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Genealogy

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 159 Collections and/or Records:

Underwood Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1807
Overview

Genealogical chart of the William Underwood (1780-1866) family of Tyler County, West Virginia, from 1780 to 1948. Chart includes his wife, M. Hannah Willis Underwood, their eleven children, and their grandchildren.

Dates: 1964
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

United Daughters of the Confederacy, General Jenkins Chapter, Scrapbooks of Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3144
Overview Record scrapbooks kept by Daisy Neptune, historian of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, General Jenkins chapter of Parkersburg. The five scrapbooks consists of material concerning the chapter's history and the lives of local Confederate veterans and their families. Included are the service records of individual soldiers, chapter applications containing much genealogical data, obituaries and death notices of veterans and family members, and news clippings of organization activities....
Dates: 1899-1972
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Vida Bailey, Collector, Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1847
Overview Indentures, deeds, court papers, land grants, letters, church notices, tax and other receipts, bills, notes and other materials concerning the Bluestone River area in Summers County, West Virginia, especially the Josiah Meadows and Robert Lilly families. Includes a Church of Christ minute book kept by Thomas Lilly, 1802-1817; a land grant to Jesiah Meador signed by Governor James P. Preston, 1809; and a letter from William Sellergrit Lilly from upper Louisiana Territory telling of earth...
Dates: 1790-1882
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Violette S. Machir, Compiler, Revolutionary War Pension Applications and Genealogies (Mason County)

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2587
Scope and Contents

Transcriptions of six Revolutionary War pension applications from the Mason County Order Book 1828-1833. Also contains genealogies from Mason County families, including the Somerville, Edwards, Lemaster, Lewis, Long, etc. Contains numerous obituaries from Mason County. Several articles and newspaper clippings written about Mason County topics including the Battle of Point Pleasant, Presbyterian Church (Point Pleasant), the Silver Bridge Disaster, etc.

Dates: 1828-1995
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1240
Scope and Contents

Microfilm include State Land Office Records; S. Bassett French, Biographical Sketches; Mott-Alston Collection of Colonial Families; Confederate Service Records of Virginia Soldiers; Revolutionary War, Public Service Claims; Revolutionary War, Public Service Claims; Revolutionary War, Bounty Warrants; Revolutionary Pensions; Revolutionary War, Rejected Claims; Family Genealogical Notes; and List of Baptist records at the University of Richmond.

Dates: 1623-1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Virginia Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1293
Scope and Contents

Deeds, wills, court orders, marriage and other records for Accomack County; Alexandria City; and parish registers, vestry books, marriage bonds, etc. for Albemarle County, Alexandria City, Abingdon, Atrim and Augusta parishes.

Dates: 1623-1933
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

W. Guy Tetrick, Compiler, Records

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 1306
Overview Marriage, birth, and death records; wills; estate inventories and settlements from various West Virginia counties; Sons of the Revolution applications; Harrison County family records and obituaries, and obituary clippings for West Virginia. Thistle, Roy, Collector. Papers, 1853-1934. ca.30 items (photocopies) and 1 reel of microfilm (1 vol.). Loaned for duplication by Roy Thistle, 1961. No.1443. A scrapbook containing: a brief history of Sistersville and the oil industry, particularly in...
Dates: ca. 1780-1950
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Wadsworth and McClung Families Genealogies

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3379
Overview

Genealogy studies of the Wadsworth (1750-1992, 47 pages) and McClung (1805-1974, 15 pages) families of central West Virginia. Each study includes an extensive name index. Also includes portrait of Warren Wade and Jean (McClung) Wadsworth (n.d.), parents of donor Kevin Wadsworth Johnson.

Dates: 1997
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Watring Family Genealogical Charts

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 2462
Overview

Photocopies of genealogical charts for the Watring and related families, covering the years 1700-1976.

Dates: 1976
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Watson Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0630
Scope and Contents Personal papers of the Watson family in Marion County, including a genealogy of the Watson and Haymond families, newspaper clippings of weddings, obituaries, social and business activities, and European travel. Mention is made of coal mining development in Marion County, strikes, labor meetings, conservation, and improvement of farming practices. There is material on politics, industrial development, early iron mining, Marion county history, the Barrickville covered bridge, Beverly-Fairmont...
Dates: 1869-1953
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center