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The WCGHS has now completed an all new annotated 1850 census of Wayne County. This document has been prepared by the Wayne County Genealogical & Historical Society. It is well annotated, identifying about 85% of all persons living in Wayne County in 1850. The parents of the husband and wife have been identified in most cases. Also supplied are the spouses of most of the children listed, along with their parents and the wedding date.

For the serious researcher, this is a "must have" document. It is being presented to you in two formats. First, we have extracted it from microfilm by districts, just as the enumerator listed the families. Then, we have transposed it into an alphabetical format. You get both for the price of one !! It also contains the 1850 Slave Schedule. The document contains 234 pages.

The price is $45.00 PP.

The WCGHS has now completed an all new annotated 1860 census of Wayne County. This document has been prepared by the Wayne County Genealogical & Historical Society. It is well annotated, identifying about 85% of all persons living in Wayne County in 1860. The parents of the husband and wife have been identified in most cases. Also supplied are the spouses of most of the children listed, along with their parents and the wedding date.

For the serious researcher, this is a "must have" document. It is being presented to you in two formats. First, we have extracted it from microfilm by districts, just as the enumerator listed the families. Then, we have transposed it into an alphabetical format. You get both for the price of one !! The document contains 320 pages.

The price is $45.00 PP.

The WCGHS has completed an all new annotated 1870 census of Wayne County. This document has been prepared by the Wayne County Genealogical & Historical Society. It is well annotated, identifying about 85% of all persons living in Wayne County in 1870. The parents of the husband and wife have been identified in most cases. Also supplied are the spouses of most of the children listed, along with their parents and the wedding date.

For the serious researcher, this is a "must have" document. It is being presented to you in two formats. First, we have extracted it from microfilm by districts, just as the enumerator listed the families. Then, we have transposed it into an alphabetical format. You get both for the price of one !!

The price is $45.00 PP.

EXAMPLE

After more than a year of labor, this new version is available. It was extracted from the original microfilm. As many of you know, much of the handwriting was nearly unreadable, with many phonetic spellings. Every effort was made, through much research, to provide the proper names of as many persons as possible.

The entire census was then converted to an alphabetical format, while keeping the original numbering system. At this stage, the census was just over 300 pages. Then the really hard and time consuming work began in supplying as much information on every individual as could be found. Every document and book available was combed, looking for information. In the end, about 80% of the entire population was annotated in some degree. Parents of the father and mother are included, along with spouses of the children and also the parents of the spouses. Along with this, wedding dates are added whenever they can be found. Completed, the book contains 620 pages.

One of the aspects of this publication, which seems to have never been before included, are a multitude of death dates. All in all, this is a great publication. It may be purchased directly from Howard Osburn. Make check payable to him and send to Howard Osburn, P.O. Box 65, Wayne, WV 25570. His email address is ozzie304@aol.com. The price is $60 plus $7 shipping.

This census record, along with all of the other census records, which were published by our society, and listed on this web site, has been carefully annotated. This requires an enormous amount of time an effort, and should be appreciated. Attached is an example of how this appears in each of the census books. To view, click here.

Updated 1920 WC Census book

The Wayne County Genealogy Society has just completed an updated version of the 1920 WC Census book. The first book was published almost 20 years ago. The book contains 561 pages. We have converted it from street address to alphabetical format. We have corrected several mistakes in the annotations, and have added numerous new annotations. Also added are all the marriage records available throughout the entire state of WV. This is a massive improvement from the original. The front cover has a photo of the early Methodist brick church, built in the mid-late 1800's. If you have an interest, you may order from WCGHS.

The price is $65 Postage Paid