Shepherdstown Genealogy (in Jefferson County, WV)
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Shepherdstown Cemetery Records
Assorted W. Va. cemeteries : copied from the original tombstones FamilySearch Library
Blackford Graveyard Find a Grave 
Duffield Colored Cemetery Billion Graves
Elmwood Cemetery Find a Grave
Elmwood Cemetery Billion Graves
Johnson Cemetery Find a Grave
Johnson Cemetery US Gen Web Archives
Lucas Family Cemetery at Elmwood Find a Grave
Lutheran Cemetery 1774 - 1908 Billion Graves
Lutheran Graveyard Find a Grave
Old Black Cemetery Find a Grave
Old English - Episcopal Cemetery Billion Graves
Old Episcopal Graveyard Find a Grave
Reformed Graveyard Find a Grave
Reformed Graveyard Billion Graves
Rose Hill Cemetery Find a Grave
Shepherd Burial Ground Find a Grave
Shepherds Graveyard Billion Graves
Shepherdstown Lutheran cemetery, 1773-1914 FamilySearch Library
Snyder-Hendricks Graveyard Find a Grave
Steamboat Run Cemetery Find a Grave
Swearigen-Bennett Burial Ground US Gen Web Archives
Swearingen Cemetery Find a Grave
Swearingen-Bennett Burial Ground Find a Grave
Synder Graveyard Find a Grave
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
Turner Farm African American Graveyard Find a Grave
Van Doren Cemetery Find a Grave
Van Sant Cemetery Find a Grave
Shepherdstown Census Records
Federal Census 1850 -Shepherdstown US Gen Web Archives
Federal Census of 1940, Shepherdstown, West Virginia LDS Genealogy
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 Histories and Genealogies
Prominent men of Shepherdstown during its first 200 years FamilySearch Library
Two hundred years' history of Shepherdstown FamilySearch Library
Shepherdstown Map Records
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1904 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1909 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1915 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1922 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, 1933 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, March 1899 Library of Congress
Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, November 1894 Library of Congress
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
Shepherdstown Register 1849-1922 Newspapers.com
Shepherdstown register (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) (from Dec. 4, 1849 to Dec. 21, 1922) MyHeritage
Shepherdstown register 12/04/1849 to 12/21/1922 Genealogy Bank
Shepherdstown register. (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) (from Dec. 4, 1849 to Dec. 21, 1922) Chronicling America
The Shepherdstown register (West Virginia) 1949 FamilySearch Library
Offline Newspapers for ShepherdstownAccording 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 School Records
Shepherd College yearbooks, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
Shepherdstown High School yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry
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