West Virginia Division of Culture & History has free West Virginia marriage records online.

Each county has a slightly different date range of digitized records. The earliest marriage records are from 1780 and the latest marriage records are from 1970. Records continue to be added, so the counties and date ranges listed below may change (current as of May 2018).

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Current West Virginia marriage record collections by county and date range:

Barbour: 1843 – 1849, 1853 – 1969
Berkeley: 1780 – 1856, 1858, 1862 – 1970
Boone: 1864 – 1968
Braxton: 1836 – 1847, 1865 – 1967
Brooke: 1797, 1799 – 1833, 1835 – 1971
Cabell: 1809 – 1968
Calhoun: 1856 – 1969
Clay: 1858 – 1969
Doddridge: 1845 – 1970
Fayette: 1830 – 1854, 1857, 1861, 1864 – 1968
Gilmer: 1845 – 1847, 1849 – 1969
Grant: 1866 – 1969
Greenbrier: 1781 – 1969
Hampshire: 1824 – 1828, 1863, 1865 – 1970
Hancock: 1854 – 1873, 1880 – 1971
Hardy: 1792, 1795 – 1796, 1799, 1801 – 1842, 1844 – 1847, 1849 – 1851, 1853 – 1970
Harrison: 1784 – 1970
Jackson: 1830 – 1968
Jefferson: 1802 – 1970
Kanawha: 1789, 1792 – 1797, 1800, 1802 – 1929, 1936, 1940 – 1967
Lewis: 1817 – 1969
Lincoln: 1889, 1895 – 1929
Logan: 1853 – 1860, 1868, 1872 – 1969
Marion: 1842 – 1970
Marshall: 1835 – 1970
Mason: 1806 – 1812, 1814 – 1854, 1861 – 1969
McDowell: 1865 – 1969
Mercer: 1854 – 1967
Mineral: 1866 – 1969
Mingo: 1895 – 1926
Monongalia: 1794 – 1961
Monroe: 1799 – 1969
Morgan: 1820 – 1969
Nicholas: 1817 – 1833, 1837 – 1843, 1847, 1849, 1853 – 1861, 1864 – 1869, 1873 – 1969
Ohio: 1790 – 1971
Pendleton: 1799 – 1970
Pleasants: 1853 – 1970
Pocahontas: 1822 – 1969
Preston: 1866, 1869 – 1970
Putnam: 1848 – 1968
Raleigh: 1850 – 1854, 1890 – 1969
Randolph: 1787 – 1969
Ritchie: 1843 – 1970
Roane: 1856 – 1857, 1859 – 1967
Summers: 1871 – 1969
Taylor: 1853 – 1970
Tucker: 1856 – 1969
Tyler: 1815 – 1970
Upshur: 1853 – 1970
Wayne: 1854 – 1862, 1865 – 1970
Webster: 1888 – 1969
Wetzel: 1849, 1854 – 1970
Wirt: 1848 – 1861, 1863 – 1970
Wood: 1804 – 1969
Wyoming: 1850 – 1851, 1854 – 1968

“The West Virginia Vital Research Records Project is a collaborative venture between the West Virginia State Archives and the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU) to place online via the West Virginia Archives and History Website selected West Virginia county birth, death and marriage records, and selected statewide death records in a viewable, downloadable and searchable format accessible at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr. While the majority of the eligible records are now in the database, the project is on-going, with more records being added when possible and the system undergoing refinement as needed…. All three types of records are still reported to county clerks today. In 1917, the West Virginia Dept. of Health Vital Registration office began collecting the county reports of births and deaths and issuing official state birth and death certificates from that year through the present, as well as creating “delayed” birth records by affidavit. Additionally, the state issues copies of marriage applications from 1964 to the present, available through the Vital Registration office. Please note that divorce records are available only from the appropriate circuit court clerk, and are not available from county court clerks, the Vital Registration office or the West Virginia Archives and History Library.”

For more background on the West Virginia Vital Records Project visit: http://www.wvculture.org/history/vitalrecordsarticle.pdf