Family History Library. West Virginia Research Outline. (Web site). A Bibliography of West Virginia holdings from the Family History Library of the Church of Latter-Day Saints.
McGuinness, Carol. West Virginia Genealogy: Sources and Resources. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1988. Call # Z1349. M36 1988 (2nd floor open shelf).
Wardell, Patrick. Timesaving Aid to Virginia-West Virginia Ancestors: A Quick and Easy Guide… Athens, Georgia: Iberian Press, 1985. Call # F225. W33 1985.
Atkinson, George Wesley. Prominent Men of West Virginia. Wheeling, WV: W.L. Callin, 1890. Call # F240. A83. Includes a list of all political officeholders up to the time of publication.
Encyclopedia of Contemporary Biography of West Virginia. New York: Atlantic Publishing, 1894. Call# E4864.265.
Men of West Virginia. Chicago: Biographical Publishing Company, 1903. Call # E4864.55.
Wardell, Patrick. Virginia and West Virginians, 1607-1870, Vol. 1-3. Bowie,MD : Heritage Books, 1986-1992. Call# F225. W34 1986. Name indexes to various historical and genealogical works about the Virginias.
U.S. population schedule for 1870 and Veterans Schedule for 1890 available on microfilm, behind the Genealogy Reference Desk. Indexes for 1870 and 1880 available on CD-ROM- ask at the Genealogy Reference Desk. A transcription of the 1880 census may also be found on the 2nd floor open shelves. Other census records and indexes available in the library through Ancestry.com. For Virginia censuses, see the Virginia pathfinder.
West Virginia 1890 Veteran's Census Index. Bountiful, Utah: HeritageQuest, 1999. Call # E494. D588 1999 (2nd floor open shelf).
Index of Fatalities in West Virginia Coal Mines 1883-1925. A partially transcribed list.
West Virginia Coal Mines. A part of the West Virginia GenWeb project.
R.L. Polk and Company's West Virginia State Gazetter and Business Directory. 1904-1905. Pittsburgh?: 1904. Call # F864.7.
For directories of West Virginia cities, see the city directory list.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: West Virginia (Web site.) http://www.newberry.org/ahcbp/sitefiles/state_index.htm
Kenny, Hammil. West Virginia Place Names. Piedmont, WV: Place Name Press, 1945. Call # E8958.463.
West Virginia Gazetteer of Physical and Cultural Place Names. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, 1986. Call # F239. W45 1986.
West Virginia County Formations and Boundry Changes. Charleston: Historical Records Survey, WPA, 1938. Call # F864.41.
Dyer, M.H. Dyer's Index to Land Grants in West Virginia. Charleston: M.W. Donnally, 1896. Call #HD243.W4 D9 1896 (2nd floor open shelf).
Lewis, Virgil Anson. The Soldiery of West Virginia…Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1978. Call# F241 .L685 1978 (2nd floor open shelf). This reprint of a 1911 work covers soldiers from western Virginia in conflicts prior to the Civil War.
Johnston, Ross B. West Virginians in the American Revolution. Parkersburg, WV: West Augusta Historical and Genealogical Society, 1959. Call # E263. V8 J67 1959 (2nd floor open shelf).
Shelter, Charles. West Virginia Civil War Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Library, 1963. Call #f 864.817.
Also, check card and computer catalogs for subject: West Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
Johnston, Ross B. West Virginia Estate Settlements. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 1977. Reprint of 1911work. Call #F240.J63 1985 (2nd floor open shelf). Covers estate settlements up to 1850.
Inventory of Public Vital Statistics in West Virginia. Charleston: Historical Records Survey, WPA, 1941. Call # F864.405. Describes state and local vital records holdings at the time of publication, but does not index individual records.
Vital Research Records Project. West Virginia Division of Culture and History.
Researchers should also check both the card catalog and the computer catalog for materials cataloged under the name of the locality (county, city or town.) Also, the LDS Family History Library Catalog available at the 2nd floor CD-ROM station or on the internet at http://www.familysearch.org is a good source for local records. Microfilm records held by the LDS library can be loaned through the Newberry Library. Inquire at the genealogy desk if you are interested in this option.