Shepherdstown Genealogy (in Jefferson County, WV)

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Shepherdstown Birth Records

1804-1938 West Virginia Births Index Ancestry online

1853-1914 West Virginia Births Index MyHeritage online

Births, deaths, 1853-1970 FamilySearch Library

Index of names appearing in the birth records of Jefferson County, Virginia - West Virginia FamilySearch Library

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

Shepherdstown Cemetery Records

Assorted W. Va. cemeteries : copied from the original tombstones FamilySearch Library

Blackford Graveyard Find a Grave online

Duffield Colored Cemetery Billion Graves online

Elmwood Cemetery Find a Grave online

Elmwood Cemetery Billion Graves online

Johnson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Johnson Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Lucas Family Cemetery at Elmwood Find a Grave online

Lutheran Cemetery 1774 - 1908 Billion Graves online

Lutheran Graveyard Find a Grave online

Old Black Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old English - Episcopal Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Episcopal Graveyard Find a Grave online

Reformed Graveyard Find a Grave online

Reformed Graveyard Billion Graves online

Rose Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shepherd Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Shepherds Graveyard Billion Graves online

Shepherdstown Lutheran cemetery, 1773-1914 FamilySearch Library

Snyder-Hendricks Graveyard Find a Grave online

Steamboat Run Cemetery Find a Grave online

Swearigen-Bennett Burial Ground US Gen Web Archives online

Swearingen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Swearingen-Bennett Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Synder Graveyard Find a Grave online

The bivouacs of the dead : the story of those who died at Antietam and South Mountain with histories and rosters of Antietam, Washington, Mt. Olivet and Elmwood cemeteries FamilySearch Library

Trinity Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Turner Farm African American Graveyard Find a Grave online

Van Doren Cemetery Find a Grave online

Van Sant Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shepherdstown Census Records

Federal Census 1850 -Shepherdstown US Gen Web Archives online

Federal Census of 1940, Shepherdstown, West Virginia LDS Genealogy online

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

Shepherdstown Church Records

Church records, 1813-1964 (Shepherdstown Presbyterian Church (Shepherdstown, West Virginia)) FamilySearch Library

On this rock : the story of St. Peter's Church, Shepherdstown, 1765-1965 FamilySearch Library

Shepherdstown Death Records

1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates MyHeritage online

1853-1973 West Virginia Deaths Index Ancestry online

Births, deaths, 1853-1970 FamilySearch Library

Index of names appearing in the death records of Jefferson County, Virginia - West Virginia, 1853 through 1910 FamilySearch Library

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

Shepherdstown Histories and Genealogies

Prominent men of Shepherdstown during its first 200 years FamilySearch Library

Two hundred years' history of Shepherdstown FamilySearch Library

Shepherdstown Immigration Records

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

Shepherdstown Land Records

Deed books, 1793-1826 FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1801-1901; deed index, 1801-1968 FamilySearch Library

Shepherdstown Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1933 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, March 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, November 1894 Library of Congress online

Shepherdstown Marriage Records

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

Marriage records, 1801-1970 FamilySearch Library

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

Shepherdstown Military Records

Pennsylvania, the Indiana Countian (Derby, C. Helen) FamilySearch Library

Shepherdstown Newspapers and Obituaries

Shepherdstown Register (Shepherdstown, VA [W. Va.], 1849-1890) Library of Virginia online

Shepherdstown Register 1849-1922 Newspapers.com online

Shepherdstown register (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) (from Dec. 4, 1849 to Dec. 21, 1922) MyHeritage online

Shepherdstown register 12/04/1849 to 12/21/1922 Genealogy Bank online

Shepherdstown register. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) (from Dec. 4, 1849 to Dec. 21, 1922) Chronicling America online

The Shepherdstown register (West Virginia) 1949 FamilySearch Library

Offline Newspapers for Shepherdstown

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.

American Eagle, and Shepherd's-Town Weekly Advertiser. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1816-1817

American Eagle. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1817-1810s

Impartial Observer, Or, Shepherd's-Town, Charles-Town, and County Advertiser. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1797-1790s

Independent. (Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1906-1974

Journal. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1827

Potomac Guardian. (Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1979-1981

Potowmac Guardian, and Berkeley Advertiser. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1790-1798

Shepherdstown Independent. (Shepherdstown, W. Va.) 1895-1899

Shepherdstown Register. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955

Shepherdstown Probate Records

1724-1978 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Shepherdstown School Records

Shepherd College yearbooks, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV), 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 E Yearbook online

Shepherd University yearbook, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Shepherdstown High School yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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