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Online West Virginia Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide

Online West Virginia Death Indexes

West Virginia Death Records and Index, 1853-1970 (free) coverage varies by county; includes free downloadable images of the death records or certificates; also has birth and marriage records
West Virginia Death Index, 1853-1970 at FamilySearch (free with registration) includes statewide death index for 1917-1956, and a county death index for 1853-1970 (appears to end c. 1973); coverage for the county death index varies by county; entries in this database link to images at the above website

West Virginia Wills and Probate Records, 1724-1978 at Ancestry (requires payment) coverage varies by county
West Virginia Will Books, 1756-1971 at FamilySearch (free with registration) coverage varies by county; index is 20% complete

West Virginia Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Beckley Register-Herald (10/27/2007-Current)
- Charleston Daily Mail (10/14/2003-Current)
- Charleston Gazette (10/15/2003-Current)
- Fairmont Times West Virginian (1/11/2008-Current)
- Huntington Herald-Dispatch (1/1/1999-Current)
- Morgan Messenger (Berkeley Springs) (11/19/2003-Current)
- And more West Virginia newspapers

Barbour County Deaths and Cemeteries
Cabell County: Obituary Indexes for Local Huntington, West Virginia Newspapers from the Cabell County Public Library (PDF files)
Jackson County Cemeteries and Obituaries (obituaries are from assorted years in the early to mid 20th century)
Mercer County: Walnut Grove Cemetery Burials in Bluefield, West Virginia
Ohio County: Mount Wood Cemetery Records Wheeling, West Virginia
Wirt County Cemetery Burials and Obituaries
Wood County: Burials in Some Parkersburg Pioneer Cemeteries
Wood County: Parkersburg and Wood County Public Library Genealogy Indexes includes Williamstown Cemetery burials, 1858-1924; a death index for the early 1940s, and other items (some for nearby counties)

Also... Ancestry's West Virginia Genealogy Records Collection (requires payment)
includes census records, cemetery burials, military records, vital records and more

Ordering West Virginia Vital Records

Order West Virginia Birth or Death Certificates by Mail from the WV Health Statistics Center (fees and restrictions apply) from 1917 to present

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