Brooke County, West Virginia Genealogy

United States  West Virginia   Brooke County

County Courthouse
Brooke County 632 Main Street Wellsburg, WV 26070 304-737-3661


 * County Clerk has birth and death records from 1853
 * Marriage Probate and Land Records from 1797
 * Military Records from 1797
 * Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records

Parent County
1796--Brooke County was created 30 November 1796 from Ohio County. County seat: Wellsburg

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Hancock
 * Jefferson County, Ohio
 * Ohio
 * Washington County, Pennsylvania

Census
Join us in indexing the 1940 Census

Education

 * Bethany College yearbooks, 1907-2007 - available online at the Internet Archive; not entirely all inclusive, but many volumes available.

Genealogy

 * [Cheeks] Cheeks, Donald W. A Cheeks Family of the Upper Ohio Valley. 1994.
 * [Craft] Craft, Kenneth Fischer. "The Craft Family in America," The Southwest Virginian, Vol. 4, No. 20 (Apr. 1981):43-45; Vol. 4, No. 21 (June 1981):36-39..
 * [Dornbläser] Greene, David L. "John Dornbläser of Brooke County, (West) Virginia: Recovering an Identity and Uncovering a Scandal," National Genealogical Society Quarterly, Vol. 78, No. 1 (Jan. 1990):5-14. Digital version at National Genealogical Society website ($);.
 * [Mendel] Barclay, Rachel E. "Valentine Mendel of Pennsylvania and West Virginia," The American Genealogist, Vol. 45, No. 3 (Jul. 1969):158-161.

Local Histories
Cranmer, Gibson Lamb.''History of the upper Ohio Valley: with family history and biographical sketches ; a statement of its resources, industrial growth and commercial advantages. '' Madison, Wisconsin: Brant &amp; Fuller, c1890 Digital Version availble at familyhistoryarchives. Volume I, Volume II

Maps
Map of 1850 Virginia and West Virginia

Revolutionary War

 * A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Books et. al. 1967 reprint: 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Brooke County on page 133.]

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

Naturalization
West Virginia, Naturalization Records, 1814-1991

Occupations

 * Cutten, George Barton. The Silversmiths of Virginia (together with Watchmakers and Jewelers) from 1694 to 1850. Richmond, Va.: The Dietz Press, Incorporated, 1952. Available at . [Includes a section on Wellsburg silversmiths.]

Probate
West Virginia Will Books

Taxation
How can Virginia tax lists help me?


 * Ward, Roger D. 1815 Directory of Virginia Landowners (and Gazetteer). 6 vols. Athens, Georgia: Iberian Pub. Co., 1997-2000. Available at . [The source for this publication is the 1815 land tax. Brooke County is included in Vol. 6.]

Societies and Libraries
Brooke County Genealogical Society Inc P&amp; O Box 144 Beech Bottom, WV 26030

Brooke Family History Hall of Fame "May we preserve their memories &amp; Contributions!" Please write about deceased historians &amp; Genealogist!

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

 * Brooke County, WVGenWeb - free genealogical resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia
 * Cyndi's List for West Virginia


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