Virginia, 1782–1785:
- Heads of Families . . . Records of the State Enumerations: 1782 to 1785, Virginia. 1908. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Southern Book Company, 1952. (Family History Library book 975.5 X2us 1790; film 874193 item 4.)
This is supplemented by a tax list index:
- Fothergill, Augusta B. and John Mark Naugle. Virginia Tax Payers, 1782-87, Other than Those Published by the United States Census Bureau. 1940. Reprint. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1966. (Family History Library book 975.5 R4f 1966; film 874197 item 4.) This includes areas of Augusta, Berkley, Hardy, and Montgomery counties in Virginia that later became part of West Virginia
Colonial Censuses[edit | edit source]
West Virginia was part of the Commonwealth of Virginia until the end of the Civil War.
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
Ancestry: http://www.ancestry.com
Heritage Quest Online: http://www.heritagequestonline.com
Census Online: http://www.census-online.com/links/WV/
Genealogy Today: http://dir.genealogytoday.com/usa/wv/census.html
Access Genealogy: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/census/westvirginia.htm
Mortality Schedules: http://mortalityschedules.com/
References[edit | edit source]
West Virginia Research Outline. Salt Lake City, Utah: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., Family History Department, 1998, 2001.