If you are looking for a particular surname, the search engine for this site is at the bottom of this page.

If you came in search of genealogy and history then you are at the right place! Here, you'll find several Calhoun, Ritchie, Wirt & Wood County, West Virginia cemeteries photographed, transcribed and indexed.

There are also transcriptions done for:

Old newspapers - 1888 Hatfield & Mccoys story from the "Daily State Journal" and articles from 1936, '37 & '40 "Wetzel Republican" in New Martinsville, WV
Morgan's Chapel Bunker Hill, WV - Bible and FHC microfilm records including birth & death records of Morgan Morgan's family and slaves from the 1700's
1832 Revolutionary War Pensioners of Lewis County Virginia [now West Virginia] - from original copied at the WV Archives in Charleston WV
Vital records from actual courthouse records but this >> WV Archives & History site is THE best place to find WV vital records online!
Revolutionary War Pension letter of George Richards of Virginia from original copied at the National Archives in Washington, DC
      *George is my 4th great grandfather!

This is also the place for Family History Savers which contains a collection of old bibles, family papers, photographs, scrapbooks and various family items rescued from online auctions and/or flea markets. ALL items listed contain at least one surname and the ultimate goal is to see these items returned to a related family. Please check out the link below to see if we may have something from your family history. Some of the bible photo records I've saved for years have recently been added to the site and can be seen using this link >>> Bible photos Many more bible photos, scrapbooks, letters and family momentos are indexed, saved and transcribed on my keepandshare.com site. That page will open in another window and can be seen by using this link >>> Bible Photos for Family Historians. To save you time >>> this page has an index for the KeepandShare site items too. Sure hope you find something helpful!


WV Cemeteries
Indexes, transcriptions & headstone photos




Calhoun County Cemeteries

Carpenter Cemetery (Hur) Cooper Cemetery Gough Cemetery Husk Cemetery Mt. Olive Cemetery
Tuttle Cemetery Wright Cemetery COMING SOON: Carpenter Cemetery (Rusk) No Cemetery Yet No Cemetery Yet

Jackson County Cemeteries

Coleman Chapel Cemetery Independence Church Cemetery No Cemetery Yet No Cemetery Yet No Cemetery Yet

Ritchie County Cemeteries

Dry Ridge Cemetery King Knob Cemetery Mt. Carmel Cemetery Nutter Cemetery Pine Grove Cemetery

Wirt County Cemeteries

COMING SOON: Freeport Cemetery Knights of Pythias (aka K of P) Cemetery Pribble Cemetery Prosperity Church Cemetery Two Runs Cemetery

Wood County Cemeteries

Munchmeyer Cemetery Pleasant Home Church Cemetery Riverview (aka Cook) Cemetery No Cemetery Yet No Cemetery Yet


>> OHIO << ~ Roseland Cemetery -Belpre, Washington County, Ohio [Links below] Benedict, Irene John G. & Rachel Bennett Jacob E. & Olevia Paden Lockwood also has Ida Lockwood Witte, Wm Clinton & Blanche Paden Lockwood One big stone for E.L. Miller, Wm. F. Brooks, Dorus Stone Brooks, John Stone, Jessie W. Stone Dollmeyer, Dorus Mason Stone & Ruby Bush Stone Joseph H. & Mary, Thomas H.& Mattie Richards Joseph W. & Nora Richards Ralph Sumpter Son of Sarah Norman Parsons Sumpter Sarah Sumpter Sarah C. Norman Parsons Sumpter


Link to our rescued family history items page FAMILY HISTORY SAVERS
A collection of found, rescued and saved bibles, family papers, photos and scrapbooks looking for a related family to be returned to! Everything there has a surname on it. Here's a few examples: ~ Devotional Book of Nancy L. CLARK Several newspaper clippings of the Saratoga, and Schuylerville NY areas. Includes surnames of: Bowman, Glean, Huested, Tooley and related others from the late 1800's to early 1900's! ~ Dr. Paul R.McLaughlin Guysville, Ohio. Family letters transcribed.
Transcribed records / West Virginia courthouses
~ Gilmer County, WV Register of Marriages Vol I ~ Marion County, WV Death Records [Various, from 1853-1859] ~ X-rpts from Wood County Reg. of Deaths #4 [Wood County, WV] ~ Wirt County, WV Marriages 1854 - 1855 - 1856 - 1857 [transcribed]
Transcribed books/booklets
~1929 Johns Hopkins Alumni Magazine Baltimore, MD. [with necrology report for same year]

*You can use the search box at the bottom of this page to look for a name on this site.


Exerpts from old newspapers
~1959 Parkersburg News, Wood Co. WV ~Oct 10, 1942 Columbus Evening Dispatch OH ~July 31, 1937 Sistersville Daily Review Tyler County, WV ~Wetzel Republican [10/23/1936 :: 3/12/1937 :: 10/4/1940] ~Ritchie County, WV News ~HATFIELDS & MCCOYS 1888 article from Newspaper


Information pertaining to some of the family lines we are researching Morgan, Swisher, Richards
Bible and FHC film records transcribed ~Morgan's Chapel Bunker Hill, WV
Includes birth & death records of Morgan's family and slaves from the 1700's. Military Records ~Revolutionary War Pension letter of George Richards [VA]

~1832 Revolutionary War Pensioners of Lewis County, (W)VA


~Two Marion County West Virginia church histories Includes: "The Church Talks" . . Catawba Methodist Church 100th Anniversary 1980 Program with some history on Catawba Methodist Church, Marion Co. WV "History of the Mt. Zion Methodist Church" Marion Co. WV
~SWISHER family history and links
~Swisher Reunion Necrology Reports Copied from early 1900's reunion records in Marion County, West Virginia. Tidbits on SCHWEITZER / SCHWITZER / SWEITZER / SWITZER / SCHWISSER / SWISSER / and variants. ~SWITZER Variants





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