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West Virginia State Data

Basic Facts and Information
County Map	State Facts
History of the Formation of Counties	The Founding of West Virginia
The Mason - Dixon Line	Charleston Facts
Frontier Times
Early Forts	Indians of West Virginia
History
Interesting Historical Locations in WV Barbour County: The Civil War Battle of Philippi; Philippi Covered Bridge Berkeley County - Morgan's Chapel in Bunker Hill Greenbrier County - Fort Donnally Hardy County - Moorefield Courthouse; "Willow Wall" - the McNeill Family House Mason County - George Washington's "Lost Colony" Ohio County - Roseby's Rock	Biographies Alexander Spottswood
Other State Data
Summary of the 1904 WV Poor Laws	Russian Immigrants to WV 1834-1897
State Officials	War of 1812 Newspapers
Report of the WV State Medical Society of 1875	WV Executions
Coal Mine Accidents 1896 and 1897
Researching your WV Ancestors
West Virginia and Her Records Synopsis of counties and the records available	Resources For West Virgina (Off-site Links) West Virginia Division of Culture and History Vital Research Records Search Selection...West Virginia Birth, Death, and Marriage certificates on-line. Users can search the records and view scanned images of the original records.