Improved Online Access to WVa Vital Records

According to a December 17, 2009 article appearing in The Charleston Gazette, the West Virginia Division of Culture and History's Archives and History Section recently upgraded the server to its free, online searchable database. As a result, the more than 5 million birth, death and marriage certificates issued in West Virginia are now easier to access online.

To view the newspaper article, copy and paste the following URL into your web browser:

<http://www.wvgazette.com/News/200912170232>

To access the West Virginia vital records database (including an informative article on the "West Virginia Vital Research Records Project"), copy and paste the following URL into your web browser:

<http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_select.aspx>