[Genealib] More County Records Added to West Virginia Vital Research Records Database

[Susan Scouras]

FYI, the following article will be appearing in the June issue of West
Virginia Archives and History News, current and back issues posted at
http://www.wvculture.org/history/ahnews/ahnews.html.  Be advised that
this project is not a part of the recently announced LDS Church Records
Access program, but predates it and operates under a different agreement
(paid contract) where West Virginia State Archives retains sole
ownership of the digitized records; however, if the WV Archives is ever
unable to make the database publicly accessible, then LDS has the right
to do so. 
 
Your patrons in need of certified records for legal purposes will still
need to contact the relevant county or state agency that originally
issued the record to do so.

New County Records Added to Vital Research Records Database

The West Virginia Vital Research Records (VRR) database now has county
birth, death and marriage records for Braxton, Cabell, Grant,
Greenbrier, Jefferson, Lewis, Logan, Marshall, Mingo and Wood counties
added to records of the project's original six counties of Calhoun,
Gilmer, Hardy, Harrison, Mineral and Pendleton. While the original six
counties' records included county birth records up through 1930-31, the
birth records of ten new counties and all subsequent counties added
online will include only birth records at least 100 years old or older,
according to the year they are added to the VRR database. Birth records
being loaded in 2007 will date through 1906. Not all records for all ten
counties are currently online as the process of loading records onto the
server is still ongoing. Continue to check back frequently for additions
until all record types and years for all new counties have been loaded.
Although records may be accessible during the week they are loaded, the
search pages will update listings of available records once a week on
Mondays.

The Web site is directly accessible at
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx and is linked twice from the
West Virginia Archives and History homepage,
http://www.wvculture.org/history. One link appears on the lower part of
the page under the "Explore Archives and History" heading as Births,
Deaths and Marriages, and the other at the right-hand side under the
"Latest News" heading of Vital Research Records. We highly recommend
reading the explanatory article about the database before your first
search.

If you find a transcription error in the index, such as a typographical
error or apparent misinterpretation of the original handwriting on the
record, you may submit a suggested correction using the "E-mail Here"
link to wvvrr at wvculture.org. If the actual record itself is in error,
any corrections must be submitted to the relevant county clerk's office,
or to the registrar of the West Virginia Vital Registration Office,
following their guidelines. You may e-mail any questions and comments to
this address also. Please let us know what state (or country) you are
from for our statistics, and tell us if or how the database has served
your needs.

Susan Scouras
Librarian
WV Archives and History Library
The Cultural Center
1900 Kanawha Blvd. East
Charleston, WV  25305-0300
(304) 558-0230, Ext. 742
 
 
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