Jefferson County, West Virginia
Genealogy
Jefferson County was created Jan 8, 1801 from
Berkeley County, Virginia. It became part of West
Virginia in 1863.
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Jefferson County, West Virginia
Cemeteries |
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One of my favorite
websites for searching cemeteries is at
Rootsweb Cemetery Records.
Here I can enter the surname and other optional facts and it will quickly
find all the possible listings. One of the optional facts is the location.
When you click on the down arrow, it will reveal all the counties that are
on the site. You can search a county only or a whole state. |
Jefferson County, West
Virginia
Census |
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
1810 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1820 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1830 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1840 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1850 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1850 U.S. Slave Census Schedule - online at Ancestry.com
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1860 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1860 U.S. Slave Census Schedule - online at Ancestry.com
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1870 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1880 U. S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1890 U. S. Veteran Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1900 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1910 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1920 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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1930 U.S. Census - online at Ancestry.com
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History |
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pub. 1890
History of the Lower Shenandoah Valley Counties of Frederick, Berkeley,
Jefferson, and Clarke: their early settlement and progress to the present
time, geological features, a description of their historic and interesting
localities, cities, towns and village, portraits of some of the prominent
men, and biographies of many of the representative citizens
- online at Ancestry.com |
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Pub. 1941
A History of Jefferson County, West Virginia
- online at Ancestry.com |
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Map |
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1895
1895 US Atlas (Jefferson County, West Virginia Map) - free online |
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Probate |
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1801-1899
Wills of Jefferson County, West Virginia - CD by Heritage Books |
