Putnam County WV Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Putnam Records by TypeBirth Records (7)Cemetery Records (253) Census Records (27) Court Records (3) Death Records (10) Histories and Genealogies (8) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (5) Map Records (3) Marriage Records (9) Military Records (2) Minority Records (1) Miscellaneous Records (1) Newspapers and Obituaries (12) Probate Records (12) School Records (12) Tax Records (2) 
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Putnam County Records by City/TownBuffalo Genealogy (42)Fraziers Bottom Genealogy (32) Hurricane Genealogy (79) Liberty Genealogy (34) Poca Genealogy (39) |
Red House Genealogy (34) Scott Depot Genealogy (36) Teays Genealogy (28) Winfield Genealogy (51) |
Overview of Putnam County Records
- Putnam County was created in 1848 from Kanawha, Mason, and Cabell counties.
- 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 Putnam County Clerk has birth records starting in 1848, death records starting in 1853, marriage records starting in 1849, probate records starting in 1849, and land records starting in 1841.
- The Putnam County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce and court records starting in 1848.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.