Petroleum Genealogy (in Ritchie County, WV)
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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Petroleum are also found through the Ritchie County and West Virginia pages.
Petroleum Birth Records
1804-1938 West Virginia Births Index Ancestry 
1853-1914 West Virginia Births Index MyHeritage
Births, marriages, deaths, 1843-1970 FamilySearch Library
Delayed reports of birth, 1877-1951 FamilySearch Library
Record of births in Ritchie County : 1853-1862, 1865-1872 FamilySearch Library
Record of births in Ritchie County : 1853-1865 FamilySearch Library
Register of births in Ritchie County : 1857 FamilySearch Library
Register of births, 1853-1974 FamilySearch Library
West Virginia, Birth Records, 1917-present West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Petroleum Cemetery Records
Carder Cemetery Find a Grave
Dry Ridge Cemetery - Petroleum, WV US Gen Web Archives
Ellfreitz Cemetery Find a Grave
Smitley Cemetery Find a Grave
Webb On Goose Creek Road Find a Grave
Petroleum Census Records
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry
U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage
United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search
Petroleum Death Records
1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates MyHeritage
1853-1973 West Virginia Deaths Index Ancestry
Births, marriages, deaths, 1843-1970 FamilySearch Library
Death register, 1889-1969 FamilySearch Library
Deaths, Ritchie County : 1865-1874 FamilySearch Library
West Virginia, Death Records, 1917-present West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Petroleum Immigration Records
West Virginia, Federal Naturalization Records, 1844-1943 Ancestry
Petroleum Land Records
Deeds, 1843-1903 FamilySearch Library
Petroleum Marriage Records
1785-1971 West Virginia Marriages Index (selections) Ancestry
Births, marriages, deaths, 1843-1970 FamilySearch Library
West Virginia Compiled Marriage Records (includes Ritchie County 1863-1900) Ancestry
West Virginia, Marriage Records, 1921-present West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
Petroleum Probate Records
1724-1978 West Virginia Wills and Probate Records Ancestry
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