Summersville Genealogy (in Nicholas County, WV)

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


Summersville Birth Records

1853-1914 West Virginia Births Index MyHeritage online

West Virginia Births Index, 1804-1938 Ancestry online

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

Summersville Cemetery Records

Alderson Cemetery Find a Grave online

Catholic Church Find a Grave online

Dotson Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fitzwater - Backus Cemetery Find a Grave online

Harlow Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hoover Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

McClung Cemetery Find a Grave online

McKinney Cemetery Find a Grave online

Moore Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Union Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Peck Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Samuel Brock Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Southern Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tyree Cemetery Find a Grave online

Walker Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Walker Memorial Cemetery and Gardens Find a Grave online

Whippoorwill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Williams-Groves-Bryant Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Summersville Census Records

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

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Summersville Death Records

1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates MyHeritage online

1853-1973 West Virginia Deaths Index Ancestry online

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

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

Summersville Histories and Genealogies

FamilySearch Family Tree MyHeritage online

Murder, mayhem and hydrophobia : and just plain ol' dying in Central West Virginia FamilySearch Library

MyHeritage Family Trees MyHeritage online

Survey of state and local historical records, Nicholas County FamilySearch Library

Summersville Immigration Records

West Virginia Naturalization Records, 1814-1991 MyHeritage online

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

Summersville Marriage Records

1780-1971 West Virginia Marriages MyHeritage online

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

West Virginia Compiled Marriage Records (includes Nicholas County 1864-1900) Ancestry online

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

Summersville Newspapers and Obituaries

United States Obituary Index from Online Sources MyHeritage online

Offline Newspapers for Summersville

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.

Nicholas Chronicle. (Summersville, W. Va.) 1880-Current

Nicholas County Local. (Summersville, W. Va.) 1876-1870s

Summersville Probate Records

1724-1978 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Nicholas County Probate Records, 1827-1893 US Gen Web online

Summersville School Records

Nicholas County High School - Nichlosean Yearbook (Summersville, WV), 1923, 1938, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1984 E Yearbook online

Nicholas County High School yearbook, 1923, 1938, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1972, 1980, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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