Charleston Genealogy (in Kanawha County, WV)

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Charleston Birth Records

1804-1938 West Virginia Births Index Ancestry online

1853-1914 West Virginia Births Index MyHeritage online

Births, Kanawha County : 1853-1890 FamilySearch Library

Kanawha County, West Virginia births, 1853-1890 : copied from Charleston court house records FamilySearch Library

Registers of births, 1853-1967 FamilySearch Library

West Virginia, Birth Records, 1917-present West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Charleston Cemetery Records (97)


Charleston Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Charleston Church Records

Anniversary of the First Baptist Church 100th Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center online

History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in southern West Virginia FamilySearch Library

Record of members, [1893]-1930 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Charleston Branch (West Virginia)) FamilySearch Library

Charleston City Directories (51)


Charleston Death Records

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1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates MyHeritage online

1853-1973 West Virginia Deaths Index Ancestry online

Alley/Casdorph Funeral Home records (1948-1975) FamilySearch Library

Charleston, WV, 1996 newspaper obituaries FamilySearch Library

Curry & Casdorph Funeral Home records, 1976-1994 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1853-1967 FamilySearch Library

Deaths, Kanawha County : 1853-1899 FamilySearch Library

Kanawha County death records 1853-1900 FamilySearch Library

West Virginia, Death Records, 1917-present West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Charleston Histories and Genealogies

Charleston and the Kanawha Valley : an illustrated history FamilySearch Library

History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and representative citizens FamilySearch Library

History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and representative citizens LDS Genealogy online

History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia and representative citizens Internet Archive online

History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia, and representative citizens FamilySearch Library

Index for W. S. Laidley's History of Charleston and Kanawha County, West Virginia FamilySearch Library

Pioneers and Their Homes on Upper Kanawha [West Virginia] Ancestry online

Charleston Immigration Records

West Virginia, Federal Naturalization Records, 1844-1943 Ancestry online

Charleston Land Records

Land records, Kanawha County : including land taxes, 1791-1813 FamilySearch Library

Record of deeds, 1790-1946 FamilySearch Library

Charleston Map Records

Charleston 1950c Nirenstein City Maps Historic Map Works online

Charleston 1950c Nirenstein City Maps (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charlestown, 1950c, Nirenstein City Maps Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Insurance map of Charleston, W. Va., 1874 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, January 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, January 1897 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia, October 1893 Library of Congress online

Charleston Marriage Records

1785-1971 West Virginia Marriages Index (selections) Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1794-1967; index to marriages, 1854-1967 FamilySearch Library

West Virginia, Marriage Records, 1921-present West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources

Charleston Newspapers and Obituaries (54)


Charleston Probate Records

1724-1978 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Charleston School Records

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Buckeye Valley High School yearbook, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Charleston Catholic High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Charleston, WV), 1954, 1956 E Yearbook online

Charleston Catholic High School yearbook, 1954, 1956, 1964, 1966, 1981, 1994, 2000 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Charleston High School - Charlestonian Yearbook (Charleston, WV), 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1977, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986 E Yearbook online

Charleston High School yearbook, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1949, 1950, 1954, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Garnet High School, Yearbook, 1949 Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center online

George Washington High School - Patriot Yearbook (Charleston, WV), 1974 E Yearbook online

George Washington High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Morris Harvey College - Harveyan Yearbook (Charleston, WV), 1914, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 E Yearbook online

Morris Harvey College yearbook, 1914, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Sissonville High School yearbooks, 1980, 1981, 1982 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Stonewall Jackson High School - Jacksonian Yearbook (Charleston, WV), 1940, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1966 E Yearbook online

Stonewall Jackson High School yearbook, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1960, 1961, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Washington High School yearbook, 1950 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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