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ALTMEYER FUNERAL HOME DEATH RECORDS INDEX
By Bill Maxwell.
The Wheeling Area Genealogical Society is most happy to announce the completion of an index to the Altmeyer Funeral Home (Wheeling) Death Records, covering the years 1920 through 1986. The index information was extracted from microfiche copies of the original funeral director's ledger sheets. The time span of the records is sixty-six years and lists 17,718 individuals with their date of death and place of burial.
A great deal of additional information of interest to the genealogists is also available in each of the microfiche records, but time does not permit a complete extraction of the data for publication.
The Altmeyer Funeral Home graciously donated the 417 microfiche sheets to the WAGS for the purpose of providing family genealogists assistance to locate deceased family members. The conversion of the paper records to film records does have some distinct disadvantages in that a special reader/printer is required in order to read a record. There are approximately 63 images per microfiche sheet by 3 1/2 by 5 inches so the images are much too small to be read without a machine reader.
Most of the early years of records contain only one image of data per funeral record. In the later years of record keeping, additional information was often filmed on a second adjacent image. The additional information often contains the name of sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and their cities of residence, military service information, etc.
The Wheeling Area Genealogical Society will be most happy to research and furnish you with a copy of whatever data is found for a small fee. The microfiche reader machines are the property of the Ohio County Public Library and are coin operated. This copy fee must go to the library to cover maintenance of their equipment. If you are interested in such research, please write to the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society at PO Box 6450, Wheeling, WV 26003. The complete fee is $5.00 per lookup and please enclose a stamped, self-addressed business size (#10) envelope for the return of your copied records.
OTHER FUNERAL HOME RECORDS
Funeral home records from the Wheeling area - extracted data, plus scanned copies of the original records on a CD. The extracted data files are in portable data format (.pdf) and the scanned records are in the common ".jpg" format. Most current computer operating systems will be able to read these formats.
Bertschy Funeral Home, Wheeling, West Virginia - Funeral records from 1927 until 1961. The extracted data files are sorted by surname; the copies of death certificates are sorted by surname within the specific year of funeral service. - $15.00
Beiswenger Funeral Home, Wheeling, West Virginia - Funeral records from April 1970 through May 1994. Extracted data files are sorted by surname with a reference number to the chronological copy of the funeral ledger. - $15.00
DECLARATION FOR NATURALIZATION
Ohio County, West Virginia.
These record books were compiled by W. A. G. S. members from the microfilm made by the LDS. - - The film is from 1835 to 1907 and not sequentially arranged. These records are printed as they are on the film.
Book 1 - 1854, 1855, 1856, & 1861-1865; 102 pages, plus the index - $25.00.
Book 2 - 1866-1875; 170 pages, plus the index - $25.00.
Books 3 & 4 - A 2 volume set of Ohio County Naturalization records for the year 1876 is now available. The SET is $55. They can be purchased separately for $30 (Vol. 1, 261 pages) and $25 (Vol. 2, 149 pages); index printed one side.
Book 5 - 1877-1880; 165 pages, plus the index - $25.00.
Book 6 - 1881-1885; 157 pages, plus the index - $25.00. Book 7 - 1886 has 92 pages, plus the index - $20.00.
Book 8 - 1887-1888 has 119 pages, plus the index - $25.00.
Book 9 - 1889-1896 has 201 pages, plus the index - $25.00.
Book 10 - 1897-1904 has 152 pages, plus the index - $25.00.
Book 11 - 1905-1907 has 118 pages, plus the index - $25.00.
OHIO COUNTY W. Va. SURVEYS & GRANTS OF LAND
1774 - 1850
Research - Audra R. Wayne
Cartography - John R. Logan
Drawn - 1985
Revised - 1986
Copyright - 2000
This long awaited resource, has never been available. Many painstaking hours of work have gone into this record of the early landowners of Ohio county, prepared by the late Audra Wayne and John Logan, two dedicated historians and long time members of the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society (W.A.G.S.). This map is 3 feet by 4 feet and is priced at $25.00, including tax.
Memorial Cards of Loved Ones; 83 pages, plus index; spiral bound. Compiled by June A. Jefferson. - $25.
NOTE: June is compiling a second volume of Memorial Cards. If you have a memorial card of someone with Wheeling connections, regardless of where they died, you may mail it to: June Jefferson, 90 Joan Street, Wheeling WV 26003-6620
Early Wheeling Area Traveling Facilities; 80 pages of trolley photos and descriptions, most from the collection of the late William Gwinn. A number of employees are pictured and named. Soft bound. Compiled By Linda Cunningham Fluharty & Phyllis Dye Slater - $20.00.
Register of the Inmates of Ohio County (WV) Infirmary, 1871-1909; 192 pages, soft bound. Compiled By Nancy Lewellen Roe; index by Mary E Coss Staley - $25.00.
Abstracts of Deeds Book, Ohio County
Vol 1 - 1777-1789; soft bound; 78 pages - $15.00
Vol 2 - 1789-1794; soft bound; 113 pages - $15.00
Vol 3 - 1789-1795; soft bound; 92 pages - $15.00The Rine (Ryan) Family Descendants, by Dorothy Rine Brown and Clarice Eller Stanley. $25.00.
Zane Family, by Audra Wayne - 170 pages - $25.00.
1870 Census of Ohio County, W. Va. - 2 vols. - $50.00.
Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Wheeling, 1872-1900. (Catholic) Compiled by Audra Wayne. 203 pages - $25.00.
Peninsula Cemetery in Wheeling, by Audra Wayne; 295 pages; $30.00
Various Obituaries & Death Notices of Ohio Valley Residents, 1852-2000, Vol 1., by Cheryl Ann Krupica McCombs; 300 pages; $30.00.
Mt. Wood Cemetery Records, Wheeling, W. Va.; $15.00
Mt. Zion Cemetery Records, Fairmont Ave., Wheeling, W. Va.; 223 pages; $25.00
Stone Church Cemetery Records, by Sylvia Sligar; 211 pages; $25.00 (More records & data than in the online file. - *See note below.)
Civil War Soldiers of Ohio County, W. Va., by Audra Wayne; 109 pages; $15.00
1890 'Special' Census, Ohio County, W. Va. - Civil War Soldiers - Transcribed for the WAGS by Linda Fluharty; $15.00. (This file appears on the WAGS web page.)
Index to the 1850 Census Ohio County, W. Va., by Audra Wayne; 23 pp., one side only; $5.00
Baker Family of Baker's Station Marshall County, by Clarice Stanley; 110pp.; $15.00
Brooke County (W)Va., US Census 1850, (with index), by Audra Wayne; $15.00
Ohio County Early Births, 1853-1857, by Mary Lou Henderson; 128pp.; $15.00
Ohio County, W. Va. Marriages, 1790-1835, by Phyllis Slater; 52pp.; $15.00
St. Mary's Cemetery, Martins Ferry, Ohio, by Rev. Fred Kihm; 110pp.; $15.00
Ohio County Early Death Records, 1853-1864, (with index), by Audra Wayne; 235pp.; $25.00
1850 Census of Ohio County, (W)Va., (with index), by Phyllis Slater & Audra Wayne; 304 pp.; $30.00
1860 Census of Ohio County, (W)Va., (with index), by Charles Johnson; 2 volume set; 635pp.; $45.00
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West Virginia Civil War Books
by Linda Cunningham Fluharty.
The Cemeteries of Ohio County, West Virginia, by Glenna A. Dillon, is hot off the presses and available for $25.00, including shipping. However, if shipping is not required and the book is purchased locally, the price is $20.00. The book is 8 1/2" X 11" and contains 195 pages.
Purchase may be made by mailing your check or money order to Glenna A. Dillon, 1290 National Road, Wheeling, WV 26003. Shipment will be made by the U.S. Postal Service with a certified receipt. The book is also available for $20, Monday through Saturday, at the Wheeling Artisan Center, 1400 Main Street, downtown Wheeling.
The Cemeteries of Ohio County, West Virginia is a joint endeavor of the author and the Wheeling National Heritage Area Corporation, 1400 Main Street, Wheeling, WV 26003. For more information, contact Glenna Dillon.
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Brooke County, West Virginia Publications.
CREATIVE IMPRESSIONS STUDIO
114 Fourteenth Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
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THE GOSNEY FAMILY IN AMERICA
by BETH SHIELDS
New book, that updates and greatly expands the Gosney Family genealogy is coming your way. This book covers Gosneys and collateral family lines for over 300 years of American history.
2 volume, 8 1/2 x 11, hard bound, over 1400 pages, on acid-free paper. Full index with over 28,000 names, listing females by maiden and marriage names. The 3 main branches of Gosneys with collateral families, plus a major Twig and several "Gosney Waif" lines, not yet connected to the Gosney tree.
Early Gosney family tree chart of 5 generations in the front of each volume.Shows movement from Virginia shore through Kentucky, Missouri, etc. to west coast. Extensive documentation of family data with sources cited. Appendix for geographical locations with Gosneys or collateral families in all 50 states. Appendix listing cemeteries with driving directions. Shows bloodlines, how they relate and spouse's parents' names when known. Cross referenced for multiple marriages and lineages. Some collateral family names are Adams, Allen, Allender, Anderson, Aulick, Baker, Barton, Belk, Bills, Bowers, Brann, Bradford, Bray, Bryan, Burton, Buckner, Byrd, Caldwell, Chapman, Clanton, Cox, Crow, Daniel, Davis, Dawson, Deatherage, Derringer, Dudley, Dunaway, Fisk, Flood, Foster, Garrett, Griffin, Hackamack, Hall, Harrison, Helm, Hopkins, Jones, Lummis / Loomis, Maddox, Melton, Merricks, Mullins, Mustain, Price, Prichard, Pruitt, Randall, Ritz, Sasnett, Shelton, Simpson, Smith, Strode, Tarvin, Thornton, Waibel, Ward, West, Yancey, Yeatts, Yelton, and many many more. Limited printing. Price: $175.00, includes shipping and handling.
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Decendants of Conrad Bower, Martin Easterday Sr., John Hoover Sr.,
& Gabriel Swinehart Sr. Families: from Colonial Maryland to Ohio in the 1800's.
The hardbound book is indexed, includes maps and photographs, and contains over 5,000 names. There are 50 pages of references, as well as early history of Jefferson and Harrison Counties, Ohio.
The book is divided into fourt parts: Part I and II includes eleven generations descended from Conrad Bower and Martin Easterday II. Three of Martin Easterday's sons married three of Conrad Bower's daughters. Part III and IV is a compilation of the descendants of John Hoover Sr. and Gabriel Swinehart Sr. Some of the collateral lines include Butterfield, Dague, Friend, Hines, Grimm, Long, Minnick, Neff, Polen, Stemple, Swichard, Trushel and Tope families - and many others.
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*NOTE FROM SYLVIA SLIGAR, who compiled the Stone Church Cemetery book for the W. A. G. S.
The online Stone Church Cemetery list contains the burials before 1873, which are the birth and death dates from the tombstones. These are also in the WAGS Stone Church Cemetery book, compiled by Sylvia Sligar.
The online file gives only the year of death for the years 1873-1900. The WAGS book also contains the month and day of interment.
The online list 1900-1925 has ONLY the year of death and ONLY for people over age 50. The WAGS book has everybody of any age, the month and day of interment AND covers the years 1925-1945.
