Petersburg Genealogy (in Grant County, WV)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Petersburg are also found through the Grant County and West Virginia pages.


Petersburg Birth Records

Grant County, West Virginia births, marriages, deaths, wills, inventories and church records FamilySearch Library

Petersburg Cemetery Records

Alt Cemetery Find a Grave online

Berg Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Brake Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bumphrey Cemetery Find a Grave online

Burgett Mountain Cemetery Find a Grave online

Colored Cemetery Find a Grave online

Harman Family of Petersburg Find a Grave online

Harper Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hogueland Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hyre Cemetery Find a Grave online

James E Nelson Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Knob Cemetery Find a Grave online

Maple Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

McLaughlin & Thompson Cemetery Find a Grave online

McUlty Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

North Fork Mennonite Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old North Mill Creek Lutheran Cemetery Find a Grave online

Parsons Cemetery Find a Grave online

Redman Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shobe & Plaugher Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shobe Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shobe Cemetery Find a Grave online

South Branch Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

South Branch Valley Memorial Gardens Find a Grave online

Stone Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Swick Cemetery Find a Grave online

The Meadows Find a Grave online

Thorne Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Town Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Turner Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Welton Find a Grave online

Welton Cemetery Find a Grave online

Welton Cemetery Find a Grave online

Petersburg Church Records

Church records, 1832-1967 (Petersburg Presbyterian Church (Petersburg, West Virginia)) FamilySearch Library

Grant County, West Virginia births, marriages, deaths, wills, inventories and church records FamilySearch Library

Petersburg Death Records

Grant County, West Virginia births, marriages, deaths, wills, inventories and church records FamilySearch Library

Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items 1910-1999 FamilySearch Library

Petersburg Marriage Records

Grant County, West Virginia births, marriages, deaths, wills, inventories and church records FamilySearch Library

Petersburg Newspapers and Obituaries

Grant County Press 1896-1940 Potomac State College online

Grant County Press 1946, 1951, 1961, 1970, 1979-1980, 2005-2020 Small Town Papers online

Grant County Press, 1944, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1979-1980, 2003-2009 Google News Archive online

Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items 1910-1999 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Petersburg

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Grant County Press. (Petersburg, W. Va.) 1896-Current

South Branch Gazette. (Petersburg, W. Va.) 1878-1893

Petersburg Probate Records

Grant County, West Virginia births, marriages, deaths, wills, inventories and church records FamilySearch Library

Petersburg School Records

Petersburg High School - Petro Schola Yearbook (Petersburg, WV), 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Petersburg High School yearbook, 1946, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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