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INDEX FOR BROOKE COUNTY GENEALOGY SITE
This is for the benefit of our "new" friends who
are not familiar with web pages.
I hope this helps you!!
FRONT PAGE:
TOPICS:
Listed in detail below
- Search Engines
- Minutes of monthly meeting ( usually photos included)
- Quilts (Photos from Feb 2001 meeting)
- Mailing List sign Up
- Guest Book ( be sure to sign)
- Local Weather Report
- Tell a friend…..if you like our site tell a friend about it.
- Spider Web productions, other web sites
TOPICS DETAILS
About Brooke County Genealogy (BCG)
- BCG History
- Photos of our library, first planning meeting at Wellsburg
- Library. First officers Glen Mains
- Membership application form
- Information regarding our 5- generation sheet project.
Around Brooke County:
- Photo and story/information about Brooke County Museum
- Community Calendar
- Photo of American Queen on the Ohio River at Wellsburg
Archives:
- "Choose One"
- Maps:
- North Brooke county
- South Brooke county
- Wellsbug Platt map
- Early Families, (North BC area)
- NOTE Maps take time to load!!
- Beech Bottom Mound
- Brooke County History
- Bethany church
- Keel & Flat Boats
- History Hero Awards
- Catholic Knights of America, former Knights of St George
Early Churches:
- Beech Bottom
- Chapel Hill
- Bethany DOC
- Colliers, United Methodist
- Henderson Chapel
- Kadesh Chapel
- Lower Buffalo
- Old Disciples
- Olde St John
- Old Swamp
- Presbyterian
- St John Catholic
- Tent
Early Brooke County Families:
- Patrick Gass
- John Bane
- Richard "Greybeard"Wells
- Samuel Brady
- David Boyd
- Major McGuire
- Mary Colvin
- Bezaleel Wells
- Doddridge family
- John & Dinah Decker
- Silas Bent
- Herman Greathouse Lazear
- Harmon Greathouse
- James Campbell
- John Chapman
- John M. Cooper
- George B. Crawford
- Alexander Gilchrist
- Edgington Family
- Estep Family
- Prather Family
- Robert Moore's accounts
- Rachel Beck's obituary
- Walker Family
- George Brown
- Richard Starr
- Elder Milton Wells
- Joshia Curtis
- Asa Owings
- Absalom Wells
- Robert Parks
- Richard Wells
- Alexander Wells
- Alexander Morrow
- Samuel Burnell
- John Cuppy
- Nathaniel Davis
- George Davis Graham
- Hammond
- Beall
Links ( to other sites):
- Walsworth Publishing
- Brooke County Gen Web
- Ohio County
- Hancock County
- Marshall County
- Jefferson County, (OH)
- Cumberland Trails (OH)
- Washington Co (PA)
- Greene Co (PA)
- US Gen Web
- History of the Northern WV Panhandle
- World wide Gen Web
- Historical Bethany
- Geo. Miller with Campbell Mansion Bethany
- Cyndi's List
- FTM Homepage
- How to subscribe to Missing Links ( free)
- Heritage books
- Closson press
- Global surname search
- Earth link
- Paula's genealogy place
- Immigrant ship transcribers guild
- GNIS maps
- WV collection, Colson library, Morgantown, WV
- WAGS Ohio county genealogy
- Civil War data base
- Jefferson county Ohio, historical society and museum
- Tri State Map ( donated by Jeff. Co. Oh)
- 12th WV Infantry
- Search Engines
- 1820 Brooke Co Census
- Netiquette
- Valley Forge Muster List
- Monroe County OH
- Valley Forge NHP
- Mountain Heritage
- Early PA Maps
- Bureau of Land Management Patents
- VA Certificates
- Roots Web - NY ships
- History of Upper Ohio Valley
Localities:
- These are early histories of the various areas.
- Follansbee
- Includes-Flood photos and early town photos
- Windsor Heights
- Wellsburg
- Includes photos of Court house, Pan Handle store, Bridge over Buffalo Creek that collapsed.
- Eldersville
- Buffalo Creek area
- West Middletown, PA
- Franklin
- Bellview Campground
Includes photos of this area
- Colliers
- Bethany Pike
- Includes photo of early trolley
- Power
- Short Creek
- Beech Bottom
- Washington Pike
Maps:
- Then and Now North
- These show the early names-and then the names now.. of roads, creeks
- Then and Now South
- Check under other TOPICS for further maps
Military:
- Company D 1st Reg. VA Cavalry
- Civil War in Brooke County from History of the Panhandle
Mine Stories:
- Early Mining in Brooke County
- Cliftonville Mine
- Forbes-Carmichael Mine
- Panhandle Coal Co
- Blanche Mine
- Gilchrist Mine, photos
- History of Mining from 1879 book
- History of Coal
- AEP's Windsor Coal
- Development of Pittsburgh Coal
Newsletter:
- On line version of our newsletter
Pictures:
- This is a collection of various photos that have been shared with us.
- Route #2 North, coming into town
- 7th and Main Street Wellsburg
- Milk wagon ( James Robinson)
- Route #2, (old) at Fort Steuben bridge
- Old jail
Lewis & Clark:
- Story and photos
Publications:
- List of books that are for sale
Resources:
- 1910-1912 Wellsburg City Directory
- "CHOOSE ONE"
- Hootman Cemetery listing
- Library Reference (list of what you have here)
- Time line events 1749-1979
- County data - dates information is available
- Churches general information
- Early marriage, misc. information
Location of forts, defines forts, stockades, blockhouses, general information
- Lloyds Ledger
- Franklin Cemetery
- Warehouses and Check houses
- Ohio Company
- Lower Buffalo Cemetery
- Brooke Cemetery
- Locations of cemeteries in Brooke county
- Map of Private Cemeteries
- Early newspapers in Brooke County
Queries:
- Roots web site, shared information
Visiting Brooke County:
- Tourist Information
Wellsburg Weekly Herald 1854 - 1857:
- Early Vitals
