Welcome to Ritchie County WV History and Genealogy Presented by Genealogy Trails History Group Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy THIS COUNTY IS AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION!! Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this website become a useful research tool. If you would like to join our group and become the host of this county, view our Volunteer Information This County currently does not have a host. This means that there is no one available to help answer your questions about this county's history WE REGRET THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO DO PERSONAL RESEARCH FOR YOU. Ritchie County Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Data 1860 Mortality Schedule 1870 Mortality Schedule Deaths History Marriages Military Records Obituaries Newspaper Gleanings Wills and Probates     Website Updates: Apr 2013: Crime news for ANKRUM Dec 2012: World War 2 Casualties Jan 2012: Jacob B. Blair Biography SEARCH OUR SITES SUBMIT YOUR DATA  Join our Genealogy Trails "Northeastern" States Mailing List to get email notices when our county sites are updated. For those researching in the States of : Vermont, New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia Surrounding Counties Pleasants County (north) Doddridge County (east) Calhoun County (south) Tyler County (northeast) Gilmer County (southeast) Wirt County (west) Wood County (northwest) Back to Genealogy Trails Since April 14, 2008, Visitor # Back to West Virginia Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.