Aurora Area Historical Society
P. O. Box 100
Aurora, WV 26705
Aurorawv58@aol.com
(304) 735-3819
President: John Adams
Secretary: Virginia Martin
Barbour County Historical Society
200 North Main Street
Philippi, WV 26416
(304) 457-4846 (museum)
President: Lars Byrne
c/o The Society
Secretary: Amelia Mouser
c/o The Society
Belle Historical Restoration Society
Leoma Ballard
1715 W. Dupont Ave.
Belle, WV 25015
Berkeley County Historical
Society
P.O. Box 1624
Martinsburg, WV 25402-1624
President: Don C. Wood
c/o The Society
Secretary: Dorrene Hale
c/o The Society
Boone County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 306
Madison, WV 25130
President: Robert Plants
c/o The Society
Secretary: Mary Whitmore
c/o The Society
Braxton County, Family Research Library and Archives of
536 Elk Street
Gassaway, WV 26624
President: Brenda Hickman
228 Braxton Street
Gassaway, WV 26624
Secretary: Elizabeth Stewart
418 Parkway
Sutton, WV 26601
Braxton Historical Society
President: Helen L. Traugh
226 Birch Street
Gassaway, WV 26624-1104
Secretary: Betty M. Singleton
HC 63 Box 1
Exchange, WV 26619
Brooke County Genealogy Organization
P. O. Box 144
Beech Bottom, WV 26030-0144
President: Gwen Hubbard
momhubbard@verizon.net
c/o The Society
Secretary: Bobbie Elliott
BBE_99@prodigy.net
c/o The Society
Buffalo Historical Society
P. O. Box 144
Buffalo, WV 25033
Chair: Vacant
c/o The Society
Secretary: Elizabeth A. Martin
c/o The Society
Cabell-Wayne Historical Society
630 1/2 - 7th Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
President: James W. St Clair
c/o The Society
Calhoun County Historical and Genealogical Society, The
P. O. Box 242
Grantsville, WV 26147-0242
President: Robert Bonar
c/o The Society
Secretary: Teresa Harris
c/o The Society
Carter G. Woodson Memorial Foundation, Inc.
P. O. Box 5483
Huntington, WV 25703
President: Newatha Myers
Corresponding Secretary: Loretta Hagler
Ceredo Historical Society Museum
501 Main Street
P.O. Box 691
Ceredo, WV 25507
(304) 453-3025
President: Jack Hardin
Director: Caroll Conner
Chancery Hill Historic Association
228 Wagner Road
Morgantown, WV 26501
President: Sam Loretta
c/o The Society
Secretary: Joni Rowe
Clay County Landmarks Commission and Historical Society, The
P. O. Box 670
Clay, WV 25043
President: Jerry D. Stover
P.O. Box 523
Clay, WV 25043
Secretary: Joyce Gibson
c/o The Society
Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc.
1323 - 8th Avenue
Huntington, WV
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 393
Huntington, WV 25708-0393
newrivertrain@aol.com
(304) 523-0364
President: Walt Cavender
c/o The Society
Secretary: Karol A. Cavender
c/o The Society
Daughters of the American Pioneers, Elizabeth Beauchamp Chapter
P. O. Box 621
Elizabeth, WV 26143
Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston Catholic Archives
West Virginia Catholic Heritage Center
Suite 201
2000 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
Doddridge County Historical Society
Route 1, Box 508
Greenwood, WV 26415
President: William Calhoun
Route 1, Box 508
Greenwood, WV 26415
Secretary: Suzanne W. Hadley
Route 1, Box 90A-1
Harrisville, WV 26362
hadsuz@zoominternet.net
Eastern Regional Coal Archives
Craft Memorial Library
600 Commerce St.
Bluefield, WV 24701
Elk-Blue Creek Historical Society
P. O. Box 649
Elkview, WV 25071
President: Shelton Myers
c/o The Society
Secretary: Roberta Woods
c/o The Society
Everettville Historical
Association
4523 River Road
Morgantown, WV 26501
(304) 983-2561
President: Carol L. Thorn
Secretary: Terri Medico
Fayette & Raleigh Counties Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 68
Oak Hill, WV 25901-0068
President: Gloria Friedrichs
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Helen Garner
c/o The Society
Fayette County Historical Society
President: Carl Osbourn
HC 66 Box 94B
Hico, WV 25854
Secretary: Jeannie Todaro
c/o The Society
Forks of the Buffalo Genealogical Society
109 Clarksburg Street
Mannington, WV 26582
President: Robert Swearingen
Secretary: Joan Hayes
Fort Edwards Foundation, The
P. O. Box 623
Capon Bridge, WV 26711
Fort Mill Ridge Foundation, Inc., The
91 S. High Street
Romney, WV 26757-1811
(304) 822-4320
President: Dan Hileman
c/o The Foundation
Secretary: Eva Ansel
c/o The Foundation
Friends of Blennerhassett, The
137 Juliana Street
Parkersburg, WV 26101
(304) 420-4800 (Blennerhassett Museum)
President: Mrs. Barbara Phillips
c/o FOB
Secretary: Mrs. Marilyn Horton
c/o FOB
Friends of Happy Retreat
P.O. Box 1427
Charles Town, WV 25414
(304) 724-7008
President: Curt Mason
c/o FOHR
Secretary: Paulette Sprinkle
c/o FOHR
www.happyretreat.org
Friends of Wheeling, Inc.
P. O. Box 889
Wheeling, WV 26003
President: Jeanne Finstein
c/o The Society
Secretary: Judi Hendrickson
c/o The Society
Frontier Historical Association of Western Virginia/The Fort Lee Scouts
Dona Halad
3714 37th St.
Nitro, WV 25143
Gilmer County Historical Society
P.O. Box 235
Glenville, WV 26351
President: Marion Reed
c/o The Society
Secretary: Margaret Moss
c/o The Society
Grant County Historical Society
President: Jeff Barger
Secretary/Treasurer: Deborah Hudson Kunkel
c/o The Society
HC 72 Box 7006
Scherr, WV 26726-9605
Greenbottom Society, Inc., The
P. O. Box 2556
Huntington, WV 25726
President: Ned Jones
c/o The Society
Secretary: Karen N. Nance
c/o The Society
Greenbrier Historical Society
301 W. Washington Street
Lewisburg, WV 24901-1324
President: John Arbuckle Jr.
c/o The Society
Secretary: Dr. Robert Conte
c/o The Society
Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants, Inc.
45 Abbott's Run Road
Horner, WV 26372
President: Mary Creamer
c/o The Society
Secretary: Audrey Brenneman
c/o The Society
Hampshire County Historical Society
P.O. Box 549
Augusta, WV 26704
President: Robert Smith
c/o The Society
Secretary: Alanna McGuinn
c/o The Society
Hardy County Historical Society
P. O. Box 4
Moorefield, WV 26836
President: Phoebe F. Heishman
c/o The Society
Secretary: Charlotte Bowman
c/o The Society
Harpers Ferry Historical Association
Harpers Ferry National Hist. Park
P. O. Box 197
Harpers Ferry, WV 25425
Executive Director: Deborah Piscitelli
c/o HFNHP
Harrison County Genealogical
Society
P. O. Box 387
Clarksburg, WV 26302-0387
President: Darrell E. Waugh
c/o The Society
Secretary: David Houchin
c/o The Society
Harrison County Historical Society
P. O. Box 2074
Clarksburg, WV 26302-2074
President: Chris Green
c/o The Society
Secretary: Jeffrey R. Cline
c/o The Society
Helvetia Restoration & Development Organization, Inc.
Helvetia Historical Square
P. O. Box 34
Helvetia, WV 26224
President: Heidi Arnett
c/o The Society
Secretary: Nancy Krough
c/o The Society
Historic Beverly Preservation, Inc.
P.O. Box 277
Beverly, WV 26253
(304) 637-7424
Website: www.historicbeverly.org
E-mail: info@historicbeverly.org
Executive Director: Michelle Depp
c/o The Society
President: Phyllis Baxter
c/o The Society
Secretary: Richard Evans
c/o The Society
Historic Shepherdstown Commission
Cynthia S. Cook, Administrator
P. O. Box 1786
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
President: Edward R. Moore
c/o The Commission
Secretary: Peg McNaughton
c/o The Commission
Jackson County Historical Society
P. O. Box 22
Ripley, WV 25271
President: Bill Mullins
c/o The Society
Secretary: Maxine Landfried
c/o The Society
Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society
P. O. Box 569
Ranson, WV 25438
President: James L. Taylor
Secretary: James A. Tolbert
www.jeffctywvblackhistory.org
Jefferson County Historical Society
P. O. Box 485
Charles Town, WV 25414
President: Carmen Weber Creamer
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Betsy Wells
c/o The Society
www.jeffersonhistoricalwv.org
Julia-Ann Square Association
P. O. Box 966
Parkersburg, WV 26101
President: Lillian McCrary
c/o The Society
Secretary: Patty Youngstrom
c/o The Society
www.juliannsq.org
Kanawha Valley Civil War Round Table
c/o Beth White, President
317 - 18th Street
Dunbar, WV 25064
Kanawha Valley Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 8555
South Charleston, WV 25303
President: James P. Chapman
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Rose Peterson
c/o The Society
Kanawha Valley Historical & Preservation Society, Inc.
507 Peoples Building
P. O. Box 2283
Charleston, WV 25328
304/342-7676
President: Henry Battle
c/o The Society
Secretary: John Wehrle
c/o The Society
Kanawha Valley History Center
5701 Church Drive
Rand, WV 25306
KYOWVA Genealogical and Historical Society
P. O. Box 1254
Huntington, WV 25714-1254
President: Debra Campbell
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: David Chatterton
c/o The Society
Website: www.rootsweb.com/~wvkgs/
E-Mail: kyowvagen@yahoo.com
Lincoln County Genealogical Society
7999 Lynn Avenue
Hamlin, WV 25523-1151
President: Patricia Butcher Tyler
c/o The Society
Secretary: Cheryl McCallister
c/o The Society
Logan County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 1959
Logan, WV 25601
President: Karen Hartman
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Hester Hodges
Madie Carroll House Preservation Society
234 Guyan Street
P. O. Box 3266
Huntington, WV 25702-0266
President: Richard Pettit
Corresponding Secretary: Sheri Pettit
Marion County Genealogical Club, Inc.
Marion County Public Library
321 Monroe Street
Fairmont, WV 26554
President: Claudette Price
1700 Mary Lou Retton Drive
Fairmont, WV 26554
Secretary: Doris Basnett
P.O. Box 141
Worthington, WV 26591
Marion County Historical Society
P. O. Box 1636
Fairmont, WV 26555-1636
President: Dora Kay Grubb
c/o The Society
Secretary: Diana George
c/o The Society
Marshall County Historical Society
301 13th Street
P. O. Box 267
Moundsville, WV 26041
President: Stanley Stewart
c/o The Society
Secretary: Nila Chaddock
c/o The Society
Mason City Historical Society
Box 7
Mason, WV 25260
President: Lois Test
Secretary: Evelyn Proffitt
McDowell County Historical Society
P. O. Box 369
War, WV 24892
President: Dr. Tom Hatcher
c/o The Society
Secretary/Treasurer: Geneva Steele
c/o The Society
Mercer County Historical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 5012
Princeton, WV 24740
President: Lois Miller
800 New Kirk Street
Princeton, WV 24740
Secretary: Dreama Reed
c/o The Society
Methodist Historical Society, Inc.
c/o Methodist Archives
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library
West Virginia Wesleyan College
59 College Avenue
Buckhannon, WV 26101
Methodist Historical Society/Archives and History Commission
c/o Methodist Archives
Annie Merner Pfeiffer Library
West Virginia Wesleyan College
59 College Avenue
Buckhannon, WV 26101
Mineral County Historical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 1325
Keyser, WV 26726
President: Edward McDonald
c/o The Society
Secretary: Laura Smith
c/o The Society
Mingo County Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 2581
Williamson, WV 25661-2581
President: P. L. Estep
c/o The Society
Secretary: Teresa Blankenship
c/o The Society
Mining Your History Foundation
P. O. Box 6923
Charleston, WV 25362-0923
President: Wes Cochran
Secretary: Virginia Gillespie
Monongalia Historical Society
P. O. Box 127
Morgantown, WV 26505
President: Chad Proudfoot
2 West Greene Drive
Morgantown, WV 26508
Secretary: Carol Pyles
c/o The Society
Monroe County Historical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 465
Union, WV 24983
President: Mary Pearl Compton
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Jay Banks
c/o The Society
Morgan County Historical and Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 52
Berkeley Springs, WV 25411
President: Fred Widmyer
c/o The Society
Secretary: Sue Parker
c/o The Society
Mountain State Railroad and Logging Historical Association
P. O. Box 89
Cass, WV 24927
President: Grady Smith
Secretary: Robert B. Hoke
c/o MSR&LHA
Nicholas County Historical and Genealogical Society
Box 443
Summersville, WV 26651
President: Nelson Tinnel
c/o The Society
Corr. Sec.: Gloria Barnette
c/o The Society
Order of the Bonnie Blue, Phoebe Warner Chapter
P.O. Box 622
Franklin, WV 26807-0622
President: Koren-Fae Rawlings
Secretary: Arberta Sue Vance
Pendleton County Historical Society
P.O. Box 549
Franklin, WV 26807
President: Richard Ruddle, Jr.
Corr.: Mrs. John Harman
HC 71, Box 2
Franklin, WV 26807
(304) 358-7366
Note: All correspondence should be sent to the corresponding secretary.
Pleasants County Historical Society
P. O. Box 335
St. Marys, WV 26170
President: Walter Carpenter
c/o The Society
Secretary: Christine Hart
c/o The Society
Pocahontas County Historical Society
810 Second Avenue
Marlinton, WV 24954
President: Mary Lou Dilley
c/o The Society
Secretary: Matt Tate
c/o The Society
Preservation Alliance of West Virginia
P. O. Box 3371
Charleston, WV 25333-3371
President: Robert Conte
c/o PA of WV
Secretary: Christy Bailey
c/o PA of WV
Preston County Historical Society
P. O. Box 113
Bruceton Mills, WV 26525-0113
President: Janice Cale Sisler
Secretary: Mary Shaffer
Pricketts Fort Memorial Foundation
Route 3, Box 407
Pricketts Fort State Park
Fairmont, WV 26554-9470
Raleigh County Historical Society
P. O Box 897
Skelton, WV 25919-0897
President: Margaret J. Sayre
705 Woodlawn Avenue
Beckley, WV 25801-6425
Secretary: Anna Gray
c/o The Society
Randolph County Historical Society
Box 1164
Elkins, WV 26241
President: Randy Allan
c/o The Society
Secretary: Donald L. Rice
c/o The Society
dlrice@citynet.net
Rich Mountain Battlefield Foundation
P.O. Box 227
Beverly, WV 26253
(304) 637-7424
Website: www.richmountain.org
E-mail: richmt@richmountain.org
Executive Director: Michelle Depp
c/o The Foundation
President: Richard Wolfe
c/o The Foundation
Ritchie County Historical Society, Inc.
310 Myles Avenue
Pennsboro, WV 26415
President: David M. Scott
c/o The Society
Secretary: Norma Davis
c/o The Society
Ritchie County Historical Museum Assoc.
Vice President: Frances Wolfe
P.O. Box 163
Harrisville, WV 26362
Roane County Historical Society,
Inc.
P. O. Box 161
Spencer, WV 25276-0161
President: Rick Greathouse
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Johanna Nutter
Rowlesburg Area Historical Society
President: Robert Ayersman
P. O. Box 605
Rowlesburg, WV 26425
Corresponding Secretary: Maryellen Wiles
P. O. Box 113
Rowlesburg, WV 26425
Rumseian Society, Inc.,
The
Box 1787
Shepherdstown, WV 25443
President: Nick Blanton
c/o The Society
Secretary: Joel Garner
c/o The Society
Saint Albans Historical Society
404 4th Avenue
St. Albans, WV 25177
President: Bill Dean
c/o The Society
Secretary: Ellen Mills-Pauley
c/o The Society
Shinnston Historical Association
Route 1 Box 128
Shinnston, WV 26431-9721
President: John R. Davis
Route 1, Box 41-D
Lumberport, WV 26386
Secretary: Wanda F. Ashcraft
602 Highland
Shinnston, WV 26431-1026
Sons of Confederate Veterans, Camp No. 1694
P.O. Box 1846
Princeton, WV 24740
Adjutant: Richard D. Lockhart
Summers County Historical Society
P. O. Box 295
Hinton, WV 25951
President: Douglas Wayne Harvey
136 Southside Drive
Hinton, WV 25951
Secretary: Dorothy Turman
1623 Thomas Lane
Blacksburg, VA 24060
Taylor County Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 522
Grafton, WV 26354
President: Tom Dadisman
c/o The Society
Secretary: Olive Crow-Dadisman
c/o The Society
Trans-Allegheny Chapter, DAR
516 Center Avenue
Weston, WV 26452-2121
Regent: Julia Bragg
c/o The Chapter
Secretary-Treasurer: Theresa Blake
P.O. Box 400
Lost Creek, WV 26385-0400
Tri-State Genealogical & Historical Society
P. O. Box 454
Newell, WV 26050
President: Colleen Waggle
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Bonnie Ryan
c/o The Society
Tucker County Historical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 13
Hambleton, WV 26269-0013
President: Jack McGuigan
c/o The Society
Secretary: Drew Brubaker
c/o The Society
Tunnelton Historical Society
P. O. Box 137
Tunnelton, WV 26444-0291
Tyler County Heritage and Historical Society
P. O. Box 317
Middlebourne, WV 26149
President: Ruth Moore
c/o The Society
Secretary: Becky Ferrebee
c/o The Society
Upper Vandalia Historical Society, The
President: Cheryl Withrow
224 Beechwood Estates
Scott Depot, WV 25560-9724
Secretary: Virginia Gillespie
Upshur County
Historical Society, The
P. O. Box 2082
Buckhannon, WV 26201
President: Amy Williams Tenney
c/o The Society
Secretary: Noel W. Tenney
c/o The Society
Wayne County Genealogical and Historical Society
P. O. Box 787
Wayne, WV 25570-0787
President: James Goode
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Lois Goode
Webster County Historical Society, Inc.
1536 Fairview Road
Webster Springs, WV 26288-8343
President: Alfred A. Clay
(304) 847-5269
West Augusta Historical & Genealogical Society
President: Jim Miracle
303 36th Street
Vienna, WV 26105
Secretary: Sylvia Bargeloh
West Augusta Historical Society
P. O. Box 414
Mannington, WV 26582
President: Sallyanne Gorbey
c/o The Society
Secretary: Olive Marie Utt
c/o The Society
West Virginia Archeological Society
P.O. Box 300
Hurricane, WV 25526
(304) 562-7233
President: C. Michael Anslinger
c/o The Society
E-mail: manslinger@crai-ky.com
Secretary-Treasurer: Darla Spencer
c/o The Society
E-mail: dspencer@crai-ky.com
West Virginia Association of Museums
P. O. Box 11527
Charleston, WV 25339
President: Melissa May
c/o The Association
Secretary: Joan Weiskircher
c/o The Association
West Virginia Baptist Historical
Society
Parchment Valley Conference Center
Route 2, Box 304
Ripley, WV 25271
President: Dr. James B. Johnson
RR#1, Box 262B
Alderson, WV 24910
Archivist: David A. Sneed
500 W. Maple Avenue
Fayetteville, WV 25840
West Virginia Chapter, Palatines to America
RD 2 Box 114
Pennsboro, WV 26415
President: Odell Miller
c/o The Society
Secretary: Mary Wagner
c/o The Society
West Virginia
Genealogical
Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 249
Elkview, WV
WV 25071
President: Larry Parsons
c/o The Society
Secretary: Shirley Campbell
c/o The Society
West Virginia Historical Association
President: Dr. William Arnett
8 Elgin Street
Morgantown, WV 26505
Secretary: Fredrick H. Armstrong
Archives and History Section
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East
Charleston, WV 25305-0300
West Virginia Historical Society
P. O. Box 5220
Charleston, WV 25361-0220
President: Michael Shock
c/o The Society
Executive Secretary: Fredrick Armstrong
c/o The Society
West Virginia Labor History Association
P. O. Box 5156
Charleston, WV 25361
President: Gordon Simmons
1532 Quarrier Street
Charleston, WV 25311
Secretary: Tim Dent
c/o WVLHA
West Virginia Museum of American Glass, Ltd.
P. O. Box 574
Weston, WV 26452
Wetzel County Genealogical Society, Inc.
P. O. Box 464
New Martinsville, WV 26155-0464
President: Carol Hassig
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Carol Hassig
c/o The Society
Wheeling Area Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 6450
Wheeling, WV 26003-6450
President: Judy Fugate
c/o The Society
Corresponding Secretary: Sarah Kleeh
c/o The Society
Wheeling Area Historical Society
P. O. Box 283
Wheeling, WV 26003
President: Margaret Brennan
c/o The Society
Secretary/Treasurer: Dr. Edward Wolf
c/o The Society
ewolf@swave.net
Windy Run Historical Association
President: Billie Hamil
175 Little Birch Road
Sutton, WV 26601
wrs@citynet.net
Secretary: Nancy Mulhare
111 Little Birch Road
Sutton, WV 26601
Wirt County Historical Society
P. O. Box 891
Elizabeth, WV 26143
President: Rose Ann Adams
c/o The Society
Secretary: Angela Brannon
c/o The Society
Wood County Historical and Preservation Society
P.O. Box 565
Parkersburg, WV 26102
President: Bob Enoch
c/o The Society
Secretary: Ed McHenry
c/o The Society
Wyoming County Genealogical Society
Box 1186
Pineville, WV 24874
President: Pat Adams
c/o The Society
Secretary: Juanita Barnett
c/o The Society