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Monongalia County (W. Va.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 176 Collections and/or Records:

Wilson and Stribling Families Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0880
Overview

Correspondence, clippings, land papers, and other records of James Wilson, an attorney in Wood County, ca.1800-1820; Robert M. Stribling and other members of the Stribling family in Mason County, 1821-ca.1909; and James A. and Otis Young, ca.1900-1934, in Mason County. A pocket diary of James Wilson gives information on his law practice in Kanawha, Monongalia, and Wood counties in 1804.

Dates: ca. 1781-1934
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Scrapbook, Clippings Regarding West Virginians and Others

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 4062
Overview

Scrapbook containing newspaper clippings regarding mostly West Virginia men and women serving in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II. Clippings include photographs, the nature and location of service, news of homecomings, weddings, births, awards, missing persons, injuries, and deaths.

Dates: ca. 1942-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

World War II Scrapbooks

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3317
Overview

Scrapbooks containing newspaper clippings regarding West Virginia men and women serving in the armed forces during World War II. Clippings include photographs, the nature and location of service, and news of homecomings, weddings, births, awards, missing persons, injuries, and deaths.

Dates: 1941-1945
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Zinn Family Genealogy

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3213
Scope and Contents Genealogical information compiled by the donor and documents of the Zinn family of north central West Virginia. The family is traced back to George Zinn, a German immigrant from Darstadt and a Revolutionary War veteran who settled after the American Revolution in Monongalia County. There is mention of various of his descendents, mainly West Virginians, but most of the information is on the line of the Civil War veteran George Harrison Zinn and his son Frank Garfield Zinn. Most of the...
Dates: 1808-1994; Majority of material found in 1832-1888
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Zinn Family Papers

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 3994
Overview Digital copies of papers of the Zinn family of Preston County, West Virginia, including legal documents and genealogical records. Legal documents include a letter of attorney, indentures, deeds, stock certificates, and surveys of property. Genealogical records include a handwritten record of births, a page from a family bible recording births and marriages, and a typescript regarding the history of the Zinn family. Frequently mentioned names include Isaac Dean and George Zinn. The collection...
Dates: 1827-1959
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center

Z.T. McBee Correspondence

 Collection
Collection Number: A&M 0025
Overview

Letters sent to Z.T. McBee and members of his immediate family at Clinton Furnace in Monongalia County, mainly from Jackson Steele of Kansas, concerning crops, business conditions, and prices.

Dates: 1856-1896
Found in: West Virginia and Regional History Center