Welcome to Wood County WV History and Genealogy Presented by West Virginia Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data 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 project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists West Virginia is covered under our "Northeastern States" mailing list. Wood County was formed in 1798 from the western part of Harrison County and it was named for James Wood, governor of Virginia from 1796 to 1799 Its county seat is Parkersburg Wood County Courthouse Cities and towns * North Hills * Parkersburg * Vienna * Williamstown Unincorporated Communities * Belleville * Blennerhassett * Boaz * Bonnivale * Cedar Grove * Central * Dallison * Davisville * Deerwalk * Fort Neal * Kanawha * Lubeck * Mineralwells * New England * Pettyville * Rockport * Slate * Volcano * Walker * Washington * Waverly Wood County Online Data BIOGRAPHIES BIRTHS CEMETERIES CENSUS OBITUARARIES  FAMILIES OF WOOD CO. MARRIAGES HISTORY MILITARY DATA NEWSPAPER DATA   WILLS Website Updates: Dec 2012: Howard Cole Biography, Walter De Rosset Coles Biography, Hattie Curry Obituary, Tilley Eskey Obituary, Hughes Obituary, Susan Huff Obituary, Cass Rathbone Obituary, Sigafoose Obituary, Spies Obituary, Barnes - Wilson Marriage, Geiger - Barechie Marriage, Joyce - Conley Marriage, Logan - Hutchinson Marriage, Bad Accident At Parkersburg, WWII Honor List Aug 2012: James H. Ferguson Biography, News - Pardons Jun 2012: Military News: Pensions Granted Mar 2012: Community News - Parkersburg Point; A.S. Lawrence Obituary Feb 2012 : Hon. William G. Brown Biography; James McNeil Stephenson Biography; Hon. John Bassel Biography; Judge Alpheus F. Haymond Biography Jan 2012 : Linn Family Biography; Jacob B. Blair Biography; Arthur Inghram Boreman Biography; William Henry Wolfe Biography; Judge William A. Harrison Biography; Judge George Hay Lee Biography Surrounding Counties Pleasants County (northeast) Jackson County (south) Washington County, Ohio (north) Wirt County (southeast) Ritchie County (east) Meigs County, Ohio (southwest) Athens County, Ohio (west) Back to WV Genealogy Trails Back to Genealogy Trails Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.