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1930 Census
October 2001

1930 West Virginia Census
October 2001

1930 West Virginia Census Index
October 2003

1930 West Virginia Census Index Now Available on CD-Rom in Archives and History Library
October 2003

1940 U.S Census
February 2010

1940 Census Release on April 2, 2012
March 2012

1956 WV State Death Records Now on WVRR Database
January 2007

2003 Legislation of Interest
April 2003

2003 Legislation of Interest
February 2003

2005 History Day at the West Virginia Legislature
February 2005

2005 West Virginia Legislation of Interest
March 2005

2008 Annual "Hoot Owl" Night in the Archives
February 2008

2010 Decennial Census
January 2010

2010 History Heroes Online
April 2010

2010 Writers Toolkit Workshops Include Historical Writing
February 2010

2011 West Virginia History Bowl Champion is Moorefield Middle School
May 2011

2013 History Day at the Legislature on February 21
February 2013

2013 History Day at the Legislature Well Attended
March 2013

2014 History Day is February 13 in Charleston
February 2014

2014 History Heroes Recognized
March 2014

2014 West Virginia History Bowl State Championship Set for April 29
April 2014

250th Anniversary of the French and Indian War Marked by State Parks Events
March 2008

15th Annual Hoot Owl to be March 28-29, 2014
December 2013

4th Annual Archives and History Showcase Held December 4
January 2013

45th United States Colored Troops
November 2003

9th Annual "Hoot Owl" Night in the Archives Set for April
December 2007

12th Annual History Day at the Capitol Scheduled for February 21
December 2007

12th Annual Hoot Owl on April 1
January 2011; February 2011

Acknowledgment of Donations and an Explanation of How the Archives Receives Them
May 2013

An Addendum: Preservation and Accessibility of Archival Collections of the West Virginia Archives and History Library
July 2007

Additional West Virginia County Records on Microfilm Now Available in Archives and History Library
November 2004

Additions and Corrections to the County Records as Listed in Archives and History News
August 2001

Additions to Microfilm of Out-of-State Civil War Era Newspapers
September 2011

Advice for Authors
April 2001

Advice for Self Publication
May 2010

Advice for Small Genealogy Libraries
November 2006

African American Ancestry Web Sites
March 2005

"Ancestors" DVDs Available for Library Viewing
August 2013

Ancestry Library Edition Now Available
October 2005

Ancestry.com Offers School Lesson Plans
June 2013

Annual Hoot Owl All-Nighter Scheduled for April 1-2
March 2011

Appalachian Regional Interest Collection
June 2013

Archives 2010 Showcase Has Civil War Theme
October 2010; November 2010

Archives and History Adopts New Guidelines and Fees
January 2005

Archives and History Acquires Microfilm of Out-of-State Civil War Era Newspapers
April 2011

Archives and History Annual Showcase
November 2012; December 2012

Archives and History Calendar of Events Submissions
November 2008

Archives and History Contact Information
May 2007

"Archives and History Department Good Place to Visit"
August 2000

Archives and History Evening Workshops Resume
January 2007

Archives and History Historian Greg Carroll Retires
December 2012 2007

Archives and History Launches Online Sesquicentennial Project
February 2011

Archives and History Library at Library Day 2014
March 2014

Archives and History Library CD-Rom Collection
August 2001

Archives and History Library Evening Workshops Schedule
July 2006

Archives and History Library Has a Brand New Look
July 2009

Archives and History Library Holiday Schedule Changes
September 2008

Archives and History Library Hours Changing
July 2009

Archives and History Library Offers Free Access to Three Subscription Sites
June 2009

Archives and History Library Reading Room
February 2008

Archives and History Library Registers 2000th New Visitor Under New Rules
February 2011

Archives and History Movie Night at Tuesday Night Lecture Program on June 7
June 2011

Archives and History Newsroom
November 2009

Archives and History Newsroom Debuts
July 2009

Archives and History on the Internet
July 2001

Archives and History Pays Tribute to Robert C. Byrd
August 2010

Archives and History Reorganizes and Renames Evening Programs
September 2013

Archives and History Showcase Was a Capitol Affair
January 2012

Archives and History Staff Changes
January 2014

Archives and History Web Site Features "On This Day in West Virginia History"
October 2005

Archives and History Web Site Makes Family Tree Magazine's 75 Best List
January 2013

Archives and History Web Site Offers Resources for Teachers
September 2011

Archives and History's Genealogy Club Offers Help for Beginners
April 2011

Archives Historian at Hatfield and McCoy Festival in June
August 2013

Archives Library Cell Phone Policy
June 2009

Archives Library Featured on "West Virginia Legacy" on Library Television Network y
May 2010

Archives Library Has New TV Setup
December 2008

Archives Library Hosts Scrapbooking Workshop on July 6
July 2010

Archives Library Microfilm Reader-Printers
October 2008

Archives Library Reading Room
May 2009; June 2009

Archives Library Reading Room to be Refurbished
February 2009

Archives Library Registers 1000th Patron Under New Guidelines
July 2010

Archives Photo Collection Database
April 2002

Archives Photo Display
July 2009

Archives Photo Gallery Online
July 2012

Archives Showcase December 7
December 2009

Are You an Author?
May 2000

Armentrout Contributes Multiple Biographies to West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Online
August 2014

Articles About West Virginia Counties Added to Web Site
November 2004

"Ask Granny Quotations"
November 2012

Asking the Right Question
December 2000

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Project Online
January 2005

Augusta County Chancery Records Valuable Resource for West Virginia Genealogists and Historians
January 2013

Aurora Area Historical Society History Center
April 2008

Backing Up Your Family History Files for Preservation
July 2008

"Battleground West Virginia: Electing the President in 1960:" Focus of May 4 Presentation
May 2010

"Battleground West Virginia" Web Site Debut
June 2010

Beginning Genealogy Feature of August "First Tuesday" at the Archives
August 2010

Benoni
December 2003

Birth and Death Registration Difficulties in W. Va. Revealed in 1923
November 2013

A Bit about Virgil A. Lewis, First State Historian and Archivist
January 2014

Board of Public Works Minute Book Presented to State Archives
February 2009

Bob Taylor Receives 2010 Vandalia Award
July 2010

Boone County to be Focus of March 10 Genealogy Club
March 2011

Border Confusion
October 2004

Boreman Papers and Supreme Court of Appeals Finding Aids Now On-Line
April 2007

The Bridges of West Virginia: Have You Ever Wondered?
November 2011

Bryan Richards Named Virgil A. Lewis Fellow
February 2011

Byrd Speech Online
August 2010

"Cal Price and the Pocahontas Times"
March 2006

Calling all Night Owls for Hoot Owl Night at the Archives!
February 2013

Can Treason Be Committed Against a State?: Extracts from the Debate 150 Years Ago
December 2011

Capitol Complex Parking Reminder
October 2014

Capitol Complex Parking Rules
September 2014

Capitol Complex Parking Woes and Options
March 2007

Carlile at the Second Wheeling Convention
August 2011

Carpet Installation in the Cultural Center
August 2005
September 2005

Cass Gilbert
February 2002

Cass Gilbert and the West Virginia Capitol
February 2002

Cataloger Requests Information Regarding Salute to the Coal Industry
April 2013

Cataloging of Books Resumes
March 2008

CD-Rom Collection
August 2001

Cecil H. Underwood Collections
February 2009

Cecil H. Underwood: West Virginia Governor and State Archives Benefactor Dies
December 2008

Celebration of West Virginia History, A
April 2000

Cemeteries
September 2000

Cemetery Books
February 2010

Cemetery Care and Preservation
April 2007

Cemetery Information on SHPO Website
April 2005

Cemetery Preservation
April 2004

Certified Historic Preservation Community Program Initiated
January 2006

Charles Lounsberry's Will Lives On!
October 2002

Charleston Directories on Microfilm
August 2008

Check out West Virginia Archives and History on Facebook and YouTube
March 2011

Civil War Books Added to Collection
April 2003

Civil War Books Donated by the Kanawha Valley Civil War Roundtable
April 2003

Civil War Trails Program Comes to West Virginia
April 2008

Clarification of Family Tree Magazine Statement about Early W. Va. Birth Records
July 2012

Clarification Regarding Genealogies of the Black People of Pendleton County
December 2013

Clarification Regarding the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Archives and the West Virginia Catholic Heritage Center
July 2005

Cleaning A Cemetery? Researching Burials? Read This First!
April 2006

Clipping File and Surname File Folder Titles Now Online
August 2007

Clipping File Subject List Online
May 2006

Coal Camp Message Board and Mailing List Now on RootsWeb
December 2006

Combat Scenario: Early West Virginia Coal Mining's Culture of Danger, April 6, by Dr. Paul Rakes
April 2010

Comments on "Kanhaway" from Filson
July 2013

Comparing Population Milestones
December 2006

Confederate Receipt Book
January 2012

Congratulations, 2008 History Heroes!
March 2008

Contrasting Search Methods
October 2002

County Courthouses and Records
May 2004

County Death Records Now Held Back 50 Years on WVVRR
August 2013

Courthouse Disasters & Myths
May 2004

Courthouse Prints
December 2005

Creating and Preserving Visual Imagery With Still Photography
June 2001

Culture and History E-mail Addresses Have Changed
January 2010

Current Political Situation Not a First for West Virginia
April 2011

Darby's Universal Gazetteer
April 2009; May 2009; June 2009; July 2009; September 2009; October 2009; November 2009; January 2010; February 2010; March 2010

Date Terminology: Ult., Inst., and Prox.
June 2012

Deadline for Submission of Event Information to West Virginia Archives and History News
May 2013

Decoding Social Security Numbers in One Step
November 2007

Deeds in Historical and Genealogical Research
January 2012

"Digging into the Draper Collection" Topic of December 7 First Tuesday
December 2010

Discoveries and Discrepancies in Microfilmed West Virginia County Records
May 2003

Division of Culture and History Publications and Periodicals
February 2006

Do You Have One of These?
December 2013

Do You Know Anything Odd About Records for a West Virginia County
January 2008

Do You Remember "The Last Will and Testament of Charles Lounsberry"?
June 2002

Doddridge on Pioneer Household Goods and Food
July 2013

Donating Your Printed Work
May 2003

Donations to Archives and History
December 2014

Doug Wood Talk on February 2 to Feature Groundhogs
February 2010

Dr. Lois Lucas to Present "African American Women's Activism in the Mountain State" on February 1
February 2011

Dr. Maslowski to Present "A Primer on West Virginia Archaeology" on January 4
January 2011

Dr. Michael Workman to Present "The Forgotten Battles of the Mine Wars: The Fairmont Field" on March 1
March 2011

Early Marriage Laws in Virginia/West Virginia
June 2004

"Eating and Drinking at the Jenkins Plantation in the 1850s"
April 2005

Economical Family History Projects Close to Home
June 2008

Editor Requests Information About West Virginia County Records
February 2008

Eighth Annual Hoot Owl Research in the Archives Night
January 2007

Eighth History Day to be Held at the State Capitol
January 2004

Ellis R. Dungan, Filmmaker
August 2012

Eloping to Pennsylvania
November 2014

E-mailing Archives and History
June 2010; July 2010

Emmy Award-Winning Filmmaker Deborah Novak Visits Archives
October 2012

The Encyclopaedia of Geography
January 2013

Enlightening Obituary
August 2003

The Evan Dale Evans (1915-1991) and Richard Alan Evans Mountain State Forest Festival Collection
November 2014

Evening Workshops at the Archives Library
March 2006

Everettville Historical Association Fundraisers
August 2009

"Everton's Genealogical Helper" Magazine
January 2007

Ex Libris Voyager Bringing New Online Catalog to Archives Library
August 2007

Family History Scrapbooking Titles
October 2009

Family Tree Magazine Lauds West Virginia State Archives Web Site
February 2006

Farewell to Archives Staffer Nancy Waggoner
March 2011

Farewell to Bryan Ward
September 2013

Federal Census Records
June 2000

Festival Programs Wanted
September 2013

A Few Examples of 1930 City Ordinances
April 2013

A Few Words about Original Certificates
May 2013

Finding Aid for Governor Joe Manchin Collection Now Online
August 2014

Finding West Virginia Newspapers
June 2006

First Governor's Mansion and Its Original Owner, Gustave Jelenko, The
February 2015

First Monthly Evening Genealogy Club Meeting Held
May 2010

For the Sake of Accuracy
June 2006

For Your Reference
July 2013; August 2013; September 2013; October 2013; November 2013; December 2013; January 2014; February 2014; March 2014; April 2014; May 2014; June 2014; July 2014; August 2014;

Former First Lady's Papers Come to State Archives
April 2011

The Four Goff Brothers of West Virginia Wins National Award
September 2005

Free Access to Ancestry and HeritageQuest for Archives and History Library Patrons
June 2007

From the Archives and History Newsroom
May 2014

Funeral Home Records
September 2004

Genealogy and Law Lecture on January 5
January 2010

Genealogy Surname Exchange
September 2004; September 2010

George Washington High School Advanced Placement U.S. History Class Writes Veteran Biographies
October 2014

"A Glimpse at Some Lesser Known Prominent West Virginians"
December 2009

"Going Back Before 1850: Genealogical Strategies for Early American Research" on March 2
March 2010

Golden Horseshoe
March 2004

Golden Horseshoe Alumni Enjoy Workshop in the Archives
July 2009

Governor Manchin Announces New Online Exhibit from Archives and History
October 2009

Governor Unveils Archives and History Online Exhibit
July 2006

Grave Creek Mound Lecture Series
March 2010

Grave Creek Mentioned in Old History Textbook
January 2011

Grave Creek Mound Opens Interpretive Garden
July 2010

Greek Immigrants in West Virginia Feature of October Lecture
October 2010

Guidelines for Events in the Archives and History News Calendar
April 2010

Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants 34th Annual Gathering, August 7-10, 2014
July 2014

Hall to Address May Genealogy Club
May 2011

Hampshire County Births and Deaths on Microfilm
August 2012

Harden and Harden Funeral Home Records
February 2015

Hardy County Petitions Jefferson Davis, 1861
September 2011

Harold Newman Honored for 30 Years of Public Service
October 2007

Hatfield-McCoy Bibliography Online
August 2012

Hatfield-McCoy Feudist Letters Come to State Archives
September 2012

Hatfield and McCoy Images from the WV Archives Featured in New Book
March 2013

He likes us! He really likes us!
August 2014

Hechler Will Discuss New Book at July 14 Genealogy Program
July 2011

Henline to Discuss Eastern Band Cherokee at August Tuesday Night Lecture Program
August 2011

Henry Louis Gates Jr. to Speak in Celebration of the Centennial of the West Virginia State Archives
August 2005

Here's Why We All Need to Know History
June 2002

HeritageQuest Online
June 2003

High School and College Yearbooks: A Neglected Genealogical Resource
March 2005

Hillside Fields Can Be Hazardous!
October 2013

His Soul Goes Marching On: The Life and Legacy of John Brown
January 2010

Historic Preservation Development Grants Available
December 2010

Historic Preservation Grants Available
August 2003

Historic Preservation Survey and Planning Grants
September 2006

Historic Preservation Survey and Planning Grants Available
August 2003; August 2004; September 2010

Historical, Genealogical and Preservation Societies List Update
June 2005

History Bowl 2014 Schedule is Set
February 2014

History Bowl Championship For 2015 Gearing Up
February 2015

History Bowl Debuts April 27 at Culture Center
April 2010

History Day 2004
January 2004

History Day 2010
March 2010

History Day 2015
February 2015

History Day 2014 Hampered by Snow
March 2014

History Day at the West Virginia Legislature is February 13, 2014
January 2014

History Day at the Legislature is February 18
February 2010

History Day at the Legislature to be Held February 22, 2007
November 2006

History Day at the State Capitol on February 21
January 2008

History Heroes Online
March 2009; April 2009

History of the Mountain State
May 2001

History of West Virginia, The
May 2001

History and Genealogy
November 2000

History's Role in Genealogy
November 2000

Honoring Our Ancestors Genealogical Grants
May 2007

The "Hoot Owl" Makes Its Annual Visit
May 2013

Hoot Owl Night in Library Great Success
May 2010

Hoot Owl Night in the State Archives on April 24-25
April 2009

Hoot Owl Night on March 26
February 2010; March 2010

"Hoot Owl Night" Reservations Coming in Early
February 2014

Hoot Owl Set for March 27-28, 2015
February 2015

Identity Theft and Genealogical Websites
April 2005

Important Update Regarding the WV Archives Holdings of Virginia Personal Property Tax Records
July 2003

Importance of Documentation and Accuracy in Family History Research, The
June 2005

Importance of Local History, The
October 2004

In Memoriam: Charles Stuart McGehee
February 2010

In Memoriam: Jerry Grady
June 2012

In Memoriam: Joseph H. Ferrell
November 2006

In Memoriam: Lois Jean Thomas
November 2006

In Memoriam: Patricia Pleska, 1943-2006
April 2006

In Memoriam: Sheri K. Pettit
June 2012

Institutional Book Donations
January 2013

Interesting Books About the Lewis and Clark Expedition in the West Virginia Archives and History Library
September 2003

International Collaboration Showcases Veteran Biographies
September 2014

Internet or the Library: The Question for the Modern Researcher, The
August 2002

Internet or the Library?, The
August 2002

Interviews with West Virginia Veterans
November 2002

An Introduction to West Virginia Ethnic Communities
August 2006

Jenkins Plantation News
August 2005

Jennings Randolph Photograph Collection Finding Aid Online
May 2007

Joe Geiger Named Acting Director of Archives and History Section
December 2007

John Brown's Family
December 2004

Kanawha County Marriages Microfilm Problems
January 2006

Kanawha Valley History Center Starts "Young Investigators Club"
February 2008

Karl Dewey Myers, W. Va.'s First Poet Laureate
January 2014

Kathy Stuck Responds to Call for Old Telephone Directories
October 2013

Kesterson Lecture Photos
July 2009

Kesterson Lecture to Feature The West Virginia National Guard 1898-1919
June 2009

KVGS Donates Remaining Funds to MYHF
March 2010

Labor History Celebrated in September
September 2010

Lecture on Researching African American Communities
January 2007

Legislation in the 2003 West Virginia Legislature of Interest to Historians and Genealogists
February 2003

Legislative Districts Photo Display
February 2007

Legislative Petition Collection Grows
August 2009

Legislators Lists Online
April 2007

A Letter of Appreciation from WVSTA
August 2014

Lewis and Clark: The Eastern Legacy
September 2003

Lewis and Clark Journey the Ohio Again!
September 2003

Library of Congress Testing Expanded Search Capability
November 2006

Library's Voyager Catalog Available Online
August 2010

Lighter Side of Life in the West Virginia Archives, The
July 2000

Lineage Societies to be Topic of February 10th Genealogy Club
February 2011

Lloyd Lewis to Discuss West Virginia Railroads at April 5 Program in the Library
April 2011

A Look at West Virginia State Archives' Audio-Visual Collection
August 2011

"Look What I Found in This Book!"
October 2014; December 2014

Loose Nicholas County Marriage Records Now on Microfilm
April 2006

Martin Robison Delany 200th Anniversary
April 2012

May Day--Saving Our Archives
May 2008

Medal of Honor Recipient Donates DVD
August 2014

Meet Volunteer Jerry Grady
March 2011

Meet Volunteer Pat McClure
August 2011

Mercer County Opens Research Library/Museum
July 2010

"A Message on Underwear" from O.J. Morrison, West Virginia Retailer
April 2013

Microfilm Reader-Printer Changes in the Archives Library
November 2008

Microfilm Readers Available for Loan
July 2002

Mining Your History Foundation
January 2002

Mining Your History Foundation
September 2005

Mining Your History Foundation Annual Meeting and Workshops
October 2004

Mining Your History Foundation Annual Meeting on November 2
November 2013

MYHF Donates Border County Books
December 2004

MYHF Fall Conference Features NARA Archivist Jefferson Moak
October 2008

Missing 1820 Census Pages for Randolph and Monongalia Counties Now Available in Archives Library
December 2003

Missing WV County Records
February 2001

Mitchell to Discuss Carr China at July Tuesday Night Lecture Program
July 2011

Moorefield Middle School Tops Fairview to Win WV History Bowl State Championship
June 2014

More about Photographs
July 2012

More Counties Added Soon to WVVRR
July 2008

More from Confederate Receipt Book
April 2012

More on Benoni
March 2004

More on Courthouses, County Records and County Seats
December 2004

Most Recent WVVRR Additions Completed
October 2007

Much Information in Legislative Petitions
December 2013

Music and Film Programs to Feature Archives Staff
May 2011

Musings on Conferences and the Kind of Research We are Doing, by Curt B. Witcher
May 2007

Musings of an Archives Librarian on the Nature of the West Virginia Archives and History Library
February 2007

My Cousin, My Self
July 2001

My First Year with History Bowl
April 2014

MyFamily.com, Inc. Now The Generations Network, Inc.
February 2007

MYHF Annual Conference a Success
December 2008

Name Know-How
October 2000

NARA Archivist Jefferson Moak Featured Speaker for MYHF Fall Conference
November 2008

NARA to Close Downtown Philadelphia Facility
April 2014

National Genealogical Society (NGS): Genealogical Standards
March 2003

Navigate the Archives and History Library Catalog with Voyager (R)
February 2008

Neil Gaiman on Libraries via YouTube
November 2014

New Archives Rules Effective January 4, 2010
January 2010

New Cemetery Law in West Virginia
September 2000

New Check Conversion Policy
March 2009

New County Records Added to Vital Research Records Database
June 2007

New Exhibit in Archives and History's Photo Gallery
July 2011

New Logo, New Museum, Old Name Announced for WV Division of Culture and History
June 2009

New Monthly Column on Archives Reference Collection
July 2013

New State Museum App
June 2013

Newspaper Archives Database Will Be Focus of April 14 Genealogy Club
April 2011

Newspaper Indexes
April 2006

Newspaper Microfilm in the Archives Library
April 2009

Newspaper Research
March 2001

Newspaper Search Tips for Marriages, Divorces, Births, Anniversaries, etc.
May 2006

Newspapers Currently Received in the Archives and History Library
June 2012

NGS Research Standards
March 2003

No, No, No, No! The Kanawha County Courthouse Has Never Burned!!
May 2004

Not-So-Buried Treasures, Part I: Manuscripts and Special Collections
March 2007

Not-So-Buried Treasures, Part II: Governors Papers
April 2007

Not-So-Buried Treasure, Part III: Archival/State Government Records Collections
May 2007

Not-So-Buried Treasure, Part IV: Images Other Than Photographs
June 2007

Not-So-Buried Treasure, Part V: Microfilm Collection
July 2007

A Note Regarding the Jennings Randolph Photo Collection
September 2007

Notes About WV Research by Mail
May 2007

Odd and Obscure Facts about West Virginia Civil War Medals
July 2014

OGS Library Has Moved
July 2010

The Old Dominion: Two States, One Heritage, November 3 and 4 in Lewisburg
August 2006; September 2006

"Old Man's Draft" for World War II
July 2004

Old Recipes in the Archives
March 2012

Online Listings of Archives Civil War Holdings Now Available
June 2013

Parkersburg Church's Baptismal Records Online
February 2013

Patricia Pleska Named Distinguished West Virginian
August 2005

Patrick Gass, West Virginia's Connection to the Lewis and Clark Expedition
September 2003

PERSI Updated for 2007
November 2007

Personal Property Tax Lists
September 2002

Personal Property Tax Lists on Microfilm
September 2002

Personal Property Tax Lists Holdings: An Update
July 2003

Peyton to Present Charleston: Then & Now on Sept. 7
September 2010

Photographic Tribute to Governor Moore
February 2015

Photographs
June 2001

"Pic of the Week" Returns
January 2007

Pioneer Press Editorials Online
March 2009

Planning a Cemetery Cleanup?
February 2015

Poetry in the Archives and History Library Collection
October 2014

Poignant Comment in National Cemetery Record of Graves
April 2013

Premier of West Virginia History Bowl Great Success
June 2010

Preparing for the 1930 Census: Tips for Finding Your Entries Without Indexes
March 2002

Preservation Week Mini-Grant Applications Now Available
September 2001

Primary and Secondary Resources
October 2002

Print Donations to the West Virginia Archives and History Library
May 2003

Proposed Archives and History Library Services and Fee Guidelines Posted for Public Comment Period
November 2004

Publishing Your Own Work
April 2001

Quick Guide to West Virginia Birth Records
October 2007

Quick Guide to West Virginia Death Records
September 2007

Quick Guide to West Virginia Land Deed Terminology
June 2012

Quick Guides Now on Web Site
January 2008

Quiz Yourself and Learn More About West Virginiana
April 2007

Randy Marcum Changes Hats at the Archives
January 2013

Ray's Practical Arithmetic: A Textbook Published Circa 1857
August 2002

Reading Room Atlas Stand Resources
August 2009

Reading Room Reorganization in Progress
June 2013

Reasons to Call the Archives and History Library Before Visiting
November 2008

Recent Additions to the Collections
April 2011

Recipe for Colonial Cologne
September 2009

Records Added to WVVRR
February 2014

Records Management and Preservation Board Announces Grant Recipient
July 2006

Records Management and Preservation Board Awards Grants
May 2007

Records Management and Preservation Board Statewide Preservation Project
August 2011

Records Management and Preservation Board 2008 Grants
May 2008

Records of Discharges Return to the Archives
November 2008

Refresher Course in Asking the Right Question, A
October 2002

Refresher Course in Asking the Right Question and More
January 2005

Refurbishing of Archives Library Reading Room
March 2009; April 2009

Rehoboth 225th Anniversary Celebrated in June
August 2011

Remarks of Lewis Maxwell Regarding Native Americans
March 2013

Remarks of Maxwell Lewis [sic] Regarding Native Americans
March 2013

Remembering Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers
January 2005

Reminder for Librarians, Society Secretaries and Regular Readers of West Virginia Archives and History News
February 2015

Republication of Copyrighted Works
June 2010

Research Request Letters to the Archives Library
January 2007; January 2014

Research Resources in Archives and History News
September 2010

Research Standards
March 2003

Researching 18th Century American Indian History Topic of April Evening Workshop
February 2007

Resources in the West Virginia Archives Library for Researching Cemeteries
September 2000

RMPB Announces Grant Recipients
July 2010

RMPB Announces Grant Recipients for 2011-2012 Year
April 2011

Roman Catholic Heritage Center Established
February 2004

Samuels-Pierpont Collection
August 2004

Scholar in Japan Appreciates the WV Archives
November 2012

Schust to Discuss McDowell County at September Genealogy Program
September 2011

Scrapbooking Workshop Enjoyed by Participants
August 2010

Searching Surnames in the Archives Library
January 2001

Sesquicentennial Anniversary of John Brown's Raid
April 2009

Sesquicentennial Celebration in the Archives
August 2013

Sesquicentennial Display in the Archives and History Library
June 2013

Sesquicentennial Mondays
April 2011

Shady Spring Team 1 History Bowl Champions for 2013
June 2013

Share Your Heritage Workshop Partnership
November 2004

Sharing Family History Via the Internet
October 2003

SHPO Cemeteries Presentation to Genealogy Club on June 9
June 2011

SHPO Grants Available
February 2010

SHPO Offering Scholarship Funds
July 2006

SHPO Offers Preservation Week Mini-Grants
September 2001

SHPO to Sponsor Cemetery Preservation and Cemetery Landscapes Workshop
July 2009

Six Million Military Personnel Files Now Open
November 2007

Skipped Pages Now Available
December 2003

Slave Insurance Policy Lists
December 2004

Slaves and Free People of Color in Western Virginia to be Focus of Genealogy Program
August 2011

Snapshots in Time
January 2005

Society Newsletters
July 2006

Society Organization and Management
November 2005

Soundex to be Added to HeritageQuest Online
January 2007

Speakers Laud West Virgina State Archives During "A Celebration of Archives"
November 2006

Spring Cleaning Reminders
May 2014

Spring is Cemetery Clean-up Time for Many Families and Organizations
April 2004

SSDI Search Tips
June 2006

State Archives Creates Film History Project Online Database
December 2000

State Archives Seeks Materials from the 1960 Presidential Campaigns in West Virginia
January 2010; February 2010

A State of Convenience: The Creation of West Virginia
June 2008

State Historian and Statehood
July 2010

State Park Drawings at State Archives
September 2011

State Park System History Scheduled for September Tuesday Night Lecture Program
September 2011

State Records and Capitol Fires
May 2006

Stories of a West Virginia Civil War Veteran Recounted in New Book
June 2002

The Story of West Virginia and the Semi-Centennial
July 2011

Suggested Sources in the Archives and History Library for Information on West Virginia Civil War, National Guard and Spanish American War Soldiers
October 2003

Summer in the WV Archives
July 2000

Summer Interns at Archives and History
July 2011

Suncrest Middle School is 2012 West Virginia History Bowl Champ
June 2012

Supporting Local Societies
November 2004

Surname Files
September 2002

Survey Taken of Beginning Genealogists
September 2010

Telephone Directories in the Archives
September 2013

Ten More Counties to be Added to West Virginia Vital Research Records Online
December 2006

Terry Lowry to Present "Researching Military History" on November 9
November 2010

Thanksgiving is Good Time to Interview Your Relatives
November 2010

Three Ways to Search by Surname Through the West Virginia Archives Library and Web Site
January 2001

Throwing Light on Old Terms
February 2003

Thursday Evening Genealogy Club Features KYOWVA December 9
December 2010

Time to Register and Plan for History Day 2007
December 2006

Time to Think About History Day 2010
September 2009

Tips From the Archives Staff for Preserving and Storing Your Family Photos
June 2001

Tips for Reading and Printing from Microfilm
April 2008

Tips for Researching in West Virginia County Records
August 2000

Tips for Searching on VTLS
March 2000

Tips for Using the Archives and History Library
December 2001

Tuesday Morning Genealogy Club Begins January 19
January 2010

Two New Evening Workshops Added for Fall
September 2006

Two Veteran Archives Library Employees Retire
December 2014

Two Ways to Find Elusive Genealogy or Local History Books
November 2007

Ulster Historical Foundation Seminar
October 2002

Unclaimed West Virginia Union Civil War Medals
December 2002

U.S. African American Griots: Telling Our Story Through History and Genealogical Data
December 2004

United States Census
June 2000

Update on Release of the 1940 Census
September 2011

Upper Vandalia Historical Society's "Show and Tell" on April 25
April 2010

Upshur County Historical Society Document Repository is a Research Center
July 2008

Using West Virginia County Records
January 2003

Using the Archives and History Library
December 2001

Using Newspapers for Genealogical Research
March 2001

Value of Local Histories
January 2007

Vertical Surname Files
June 2010

Veterans Biographies' Project Update
November 2014

Video Clips of "A Celebration of the Archives" Now Online
February 2007

Videotape Collection
March 2002

Viola Robson and Gold Star Pilgrimages
November 2012

The Virginia Housewife or, Methodical Cook
May 2010

Virginia Legislative Petitions for West Virginia Counties
March 2009; December 2010; May 2011

Visit the Archives and History Web Site Often
October 2008

Visiting a Cemetery for Memorial Day?
May 2010

Vital Records in West Virginia: Births
October 2007

Vital Records in West Virginia: Deaths
September 2007

Vital Records in West Virginia: Marriages
November 2007

Vital Registration Office Web Site Updated
May 2009

Vital Research Records Database Near Completion
July 2009

Vital Research Records Database Update
January 2010

Vital Research Records Project
August 2005

Vital Research Records Project Update
December 2005

Vital Research Records Update
May 2009

Vital Research Records Update
September 2009

Vital Research Records Update
August 2009

Volunteer Indexers Wanted for New West Virginia Wills Project
June 2013

Volunteer Opportunities at Archives and History
March 2010; April 2010

VRR Adds New Records
January 2011

VRR Now on New Servers
October 2009

VTLS Catalog, The
March 2000

Ward to Speak to August 12 Thursday Evening Genealogy Club
August 2010

Weirton Area Museum and Cultural Center
January 2012

Weirton Festival Programs Donated
December 2013

Weirton Steel MovieFest at Weirton Area Museum
July 2010

Welcome to History Day 2000!
March 2000

Wes Cochran Donates Family History Collection
December 2008

West Virginia Archives and History Contact Information
May 2008

West Virginia Archives and History Library Surname Files
September 2006

West Virginia Archives and History Library Videotape Collection
March 2002

West Virginia Archives and History News Becoming a Quarterly E-Newsletter
November 2014

West Virginia Archives and History Receives Yearbook Collection
March 2005

West Virginia Archives Responds to Family Tree Magazine Article
April 2009

West Virginia Archives Photograph Collection Database
April 2002

West Virginia Birth and Death Registration Problems in 1936
November 2005

West Virginia Cemetery Listings File is Growing
June 2006

West Virginia Cemeteries Manuscript File Created
May 2006

West Virginia Cemetery Survey
September 2000

West Virginia Civil War Medals
May 2014

West Virginia Civil War Union Medals
December 2002

West Virginia County Records Management and Preservation Grants Program Accepting Applications for 2006-2007 Projects
July 2005

West Virginia County Resources in the Archives
August 2000

West Virginia Culture and History Boards
June 2009

The West Virginia Encyclopedia
July 2006

West Virginia Encyclopedia Now Online
October 2010

West Virginia Genealogical Society Library
March 2008

West Virginia Government Publications as a Resource
November 2012

West Virginia Historical, Genealogical and Preservation Societies
November 2004

West Virginia History Bowl Competition Expanded in 2011
February 2011

West Virginia History Journal Publishes First Book
June 2002

West Virginia History Volume 60 Now Available
September 2006

West Virginia Memory Project
November 2005

West Virginia Newspapers in the Archives Library
June 2006

West Virginia Publications Clearinghouse Depository Libraries
May 2003

West Virginia Represented in National Calendar
February 2014

West Virginia Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War Commission
October 2009

West Virginia State Archives Joins National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
March 2005

West Virginia State Gazeteer on Microfilm
May 2013

West Virginia Statehood Featured for June 1 First Tuesday
June 2010

West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives
November 2001

West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Update
November 2002

West Virginia Veterans Memorial Update
August 2009

West Virginia Vital Registration Fee now $12.00
February 2009

West Virginia Vital Research Records Database Adds Records and Corrections
January 2014

West Virginia Vital Research Records Project
November 2009

West Virginia Vital Research Records Project Summary and Update
February 2009

West Virginia Vital Research Records Update
January 2008

West Virginia Vital Research Records Update
August 2008

West Virginians' Recipes in Mrs. Curtis's Cook Book
September 2014

West Virginia's 55 Counties
August 2000

West Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Places
December 2005

West Virginia's Own Election Controversy
December 2000

Western Virginia in The Encyclopaedia of Geography
December 2012

What Happened to the Old West Virginia Union Catalog?
February 2008

What to Do and Not to Do When Working in a Cemetery
September 2000

Wheeling Socialist Party Materials Acquired
April 2007

Where Can I Read West Virginia Archives and History News?
January 2005

Where Can I Read West Virginia Archives and History News?
February 2006

Why Archive? The Peterson Collection Sets the Standard
December 2011

Will of Charles Lounsberry Made While He Was in the Asylum at Dunning
July 2000

William and Mary Quarterly Special Issue on Slave Trade
December 2009

"And the Winner is"
June 2014

Wireless Internet Now Available in Archives and History Library
September 2009

Wood County Historical Landmarks Commission and Wood County Sheriff Cooperate in Cemetery Survey
August 2009

World War I Draft Registration Cards Available Soon
February 2004

WV County Records Research Tips
January 2003

WV Culture and History Facilities to Close Holidays in 2014
December 2013

WV Reads 150: Celebrating the West Virginia Sesquicentennial, 1863-2013
January 2013

WVGS Library Closed
February 2015

WWI Draft Registration Cards
February 2004

WVVRR Corrections Ongoing
May 2013

WVVRR Rolls Up 1914 Births and 1964 Deaths
February 2015

www.wvculture.org/history
July 2001


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