Ritchie 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. Ritchie Records by TypeBirth Records (14)Cemetery Records (186) Census Records (26) Church Records (1) Court Records (7) Death Records (15) Histories and Genealogies (15) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (8) Map Records (13) Marriage Records (14) Military Records (5) Minority Records (3) Miscellaneous Records (3) Newspapers and Obituaries (15) Probate Records (14) School Records (10) Tax Records (1) 
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Overview of Ritchie County Records
- Ritchie County was created in 1843 from Harrison, Lewis, and Wood counties.
- 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 Ritchie County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, probate, land, and military records starting in 1853.
- The Ritchie County Clerk Circuit Court has divorce records.
- The Ritchie County Magistrate Court has court records starting in 1844.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.