Our Holdings

 

Please Note:

Due to onsite patron demand our microfilm collection is not available via Interlibrary Loan. All other Local History & Genealogy materials are also non-circulating.

 

Books

• Histories of Huntington and Cabell County
• Assorted state and county histories
• Miscellaneous county vital and public records
• Varied selection of family histories

Periodicals

 

Varied selection of local, state and traditional genealogical resources including:

 

Ancestry	Jan 1996 - current
Foxfire Magazine	Spr 1975 - current
Goldenseal	July 1975 - current
Huntington Quarterly	Fall 1989 - current
Virginia Genealogist	Jan 1957 - current
West Virginia History	Oct 1939 - current
Wonderful West Virginia	Jan 1970 - current

 

Please consult our online catalog for a complete list of periodicals available at the Cabell County Public Library.

Census Schedules

• West Virginia counties 1860 - 1930
• Assorted Virginia counties 1790 - 1860
• Various Ohio and Kentucky counties
  

Newspapers

 

The following newspapers are available on microfilm:

Huntington Newspapers
Advertiser	1895 -1979
Daily News Digest	1952 - 1954
Herald	1903 - 1908
Herald-Dispatch	1909 - present
Independent & Advertiser	1873 - 1876
Socialist & Labor Star	1912 - 1914
Other Area Newspapers
Charleston Gazette	1991 - present
Wayne County News	1911 - 1989
National Newspapers
New York Times	1929 - present
Wall Street Journal	1959 - 1999

Obituary Indexes

 

At this time, compiled obituary indexes are available for the Huntington Advertiser & Herald-Dispatch for the following years:

1895 -1962          1998 - present

Volunteers Needed

 

Volunteers are needed to assist our staff in compiling future Indexes. If you would like to donate your time and become a volunteer, contact the Reference Department for more information.

Yearbooks

We currently have a limited number of yearbooks available for the following institutions. Please contact the Reference Department for more information on a particular institution.

Cabell County

Barboursville High School
Cabell County Vocational Technical Center
Douglass High School
Huntington High School
Huntington East High School
Marshall College
Marshall University
Milton High School
Morris Harvey College
Oley Jr. High School
St. Joseph's High School

Wayne County

Ceredo-Kenova High School
Vinson High School

Logan County

Logan Jr. High School
Logan High School

Putnam County

Winfield High School

Accepting Donations

 

If you would like to donate a yearbook to our collection, please send it to the attention of the Reference Department at:

Cabell County Public Library
455 Ninth Street Plaza
Huntington, WV 25701

 

City Directories

We have the following directories available for the Huntington metro area:

 

Huntington, WV	1902 - present **
Charleston, WV	1971 - present **
Charleston (Suburban)	1987 - present
Ashland, KY	1970 - 1998
Ironton, OH	1968 - 2002

** Some years are missing or were not published