West Virginia Cemeteries

United States West Virginia  Cemeteries Collections The West Virginia Historical Records Survey compiled the Cemetery Readings in West Virginia in 1939 and 1940.  This is a large collection of cemetery descriptions, locations, and tombstone inscriptions. These records are described in the Family History Library Catalog under each county. The original documents are at the West Virginia University Library.  The Family History Library has an extensive collection of cemetery records for West Virginia. The records are found in the FamilySearch Catalog</a> under the following localities and can be ordered at thousands of <a href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers">Family History Centers</a> worldwide.: </li></ul> <dl><dd>WEST VIRGINIA – CEMETERIES </dd><dd>WEST VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - CEMETERIES </dd><dd>WEST VIRGINIA, [COUNTY] - [TOWN] - CEMETERIES </dd></dl> An important collection of cemetery readings made in the 1920s for Harrison County and some adjacent localities is also at the Family History Library <span class="fck_mw_template"> The original records are part of the W. Guy Tetrick collection. Microfilm of them is also available in Clarksburg, Harrison County, WV at the home of the Harrison County Genealogical Society in Waldomore mansion next to the Public Library, on the corner of West Pike Street and North 4th Street. </li></ul> The <a href="http://www.wvculture.org/index.aspx">West Virginia State Archives</a>has a partial card index to tombstone inscriptions. </li></ul> The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection (described in <a href="West Virginia Genealogy">West Virginia Genealogy</a>) also contains numerous cemetery records. </li></ul> "West Virginia Cemetery Readings, 1941" database on-line <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=4266">www.ancestry.com</a> $ </li></ul> "Grafton, West Virginia, Grafton National Cemetery, 1867-2010," database on-line <a href="http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2287">www.ancestry.com</a> $ </li></ul> Web Sites <a href="http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gs&amp;">Find a Grave</a> can be searched by the name of a person, family or cemetery. Usually gives birth and death dates and often with a picture of the tombstone. May also give obituaries, biographical information and names of family members. </li><a href="http://www.interment.net/us/ny/index.htm">Interment.net</a> cemetery-by-cemetery, alphabetical grave transcripts. Often incomplete lists. </li><a href="http://www.accessgenealogy.com/cemetery/westvirginia.htm">West Virginia Cemetery Transcriptions</a> </li><a href="http://billiongraves.com/pages/search/index.php#cemetery">Billion Graves</a> gravestone photos by name, surname, or cemetery, with GPS location. Can also filter or search by state, county, or even a specific cemetery if it has been photographed to any extent. </li><a href="http://www.genealogyspot.com/state/wv.htm">Genealogy Spot</a> </li><li><a href="http://westvirginia-genealogy.com/West-Virginia-Cemetery-Records.htm">West Virginia Cemetery Records</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.namesinstone.com/Default.aspx">Names in Stone</a> search for graves alphabetically, or by cemetery; see grave photos and surrounding burials together on a map; flag records of interest to receive e-mail update notices. </li><li><a href="http://www.usgwtombstones.org/westvirg/westvirg.html">Tombstone Transcription Project (NYGenWeb)</a> register of cemeteries in the process of being transcribed. </li></ul> <span class="fck_mw_template">

<a href="Category:West_Virginia">Cemeteries</a> <a _fcknotitle="true" href="Category:United_States_Cemeteries">United_States_Cemeteries</a>