NOTE: Additional records that apply to Preston County are also on the West Virginia Death Records page.
1853-1964 West Virginia Death Index & Certificates MyHeritage
1853-1973 West Virginia Deaths Index Ancestry
Death Records 1868 - 1869 Genealogy Trails
Obituaries from newspapers of northern West Virginia : principally from the counties of Barbour, Braxton, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Webster Genealogy Gophers
West Virginia, Census (Mortality Schedule), 1870-1880 Family Search
West Virginia, Death Records, 1917-present West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
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Preston County shown in red
Death records were kept in West Virginia in most counties starting in 1853 with a few before 1853. Statewide registration of deaths began in 1917 with full records by 1925. Copies of recent death certificates can be obtained from the county clerk or the West Virginia Vital Registration Office.
