AVAILABLE PRINT BOOKS AND DIGITAL PUBLICATIONS
Selected Profiles From Pendleton County History is now available. The book is a collection of biographical profiles of important figures from Pendleton County history. The profiles are divided into three sections: The Early Years, The Middle Years, and The Later Years. There is also an Appendix which features profiles of individuals who were instrumental in the growth of the Pendleton County Historical Society. In all, fifty individuals are included. Edited by Dyer Anderson and Eric Hedrick.
The book Victims of the Massacre at Seybert’s Fort, Augusta County, Virginia, 1758, is now available in both softcover and hardcover. Based on extensive research in numerous repositories and archives, this publication provides evidence regarding the identification of the victims of the massacre. The material presented corrects many of the long-standing errors and omissions pertaining to those killed and taken captive. By Sandra L. Keltner, Steven J. Zuraff, and Eric T. Hedrick.
This project was chosen as a winner of the 2019 Donald Mosher Memorial Award for Colonial Virginia Research. The Mosher Award is administered by the Board for Certification of Genealogists Education Fund. Click here for the announcement. The Mosher Award was established in 2001 by Merrill Hill Mosher, CG, honoring her late husband. The Award was created to encourage the study and publication of Colonial Virginia era records. For more about the Mosher Award visit the BCG Education Fund Mosher Award page.
Eric Hedrick was chosen as the winner of the 2016 Donald Mosher Memorial Award for this work. Hampshire was formed from the VA counties of Augusta and Frederick and it included much of the South Branch valley. This series of CDs features probate material for researchers of Hampshire and also the present day WV counties Grant, Hardy, Mineral and parts of Morgan, Pendleton, and Tucker which were included in the early boundaries and were under the jurisdiction of Hampshire County for a time. 16 CDs available with high quality images of the original documents, not the recordings. Also available is a book of abstracts of all of the documents.
This series of CDs for researchers of Pendleton Co., WV features images of probate material and judgments which were filed in Augusta Co., VA prior to the formation of Pendleton Co. in 1788. High quality images of the original documents, not the recordings.
Disc 6: Judgments, of this series was chosen as winner of the 2013 Donald Mosher Memorial Award.
Pendleton County Official Bond Book. Includes a large number of "paternity" bonds 1866-1925. High quality images of the pages of the complete book.
This series of CDs features marriage bonds and consents beginning 1791. High quality images of the original documents.
This series of CDs features probate material beginning 1783 which predates the formation of the county in 1788. High quality images of the original documents, not the recordings.
Images of long lost birth and death register pages. Free to view.
Over Five Hundred historic newspapers digitized by Eric Hedrick available at the Pendleton County Historical Society website. High quality images of each entire newspaper page, zoom to read.
More to come
Many images have already been collected for additional Pendleton County collections. Plans for the future include additional discs of original probate material, church registers, and a collection of original signatures from colonial era documents. Please check back later.
Digital publications originally available on CD are now also available on USB flash drive. Contact if USB flash drive delivery is preferred.
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