Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about West Waynesburg (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for West Waynesburg. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for West Waynesburg ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
For example, a typical abbreviation for West Waynesburg: W. Waynesburg
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
West Waynesburg is located in Greene County.
To see how the shape of Pennsylvania's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Greene County: Fayette, Washington, Marshall (WV), Monongalia (WV) & Wetzel (WV).
Below are the counties that are near West Waynesburg. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to West Waynesburg:
- Greene County (The home county of West Waynesburg)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Waynesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Morrisville
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Morrisville is located in Greene County
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- Rogersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Greene County
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- Swarts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swarts is located in Greene County
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- Lippincott
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
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- Gump
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gump is located in Greene County
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- Holbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holbrook is located in Greene County
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- West Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Greene County
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- Fordyce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
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- Rutan
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Rutan is located in Greene County
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- Jefferson
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
- Jefferson is located in Greene County
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 249 people
- Bluff
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
- Bluff is located in Greene County
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- Allegheny County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Sunny Side
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Sunny Side is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunny Side
- Library
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
- Cochrans Mill
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
- Cochrans Mill is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cochrans Mill
- Bethel Park
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Upper Saint Clair
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)
- Elizabeth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Hills
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Jefferson Hills is located in Allegheny County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jefferson Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 11,136 people
- Jefferson Hills has also been known as:
- Jefferson
- West Elizabeth
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Fayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- East Millsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- East Millsboro is located in Fayette County
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- Arensburg
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
- Arensburg is located in Fayette County
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- Fairchance
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
- Adah
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Adah is located in Fayette County
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- Isabella
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the east)
- Isabella is located in Fayette County
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- La Belle
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- La Belle is located in Fayette County
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- Luzerne
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Luzerne is located in Fayette County
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- Heistersburg
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Heistersburg is located in Fayette County
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- Fayette
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Fayette is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fayette
- Masontown
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
- Alicia
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Alicia is located in Fayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alicia
- Atlantic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Atlantic is located in Fayette County
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- Washington County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Ten Mile
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
- Ten Mile is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ten Mile
- Bissell
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
- Bissell is located in Washington County
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- Amity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Amity is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Amity
- West Amity
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- West Amity is located in Washington County
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- Beallsville
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Marianna
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Sparta
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Sparta is located in Washington County
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- McCracken
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- McCracken is located in Washington County
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- Lone Pine
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
- Lone Pine is located in Washington County
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- Fredericktown - Millsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Millsboro
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Deemston
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
- Deemston is located in Washington County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deemston
- Population from the 2020 Census: 696 people
- Westmoreland County
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Gibsonton
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- Gibsonton is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gibsonton
- North Belle Vernon
(23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)
- North Belle Vernon is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Belle Vernon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,842 people
- Monessen
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northeast)
- Webster
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northeast)
- Webster is located in Westmoreland County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Webster
- Smithton
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Belmont County (OH)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Bellaire
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Shadyside
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Martins Ferry
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Bridgeport
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Wheeling
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- West Wheeling is located in Belmont County (OH)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Wheeling
- Brooke County (WV)
- Bethany
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Marion County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Fairview
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
- Fairview is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fairview
- Estimated population in 2021: 373 people
- Hoodsville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- Hoodsville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hoodsville
- Grant Town
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Grant Town is located in Marion County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 590 people
- Metz
(23 miles [37 km] to the south)
- Metz is located in Marion County (WV)
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- Pleasant View
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Pleasant View is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant View
- Rivesville
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the south)
- Farmington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Katy
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Katy is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Katy
- Mannington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
- Barrackville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Barrackville is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barrackville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,270 people
- Mount Harmony
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Mount Harmony is located in Marion County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Harmony
- Rymer
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southwest)
- Rymer is located in Marion County (WV)
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- Marshall County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Rocklick
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Rocklick is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Dallas
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Dallas is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Calis
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Calis is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Cameron
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Loudenville
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Loudenville is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Knoxville
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Knoxville is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Bannen
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Bannen is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Kausooth
(23 miles [37 km] to the southwest)
- Kausooth is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Glen Easton
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Limestone
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Limestone is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Adaline
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Adaline is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Sherrard
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
- Sherrard is located in Marshall County (WV)
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- Monongalia County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Blacksville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Blacksville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blacksville
- Population from the 2020 Census: 183 people
- Wana
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
- Miracle Run
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Miracle Run is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Maple
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
- Maple is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Bowlby
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
- Bowlby is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Cassville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Cassville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Maidsville
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
- Maidsville is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Saint Cloud
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Saint Cloud is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Wadestown
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
- Wadestown is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Sandy
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Sandy is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Hagans
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
- Hagans is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Osage
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Osage is located in Monongalia County (WV)
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- Ohio County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Point Mills
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Point Mills is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Point Mills
- Valley Grove
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Potomac
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Potomac is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Potomac
- Triadelphia
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Clinton is located in Ohio County (WV)
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- Pleasant Valley
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- West Liberty
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Bethlehem
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bethlehem is located in Ohio County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bethlehem
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,298 people
- Echo Point
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
- Echo Point is located in Ohio County (WV)
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- Wheeling
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Clearview
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Clearview is located in Ohio County (WV)
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- Population from the 2020 Census: 481 people
- Wetzel County (WV)
- The following are listed by their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Round Bottom
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Round Bottom is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Round Bottom
- Hundred
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Littleton is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Littleton
- Anthem
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
- Anthem is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Anthem
- Kodol
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Kodol is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kodol
- Uniontown
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
- Uniontown is located in Wetzel County (WV)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Uniontown
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to West Waynesburg, see our County-by-County Page for West Waynesburg.
Cemeteries Near West Waynesburg ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of West Waynesburg.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for West Waynesburg - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for West Waynesburg covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Green Mount Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Oakmont Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the north)
- White Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Rosemont Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rosemont Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Rosemont Cemetery is located outside and to the east of Rogersville.
- Gordon Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Gordon Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Smith Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Bates Fork Cemetery
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Pollock Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Greene County Memorial Park
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Johnson Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Fairview Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Continue List (541 more) ...
- Claughton Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
- Cumberland Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
- Mt. Zion Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<2>
While we didn't find West Waynesburg in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of West Waynesburg.
These communities are listed based on their distance from West Waynesburg, with the one closest to West Waynesburg listed first.
- Waynesburg
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Sycamore
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the northwest)
- Sycamore is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sycamore
- Rogersville
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the west)
- Rogersville is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogersville
- Oak Forest
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Oak Forest is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oak Forest
- Ruff Creek
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
- Ruff Creek is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ruff Creek
- Swarts
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Swarts is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swarts
- Lippincott
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Lippincott is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lippincott
- Holbrook
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Holbrook is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Holbrook
- Gump
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Gump is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gump
- Deer Lick
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Deer Lick is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Deer Lick
- Nineveh
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Nineveh is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nineveh
- Woodruff
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Woodruff is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodruff
- Continue List (15 more) ...
- Fordyce
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
- Fordyce is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fordyce
- West Union
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- West Union is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for West Union
- Castile
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Castile is located in Greene County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Castile
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around West Waynesburg. See our List of 1890's Communities around West Waynesburg.
Newspapers Published in West Waynesburg ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 32 newspapers that have been published in the area around West Waynesburg.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of West Waynesburg, there are papers which were published within 14 miles [22.5 km]<3>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for West Waynesburg.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These websites either offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to West Waynesburg:
- Websites specific to Pennsylvania
- Pages specific to Greene County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Allegheny County
- Fayette County
- Washington County
- Westmoreland County
- Belmont County
- Brooke County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monongalia County
- Ohio County
- Wetzel County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Pennsylvania
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about West Waynesburg, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <3> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- West Waynesburg) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |