McDowell County WV Genealogy

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McDowell Records by Type

Birth Records (7)
Cemetery Records (334)
Census Records (28)
Church Records (1)
City Directories (2)
Court Records (3)
Death Records (5)
Histories and Genealogies (6)
Immigration Records (3)
Land Records (7)
Map Records (22)
Marriage Records (7)
Military Records (3)
Miscellaneous Records (1)
Newspapers and Obituaries (12)
Probate Records (9)
School Records (20)

McDowell County Records by City/Town

Avondale Genealogy (25)
Beartown Genealogy (25)
Bradshaw Genealogy (32)
Crumpler Genealogy (25)
Davy Genealogy (25)
Iaeger Genealogy (39)
Johnnycake Genealogy (25)
Jolo Genealogy (29)
Keystone Genealogy (36)
Kimball Genealogy (25)
Leckie Genealogy (27)

Mohawk Genealogy (32)
Northfork Genealogy (31)
Panther Genealogy (40)
Paynesville Genealogy (52)
Raysal Genealogy (30)
Rockridge Genealogy (30)
Roderfield Genealogy (25)
Skygusty Genealogy (25)
War Genealogy (27)
Welch Genealogy (43)

Overview of McDowell County Records

McDowell County was created in 1858 from Tazewell County, 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 McDowell County Clerk has birth records starting in 1872, marriage records starting in 1861, death records starting in 1894, probate records starting in 1897, and land records starting in 1868.
The McDowell County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.