West Virginia Obituaries online lists obituary collections and death notices from libraries, newspaper publishers, transcribed collections, and others with published information related to the death of an individual such as:
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Name of the deceased person
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Age of deceased person at the time of death
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Birth date and place
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Death date and place
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Names of parents, spouse, and/or relatives
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Residence of the deceased person
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Biographical information such as occupation, religion, social activities
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Name of the newspaper and the date and place of publication
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Mortuary or undertaker or funeral home
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Also see:
West Virginia Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online
West Virginia Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online
West Virginia Funeral Home Records online
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- AA$ – American Ancestors – fee site
- Anc$ – Ancestry – fee site
- Arc$ – Archives – fee site
- MH$ – MyHeritage – fee site
- N$ – Newspapers.com – fee site
- NA$ – NewspaperArchive.com – fee site
- NAb$ – Newspaper Abstracts.com – fee site
- NB$ – NewsBank – fee site
- OA$ – ObitsArchives.com – fee site (free index)
- AA – Advantage Archives
- AG – AfriGeneas
- BCGS – Boone County Genealogical Society
- BCPL – Brooke County Public Libraries
- CCPL – Cabell County Public Library
- CO – CurrentObituary.com
- GB – GenealogyBuff.com
- GBk – GenealogyBank
- GL – GenLookups.com
- GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
- IA – Internet Archive
- WVA&H – West Virginia Archives & History
- WVGW – WVGenWeb
- WVGWA – WVGenWeb Archives
- L – Legacy.com
- OC – ObitCity.com
- OH – Obituaries Help
- PCPL – Putnam County Public Library
- PWCPL – Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library
- RW – RootsWeb
- WC – Wirt County
- WCGHS – Wayne County Genealogical and Historical Society
- WPL – Weir Public Library
West Virginia obituaries online at the federal level
US – Obituaries – HeritageHub collection of obituaries and death notices all 50 states, 1704-present, at NB$
US – Obituaries – Current Obituaries, at CO
US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images, at FS
US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images, at FS
US – Obituaries – Obituary Daily Times Searchable Index, at RW
US – Obituaries – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images, at FS
US – Obituaries – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images, at FS
US – Obituaries – Tributes.com, MH$
US – Obituaries – United States Obituary Notices, at FMP$
US – Obituaries – U.S., American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Obituaries, 1899-2012, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-current, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – The United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs Index, at GCAH
US – Current Obituaries – Online Obituaries, at Arc$
State level West Virgnia Obituaries online
West Virginia – Obituaries from the Appalachian Mountains, images only, at FS
West Virginia – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
West Virginia – West Virginia obituaries, 2003-2014, images only, at FS
Ohio – Ohio, Marietta Cemetery Records, 1788-2013, index & links to images, at FS
Virginia – Obituaries – Genealogical Society of Allegany County obituary collection, 1889-1912, images only, at FS
West Virginia – Obituaries – West Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project, at USGWA
West Virginia – Obituaries – African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, at BC
West Virginia – Obituaries – West Virginia Obituary Search, at OA$
West Virginia – Obituaries – West Virginia Obituaries, at OC
West Virginia – Obituaries – West Virginia Obituary and Death Notice Archive, at GL
West Virginia – Obituaries – West Virginia Obituaries 2000-present, at L
West Virginia – Obituaries – Genealogy Bank Obituaries, at GBk$
West Virginia – Obituaries – West Virginia Obituaries, at GB
West Virginia – Vital Records – WVA&H Death Records, at WVA&H
West Virginia – Current Obituaries – West Virginia Obituaries at Funeral.com
West Virginia – Newspapers – West Virginia Newspapers, at Anc$
West Virginia – Newspapers – Newspaper Abstracts West Virginia, at NAb$
West Virginia – Newspapers – NewspaperArchive, at NA$
West Virginia – Newspapers – Historical Newspapers in West Virginia, at N$
County level West Virginia Obituaries online
Barbour County – Obituaries – Barbour County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Barbour County – Obituaries – Barbour County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Barbour County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Berkeley County – Current Obituaries – Brown Funeral Home Obituaries
Berkeley County – Current Obituaries – Herald-Mail Media Obituaries
Berkeley County – Current Obituaries – Rosedale Funeral Home & Cemetery Obituaries
Berkeley County – Obituaries – Berkeley County Obituaries
Berkeley County – Obituaries – Berkeley County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Berkeley County – Obituaries – Civil Rights Digital Library Obituaries, at GVL
Boone County – Obituaries – Boone County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Boone County – Obituaries – Boone County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Boone County – Obituaries – Boone County Area Deaths 2016-2017, at BCGS
Braxton County – Obituaries – Braxton County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Braxton County – Obituaries – Braxton County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Braxton County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Brooke County – Newspapers – The Brooke County Review Newspaper Archive, at BCR
Brooke County – Obituaries – Brooke County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Brooke County – Obituaries – Brooke County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Cabell County – Obituaries – Cabell County Obituaries, at WVGW
Cabell County – Obituaries – Cabell County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Cabell County – Obituaries – Cabell County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Cabell County – Obituaries – Cabell County Obituary Indexes, 1895-2011, at CCPL
Calhoun County – Obituaries – Calhoun County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Calhoun County – Obituaries – Calhoun County Obituaries, at WVGW
Calhoun County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Clay County – Obituaries – Clay County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Clay County – Obituaries – Clay County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Doddridge County – Obituaries – Doddridge County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Doddridge County – Obituaries – Doddridge County Obituaries, at WVGW
Doddridge County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Fayette County – Obituaries – Fayette County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Fayette County – Obituaries – Fayette County Obituaries, at WVGW
Fayette County – Obituaries – The Fayette Tribune and Free Press, preservation project : [abstracts] 1919-1920, Volumes 1-3, at FS
Gilmer County – Obituaries – Gilmer County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Gilmer County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Grant County – Obituaries – Grant County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Grant County – Obituaries – Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items, at FS
Grant County – Obituaries – Grant County Obituaries, at WVGW
Greenbrier County – Obituaries – Greenbrier County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Greenbrier County – Obituaries – Greenbrier County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Greenbrier County – Obituaries – Greenbrier County Obituaries, at WVGW
Hampshire County – Obituaries – Hampshire County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Hampshire County – Obituaries – Hampshire County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Hancock County – Obituaries – Hancock County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Hancock County – Obituaries – Hancock County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Hardy County – Obituaries – Hardy County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Hardy County – Obituaries – Hardy County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Harrisonburg (Independent City) – Obituaries – Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items, at FS
Harrison County – Obituaries – Harrison County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Harrison County – Obituaries – Harrison County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Harrison County – Obituaries – Harrison County Obituaries, at WVGW
Harrison County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Jackson County – Obituaries – Jackson County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Jackson County – Obituaries – Jackson County Obituaries, at WVGW
Jefferson County – Obituaries – Jefferson County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Jefferson County – Obituaries – Jefferson County Obituaries, at WVGW
Kanawha County – Obituaries – Kanawha County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Kanawha County – Obituaries – Kanawha County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Kanawha County – Obituaries – Kanawha County Obituaries, at WVGW
Lewis County – Obituaries – Lewis County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Lewis County – Obituaries – Lewis County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Lewis County – Obituaries – Lewis County Obituaries, at WVGW
Lewis County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Lincoln County – Obituaries – Lincoln County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Lincoln County – Obituaries – Lincoln County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Lincoln County – Obituaries – Lincoln County Obituaries, at WVGW
Logan County – Obituaries – Logan County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Logan County – Obituaries – Logan County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Marion County – Obituaries – Marion County Obituaries, at WVGW
Marion County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Marshall County – Obituaries – Marshall County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Marshall County – Obituaries – Marshall County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Marshall County – Obituaries – Marshall County Obituaries, at WVGW
Mason County – Obituaries – Mason County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Mason County – Obituaries – Mason County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Mason County – Obituaries – Mason County Obituaries, at WVGW
McDowell County – Obituaries – McDowell County Obituaries, at WVGWA
McDowell County – Obituaries – McDowell County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
McDowell County – Obituaries – McDowell County Obituaries, at WVGW
Mercer County – Obituaries – Mercer County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Mercer County – Obituaries – Mercer County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Mineral County – Obituaries – Mineral County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Mineral County – Obituaries – Mineral County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Mingo County – Obituaries – Mingo County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Mingo County – Obituaries – Mingo County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Monongalia County – Obituaries – Monongalia County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Monongalia County – Obituaries – Monongalia County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Monongalia County – Obituaries – Monongalia County Obituaries, at WVGW
Monroe County – Obituaries – Monroe County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Monroe County – Obituaries – Monroe County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Morgan County – Obituaries – Morgan County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Morgan County – Obituaries – Morgan County Obituaries, at WVGW
Nicholas County – Obituaries – Nicholas County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Nicholas County – Obituaries – Nicholas County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Nicholas County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Ohio County – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of Ohio County Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Ohio County – Obituaries – Ohio County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Ohio County – Obituaries – Ohio County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Ohio County – Obituaries – Ohio County Obituaries, at WVGW
Pendleton County – Obituaries – Pendleton County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Pendleton County – Obituaries – Pendleton County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Pendleton County – Obituaries – Deaths Reported in Early Pendleton County Newspapers 1877-1912, at PCPL
Pendleton County – Obituaries – Deaths Reported in The Falmouth Outlook, at PCPL
Pendleton County – Obituaries – Obituaries from Pendleton County Times, Franklin, W. Va., 1940-1966, at FS
Pendleton County – Obituaries – Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items, at FS
Pendleton County – Obituaries – Pendleton County Obituaries, at WVGW
Pleasants County – Obituaries – Pleasants County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Pleasants County – Obituaries – Pleasants County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Pleasants County – Obituaries – Pleasants County Obituaries, at WVGW
Pocahontas County – Obituaries – Pocahontas County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Pocahontas County – Obituaries – Pocahontas County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Pocahontas County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Preston County – Obituaries – Preston County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Preston County – Obituaries – Preston County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Preston County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Putnam County – Obituaries – Putnam County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Putnam County – Obituaries – Putnam County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Putnam County – Obituaries – Putnam County Obituaries Search, at PCPL
Raleigh County – Obituaries – Raleigh County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Raleigh County – Obituaries – Raleigh County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Raleigh County – Obituaries – Raleigh County Obituaries, at WVGW
Randolph County – Obituaries – Randolph County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Randolph County – Obituaries – Randolph County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Randolph County – Obituaries – Randolph County Obituaries, at WVGW
Randoph County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Ritchie County – Obituaries – Ritchie County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Ritchie County – Obituaries – Ritchie County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Ritchie County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Roane County – Obituaries – Roane County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Rockingham County – Obituaries – Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items, at FS
Summers County – Obituaries – Summers County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Summers County – Obituaries – Summers County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Summers County – Obituaries – Hinton daily news obituaries 1902-1906, at FS
Taylor County – Obituaries – Taylor County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Taylor County – Obituaries – Taylor County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Taylor County – Obituaries – Taylor County Obituaries, at WVGW
Taylor County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Tucker County – Obituaries – Tucker County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Tucker County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Tucker County – Obituaries – Tucker County Obituaries, at WVGW
Tyler County – Obituaries – Tyler County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Tyler County – Obituaries – Tyler County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Tyler County – Obituaries – Tyler County Obituaries, at WVGW
Tyler County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Upshur County – Obituaries – Upshur County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Upshur County – Obituaries – Upshur County Obituaries, at WVGW
Upshur County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Wayne County – Obituaries – Wayne County Obits, at WCGHS
Wayne County – Obituaries – Wayne County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Wayne County – Obituaries – Wayne County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Wayne County – Obituaries – Wayne County Obituaries, at WVGW
Webster County – Obituaries – Webster County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Webster County – Obituaries – Webster County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Webster County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Wetzel County – Obituaries – Wetzel County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Wetzel County – Obituaries – Wetzel County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Wetzel County – Obituaries – Wetzel County Obituaries, at WVGW
Wetzel County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Wirt County – Obituaries – Wirt County Obituary Archive, at WC
Wirt County – Obituaries – Wirt County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Wirt County – Obituaries – Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia, images only, at FS
Wood County – Obituaries – Wood County Obituaries, at WVGWA
Wood County – Obituaries – Wood County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Wood County – Obituaries – Parkersburg & Wood County Genealogy obituary search $2 fee, at PWCPL
Wood County – Obituaries – Parkersburg & Wood County Genealogy Index to Obits in the Parkersburg News 1930-2007, at PWCPL
Wood County – Obituaries – Wood County WV Obits 1901-1902, at PWCPL
Wood County – Obituaries – Wood County Obituaries, at WVGW
Wood County – Obituaries – Index to obituaries in the Parkersburg News [Wood County, West Virginia], 1970-2009, at FS
Wyoming County – Obituaries – Wyoming County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
City level West Virginia Obituaries online
Fayetteville – Obituaries – The Fayette Tribune and Free Press, preservation project : [abstracts] 1919-1920, Volumes 1-3, at FS
Franklin – Obituaries – Obituaries from Pendleton County Times, Franklin, W. Va., 1940-1966, at FS
Franklin – Obituaries – Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items, at FS
Harrisonburg (Independent City) – Obituaries – Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items, at FS
Hinton – Obituaries – Hinton daily news obituaries 1902-1906, at FS
Keyser – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of Princeton Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Martinsburg – Current Obituaries – Brown Funeral Home Obituaries
Martinsburg – Current Obituaries – Rosedale Funeral Home & Cemetery Obituaries
Martinsburg – Current Obituaries – Herald-Mail Media Obituaries
New Martinsville – Obituaries – Obituaries of Wetzel Democrat Newspaper, (New Martinsville, W. Virginia) 1959-1963, at FS
Petersburg – Obituaries – Records from Daily News Record, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Pendleton Times of Franklin, West Virginia; and Grant County Press of Petersburg, West Virginia : clippings of obituaries, marriages and miscellaneous items, at FS
Petersburg – Obituaries – Parkersburg & Wood County Genealogy obituary search $2 fee, at PWCPL
Petersburg – Obituaries – Parkersburg & Wood County Genealogy Index to Obits in the Parkersburg News 1930-2007, at PWCPL
Princeton – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of Princeton Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Weirton – Obituaries – Weirton Daily Times Obituary Index 1931-2014, at WPL
Wellsburg – Deaths – Wellsburg High School Deaths, at BCPL
Wheeling – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of Ohio County Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
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