To get the most benefit from WV Vital Research Records, you need to read and understand the document below, for it answers many of the questions that all of us have. The earliest records, in large part, are transcriptions compiled by the Genealogical Society of Utah (GSU). That, alone, explains a lot, so read carefully. My next newsletter will take a closer look at early West Virginia death records, using the 1853 records of Greenbrier County as an exemplar. In order to open the links highlighted in the article, you will need to go to the original document at this link.
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