Skip Navigation
Search Death Records...

Last Name
First Name
County:
Year of Death:  +/- 
Search Type: 
Records per Page:    

Certified copies of these records are available only from the issuing county or the West Virginia Vital Registration Office.

Guide to Vital Research Records Project

Attention:

Due to concerns about county death records which are less than 50 years old having social security numbers available for viewing online, we have blocked searching for all death records less than 50 years old. The 1964 deaths will become available on January 1, 2016.

Pattern Match Search Guide

  • Use * to search for zero or more characters before or after the search term.  Examples: Jef* returns Jeff, Jeffrey, Jefferson, etc.  Ste*en returns Steven, Stephen, etc. *alton returns Dalton, Walton, etc.  Using a * before and after a search term will find that term anywhere in the field.
  • Use _ to replace a single character with a wildcard character.  Examples: J_n returns Jan, Jen, Jon, etc.  _an returns Dan, Ian, Jan etc.  Je_ returns Jeb, Jed, Jen, etc. Multiple _ may be used.
  • Last names may include both maiden and married names.  To search this field for one of the names, use this format: *name*.
    

Currently, death records are available for the following counties and years. Check back often as we continue to add more.

Barbour: 1853 - 1859, 1861 - 1972
Berkeley: 1859, 1865 - 1972
Boone: 1865 - 1873, 1877 - 1883, 1885 - 1972
Braxton: 1853 - 1859, 1861, 1865 - 1972
Brooke: 1853 - 1860, 1862, 1865, 1867 - 1868, 1874 - 1880, 1885 - 1972
Cabell: 1853 - 1854, 1865 - 1866, 1868, 1871 - 1972
Calhoun: 1855 - 1859, 1864 - 1867, 1891 - 1972
Clay: 1858 - 1861, 1866, 1868 - 1873, 1875 - 1878, 1880 - 1896, 1899 - 1972
Doddridge: 1853 - 1855, 1858 - 1859, 1865 - 1972
Fayette: 1866 - 1874, 1876 - 1972
Gilmer: 1853 - 1854, 1856, 1858 - 1859, 1861 - 1863, 1865 - 1873, 1875 - 1876, 1878 - 1893, 1895 - 1899, 1901 - 1972
Grant: 1865 - 1972
Greenbrier: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1972
Hampshire: 1866, 1868 - 1972
Hancock: 1883 - 1884, 1886 - 1972
Hardy: 1853 - 1860, 1866 - 1869, 1871, 1873 - 1875, 1877 - 1972
Harrison: 1853 - 1972
Jackson: 1853 - 1862, 1864 - 1972
Jefferson: 1853 - 1860, 1866 - 1972
Kanawha: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1972
Lewis: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1972
Lincoln: 1909 - 1972
Logan: 1853 - 1860, 1872 - 1877, 1885 - 1886, 1888 - 1972
Marion: 1859 - 1863, 1865, 1867 - 1972
Marshall: 1853 - 1972
Mason: 1853 - 1862, 1864 - 1972
McDowell: 1882, 1894 - 1972
Mercer: 1853 - 1860, 1865 - 1867, 1869, 1872 - 1972
Mineral: 1865 - 1972
Mingo: 1894 - 1895, 1897 - 1898, 1900, 1902, 1904 - 1908, 1910 - 1972
Monongalia: 1853 - 1863, 1865 - 1972
Monroe: 1853 - 1860, 1865 - 1972
Morgan: 1865 - 1972
Nicholas: 1853 - 1855, 1859, 1864 - 1870, 1872 - 1874, 1876 - 1887, 1889, 1891 - 1893, 1899, 1902, 1904 - 1972
Ohio: 1853 - 1972
Pendleton: 1853 - 1854, 1856 - 1860, 1866 - 1869, 1872 - 1879, 1881 - 1903, 1905 - 1972
Pleasants: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1868, 1871 - 1972
Pocahontas: 1854 - 1860, 1864 - 1878, 1880, 1882 - 1885, 1887 - 1900, 1904 - 1972
Preston: 1868 - 1972
Putnam: 1853 - 1861, 1863 - 1972
Raleigh: 1853 - 1860, 1865 - 1972
Randolph: 1853 - 1859, 1865 - 1876, 1878 - 1892, 1896 - 1972
Ritchie: 1889 - 1972
Roane: 1856 - 1860, 1865 - 1869, 1871 - 1873, 1875, 1877 - 1878, 1880 - 1972
Summers: 1871 - 1872, 1874 - 1905, 1908, 1917 - 1972
Taylor: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1972
Tucker: 1856 - 1866, 1868 - 1871, 1873 - 1874, 1877 - 1878, 1880 - 1882, 1884 - 1972
Tyler: 1853 - 1862, 1865 - 1972
Unavailable / Out of State: 1917 - 1923, 1927, 1936, 1950, 1958, 1963, 1968
Upshur: 1845, 1853 - 1972
Wayne: 1853 - 1857, 1859 - 1860, 1863, 1866 - 1867, 1871 - 1972
Webster: 1888 - 1889, 1892 - 1972
Wetzel: 1854 - 1861, 1863, 1865 - 1867, 1869 - 1871, 1874 - 1875, 1877 - 1972
Wirt: 1870 - 1873, 1879 - 1881, 1883 - 1972
Wood: 1853 - 1861, 1863 - 1874, 1876 - 1972
Wyoming: 1853 - 1859, 1865 - 1867, 1875 - 1972

Questions or comments about Vital Research Records? E-mail here.

 

Records maintained by West Virginia Archives & History

For Research Purposes Only