Jefferson County WV Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Jefferson Records by TypeBirth Records (5)Cemetery Records (156) Census Records (38) Church Records (15) City Directories (1) Court Records (17) Death Records (15) Histories and Genealogies (17) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (13) Map Records (49) Marriage Records (13) Military Records (9) Miscellaneous Records (3) Newspapers and Obituaries (55) Probate Records (13) School Records (12) Tax Records (6) 
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Overview of Jefferson County Records
- Jefferson County was created in 1801 from Berkeley County.
- Birth records for 1917 and later, marriage records for 1921 and later, and death records for 1917 and later can be obtained from the West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources .
- The Jefferson County Clerk has birth and death records starting in 1853 (except during the Civil War years), as well as marriage, land, and probate records starting in 1801.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.