How to Best Use This Site

• Check out the county pages - these are the foundation of this project
  • See what information they have posted, who's researching what
  • Check the queries and post you own
    • How to write better and clearer queries (by Bill Mills via StClair MIGenWeb)
• Check the Archives - has anyone submitted a file with information you need
• Check the Research Helps Pages
  • If you have a reunion, meeting, new organization - post it on the Bulletin Board
  • Information on Revolutionary or Civil War research can be found on the Military section
  • Check below for more specific research tips
• Help us out - if you have information that will help other researchers, let us know.

Planning Your Research Trip

• Local Research Stops (places you should visit on your research trip)
• Finding Hotels, Motels, B & B's online
  • Try InfoSeek's Big Yellow Pages

Birth and Death Records

• General Availability of WV Records

Census Records

• Census Records Microfilmed by the National Archives (via NARA's gopher server)
• Using the Soundex System (via Infobases)
• Locations of Microfilm Census Records (need some help on this page)

Cemeteries

• Reading Inscriptions on Old Stones (by Dick Eastman, via rootsCOMPUTING)

Land Record

• Land Record Reference (via Direct Line Software)

Veteran's Records

Social Security Record

• About Social Security Records (by John Whittaker, via rootsCOMPUTING)
• Search the Social Security Death Index (via Ancestry)
• Social Security Tips (submitted by Doris Slaughter)