89.6 Linear Feet, Summary: 89 ft. 7 in. (215 document cases, 5 in. each); 299 reels of microfilm
Creator
United States. Works Progress Administration
Location
West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown,
WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / Fax: 304-293-3981 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/
Language
English
Abstract
Copies of records from each county in West Virginia gathered by the depression-era public records survey funded by the Works
Progress Administration. Included are registers of births, marriages, deaths, wills, estate settlements, and land records.
Transcriptions of county and circuit court minute and order books are included as well as cemetery readings and registers;
church record surveys; mimeographed calendars of the papers of West Virginia governors; and American Imprint Inventory slips
of the holdings of several West Virginia libraries. Material covers the years 1750-1939.
Permission to publish or reproduce is required from the copyright holder. For more information, please see the Permissions and Copyright page on the West Virginia and Regional History Center website.
Conditions Governing Access
No special access restriction applies.
Preferred Citation
[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], U.S. Works Progress Administration, West Virginia Historic Records Survey,
Records, A&M 0046, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.
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