(This page's most recent update is
August 2024)
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Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with much story-like information about your ancestor’s life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they became an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same school’s yearbooks are available online.
West Virginia Online Yearbooks
- Alderson – Alderson Junior College and Academy
- Athens – Concord College
- Athens – Concord College
- Beckley – Woodrow Wilson High School
- Beckley – Woodrow Wilson High School
- Belle – DuPont High School
- Bethany – Bethany College
- Bethany – Bethany College
- Bethany – Bethany College
- Bethany – Bethany College
- Bluefield – Beaver High School
- Bluefield – Bluefield College of Evangelism
- Bluefield – Bluefield State College
- Buckhannon – Wesleyan University of West Virginia
- Buckhannon – West Virginia Conference Seminary
- Buckhannon – West Virginia Wesleyan
- Buckhannon – West Virginia Wesleyan College
- Charleston – Charleston Catholic High School
- Charleston – Charleston Catholic High School
- Charleston – Charleston High School
- Charleston – Charleston High School
- Charleston – John Adams Junior High School
- Charleston – John Adams Middle School
- Charleston – Lincoln Junior High School
- Charleston – Morris Harvey College
- Charleston – Morris Harvey College
- Charleston – Morris Harvey College
- Charleston – Stonewall Jackson High School
- Charleston – University of Charleston
- Chester – Chester High School
- Chester – Chester High School
- Clendenin – Clendenin High School
- Cowen – Cowen High School
- Dunbar – Dunbar High School
- Dunmore – Pocahantas County High School
- East Bank – Cabin Creek District High School
- Elkins – Davis and Elkins College
- Elkview – Elk District High School
- Fairmont – East Fairmont High School
- Fairmont – Fairmont Senior High School
- Fairmont – Fairmont State College
- Fairmont – Fairmont State College
- Fairmont – Fairmont State Normal College
- Fairmont – Fairmont State Teacher’s College
- Fairmont – Fairmont State University
- Fairmont – Fairmont State University
- Fairmont – Fairmont State University
- Follansbee – Follansbee High School
- Glenville – Glenville State College
- Glenville – Glenville State College
- Glenville – Glenville State Normal School
- Glenville – Glenville State Teachers College
- Greenbank – Greenbank High School
- Griffithsville – Duval High School
- Hamlin – Carroll High School
- Hillsboro – Hillsboro High School
- Hinton – Hinton High School
- Huntington – Huntington East High School
- Huntington – Huntington High School
- Huntington – Huntington High School
- Huntington – Marshall College
- Huntington – Marshall College
- Huntington – Marshall College
- Huntington – Marshall High School
- Huntington – Marshall University
- Huntington – Saint Mary’s School of Nursing
- Hurricane – Hurricane High School
- Hurricane – Hurricane High School
- Institute – West Virginia State College
- Institute – West Virginia State College
- Institute – West Virginia State University
- Kenova – Ceredo-Kenova High School
- Keyser – Potomac State College
- Keyser – Potomac State College
- Lego – Stoco High School
- Lewisburg – Greenbrier Military School
- Lewisburg – Greenbrier Military School
- Logan – Logan High School
- Logan – Logan High School
- Madison-Danville – Scott High School
- Man – Man High School
- Marlinton – Marlinton High School
- Martinsburg – Martinsburg High School
- Middlebourne – Tyler County High School
- Mill Creek – Tygarts Valley High School
- Montcoal – Marshfork High School
- Montgomery – Montgomery High School
- Montgomery – West Virginia Institute of Technology
- Morgantown – Morgantown High School
- Morgantown – West Virginia University
- Morgantown – West Virginia University Division of Forestry
- Morgantown – West Virginia University Division of Forestry
- Newell – Newell High School
- Newell – Wells High School
- Newell – Wells Junior High School
- Oak Hill – Oak Hill High School
- Oak Hill – Oak Hill High School
- Parkersburg – Parkersburg High School
- Parkersburg – Parkersburg High School
- Philippi – Alderson-Broaddus College
- Philippi – Philip Barbour High School
- Poca – Poca High School
- Princeton – Princeton Senior High School High School
- Romney – West Virginia School for the Deaf
- Ravenswood – Ravenswood High School
- Ripley – Ripley High School
- Ripley – Ripley High School
- Salem – Salem College
- Seth – Sherman High School
- Shepherdstown – Shepherd College
- Shepherdstown – Shepherd College
- Shepherdstown – Shepherd University
- Sissonville – Sissonville High School
- Sistersville – Sistersville High School
- South Charleston – South Charleston High School
- Spencer – Spencer High School
- Spencer – Spencer High School
- St. Albans – St. Albans High School
- St. Albans – St. Albans High School
- Summersville – Nicholas County High School
- Union – Union High School
- West Liberty – West Liberty State College
- West Union – Doddridge County High School
- West Union – West Union High School
- West Liberty – West Liberty State College
- Wheeling – Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy
- Wheeling – Saint Joseph’s Academy
- Wheeling – Wheeling High School
- Wheeling – Wheeling Jesuit University
- Williamson – Williamson High School
To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!