Ritchie County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States   West Virginia    Ritchie County

County Courthouse


Ritchie County 115 East Main Street Room 201 Harrisville, WV 26362 304-643-2164


 * County Clerk has birth, marriage, death probate, land, military records from 1853
 * Circuit Court Clerk has divorce records
 * Magisterial Court has court records
 * Rictchie County West Virginia Government
 * Welcome to Ritchie County, West Virginia

Parent County
1843--Ritchie County was created 18 February 1843 from Wood, Harrison and Lewis Counties. County seat: Harrisville

Boundary Changes
See an interactive map of Ritchie County boundary changes.

Neighboring Counties

 * Calhoun
 * Doddridge
 * Gilmer
 * Pleasants
 * Tyler
 * Wirt
 * Wood

Cemeteries
Ritchie County Tombstone Transcription Project

Find A Grave Richie County, West Virginia

Interment.net Cemetery Records Online

Raiguel Funeral Home 1200 E. Main Street Harrisville, WV 26362-1207 Phone: (304) 643-2913

McCullough-Rogers Funeral Home 447 W. Myles Avenue Pennsboro, WV 26415-1347 Phone: (304) 659-2251

Local Histories
History of Ritchie County EBook google free

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Ritchie County West Virginia 1895

Ritchie County West Virginia Map

Map Showing Ritchie County West Virginia

Military
West Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865

Naturalization
West Virgina, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991 

Newspapers
The Ritchie Gazette 116 E. Main Street Harrisville, WV 26362 Phone: (304) 643-2221

Probate
Ritchie County, West Virginia Will Books 1843 - 11966 West Virginia Will Books

Vital Records
Ritchie County, West Virginia USGENWEB Marriage Archives

Ritchie County, West Virginia marriages

Societies and Libraries
Ritchie County Historical Society 200 S Church Street Harrisville, WV 26362

Ritchie County Public Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Richie County, West Virgnia wikipedia
 * Bridges Ritchie County, West Virginia
 * Ritchie County, West Virginia Facebook
 * Ritchie County West Virginia Encyclopedia
 * Ritchie County, West Virginia commons
 * History and Genealogy Ritchie County, WV
 * Ritchie County Historical Markers
 * Ritchie County Historical Markers

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