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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

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

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

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

A Note Regarding the Jennings Randolph Photo Collection
September 2007

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

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

Advice for Authors
April 2001

Advice for Small Genealogy Libraries
November 2006

African American Ancestry Web Sites
March 2005

Ancestry Library Edition Now Available
October 2005

Archives and History Adopts New Guidelines and Fees
January 2005

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 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 Acess to Three Subscription Sites
June 2009

Archives and History Library Reading Room
February 2008

Archives and History Newsroom Debuts
July 2009

Archives and History on the Internet
July 2001

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

Archives Library Cell Phone Policy
June 2009

Archives Library Has New TV Setup
December 2008

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 Photo Collection Database
April 2002

Archives Photo Display
July 2009

Are You an Author?
May 2000

Articles About West Virginia Counties Added to Web Site
November 2004

Asking the Right Question
December 2000

Atlas of Historical County Boundaries Project Online
January 2005

Aurora Area Historical Society History Center
April 2008

Backing Up Your Family History Files for Preservation
July 2008

Benoni
December 2003

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

Border Confusion
October 2004

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

"Cal Price and the Pocahontas Times"
March 2006

Capitol Complex Parking Woes and Options
March 2007

Carpet Installation in the Cultural Center
August 2005
September 2005

Cass Gilbert
February 2002

Cass Gilbert and the West Virginia Capitol
February 2002

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 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

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 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

Comparing Population Milestones
December 2006

Congratulations, 2008 History Heroes!
March 2008

Contrasting Search Methods
October 2002

County Courthouses and Records
May 2004

Courthouse Disasters & Myths
May 2004

Courthouse Prints
December 2005

Creating and Preserving Visual Imagery With Still Photography
June 2001

Darby's Universal Gazetteer
April 2009; May 2009; June 2009; July 2009

Decoding Social Security Numbers in One Step
November 2007

Discoveries and Discrepancies in Microfilmed West Virginia County Records
May 2003

Division of Culture and History Publications and Periodicals
February 2006

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

Donating Your Printed Work
May 2003

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

Enlightening Obituary
August 2003

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 Tree Magazine Lauds West Virginia State Archives Web Site
February 2006

Federal Census Records
June 2000

Finding West Virginia Newspapers
June 2006

For the Sake of Accuracy
June 2006

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

Funeral Home Records
September 2004

Genealogy Surname Exchange
September 2004

Golden Horseshoe
March 2004

Golden Horseshoe Alumni Enjoy Workshop in the Archives
July 2009

Governor Unveils Archives and History Online Exhibit
July 2006

Harold Newman Honored for 30 Years of Public Service
October 2007

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

Historic Preservation Survey and Planning Grants
September 2006

Historic Preservation Survey and Planning Grants Available
August 2004

Historic Preservation Grants Available
August 2003

Historic Preservation Survey and Planning Grants Available
August 2003

Historical, Genealogical and Preservation Societies List Update
June 2005

History Day 2004
January 2004

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

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

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: Joseph H. Ferrell
November 2006

In Memoriam: Lois Jean Thomas
November 2006

In Memoriam: Patricia Pleska, 1943-2006
April 2006

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

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

Kesterson Lecture Photos
July 2009

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

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

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

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

Loose Nicholas County Marriage Records Now on Microfilm
April 2006

May Day--Saving Our Archives
May 2008

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

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

More Counties Added Soon to WVVRR
July 2008

More on Benoni
March 2004

More on Courthouses, County Records and County Seats
December 2004

Most Recent WVVRR Additions Completed
October 2007

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

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

National Genealogical Society (NGS): Genealogical Standards
March 2003

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

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

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

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

Notes About WV Research by Mail
May 2007

The Old Dominion: Two States, One Heritage, November 3 and 4 in Lewisburg
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"Old Man's Draft" for World War II
July 2004

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

Photographs
June 2001

"Pic of the Week" Returns
January 2007

Pioneer Press Editorials Online March 2009

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 Guides Now on Web Site
January 2008

Quiz Yourself and Learn More About West Virginiana
April 2007

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

Reading Room Atlas Stand Resources
August 2009

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

Recipe for Colonial Cologne
September 2009

Records Management and Preservation Board Announces Grant Recipient
July 2006

Records Management and Preservation Board Awards Grants
May 2007

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

Remembering Firefighters and Law Enforcement Officers
January 2005

Research Request Letters to the Archives Library
January 2007

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

Roman Catholic Heritage Center Established
February 2004

Samuels-Pierpont Collection
August 2004

Searching Surnames in the Archives Library
January 2001

Sesquicentennial Anniversary of John Brown's Raid
April 2009

Share Your Heritage Workshop Partnership
November 2004

Sharing Family History Via the Internet
October 2003

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

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 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 Records and Capitol Fires
May 2006

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

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

Supporting Local Societies
November 2004

Surname Files
September 2002

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

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

Throwing Light on Old Terms
February 2003

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

Two New Evening Workshops Added for Fall
September 2006

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

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

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

Videotape Collection
March 2002

Virginia Legislative Petitions for West Virginia Counties
March 2009

Visit the Archives and History Web Site Often
October 2008

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 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

VTLS Catalog, The
March 2000

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 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 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 Genealogical Society Library
March 2008

West Virginia Historical, Genealogical and Preservation Societies
November 2004

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 State Archives Joins National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
March 2005

West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives
November 2001

West Virginia Veterans Memorial Archives Update
November 2002

West Virginia Veterans Memorial Update
August 2009M/p>

West Virginia Vital Registration Fee now $12.00
February 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 Virginia's 55 Counties
August 2000

West Virginia's Most Endangered Historic Places
December 2005

West Virginia's Own Election Controversy
December 2000

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

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

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

WWI Draft Registration Cards
February 2004

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July 2001


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