Thursday, March 18, 2010

Index to Hardesty's Atlases of West Virginia

Index to Hardesty's Atlases of West Virginia

In 1975 the West Augusta Historical and Genealogical Society published an Index to Hardesty's Atlases of West Virginia compiled by Wes Cochran of Parkersburg, West Virginia. The atlases were published in the early 1880's. The biographical sketches found in these volumes are a valuable asset to people working on the genealogy of the residents of West Virginia during that time.

The index lists the male subject of each personal history sketch, and the maiden name of his wife or wives. For example: John Doe 7-150, indicates that John Doe can be found in Volume Seven, Page 150. Below is an alphabetized list of the counties indicating the volume in which the county can be found.

I own a copy of the index that I recently found in a box of my genealogy documents. I am willing to do name look-ups. I do not know where the volumes themselves can be found.

Barbour County, Volume Four
Berkeley County, Volume Three
Braxton County, Volume Three
Cabell County, Volume Six
Calhoun County, Volume Three
Doddridge County, Volume Two
Gilbert County, Volume Seven
Greenbrier County, Volume Six
Harrison County, Volume Six
Jackson County, Volume Four
Jefferson County, Volume Eight
Kanawha County, Volume Four
Lewis County, Volume Five
Lincoln County, Volume Seven
Marion County, Volume Two
Mason County, Volume Five
Monroe County, Volume One
Pleasants County, Volume Five
Pocahontas County, Volume Three
Putnam County, Volume One
Ritchie County, Volume Seven
Roane County, Volume Five
Tyler County, Volume One
Upshur County, Volume Two
Wayne County, Volume Seven
Wetzel County, Volume Two
Wirt County, Volume Six
Wood County, Volume Eight

Richard E. Henthorn
18/Mar/2010 18:31

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