Kanawha County WV Genealogy

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Kanawha County Records by City/Town

Belle Genealogy (37)
Big Chimney Genealogy (43)
Cabin Creek Genealogy (30)
Cedar Grove Genealogy (29)
Charleston Genealogy (343)
Chelyan Genealogy (29)
Clendenin Genealogy (66)
Coal Fork Genealogy (29)
Dawes Genealogy (29)
Dunbar Genealogy (57)
East Bank Genealogy (39)
Elkview Genealogy (59)
Frame Genealogy (33)


Institute Genealogy (31)
Malden Genealogy (29)
Marmet Genealogy (30)
Nitro Genealogy (34)
Pinch Genealogy (35)
Pocatalico Genealogy (41)
Quick Genealogy (29)
Sissonville Genealogy (84)
South Charleston Genealogy (56)
St Albans Genealogy (91)
Tornado Genealogy (33)
Twomile Genealogy (29)
Winifrede Genealogy (29)


Overview of Kanawha County Records

  • Kanawha County was created in 1788 from Greenbrier and Montgomery counties, Virginia.
  • Birth records for 1917 and later, marriage records for 1921 and later, and death records for 1917 and later can be obtained from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources .
  • The Kanawha County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1853, marriage records starting in 1824, probate records starting in 1790, and land records starting in 1790.
  • Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.