Area Genealogy and History Resources
Libraries
- Shepherd University Library (Shepherdstown)
- Shepherdstown Public Library (Shepherdstown)
- Charles Town Library (Charles Town)
- Martinsburg-Berkeley County Public Library (Martinsburg)
- Handley Regional Library (Frederick County, Virginia) (Winchester, Virginia)
Historical Societies
- Jefferson County Historical Society (Charles Town )
- Jefferson County Black History Preservation Society (Charles Town)
- Berkeley County Historical Society (Martinsburg )
- Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society (Winchester, Virginia)
Other Historical Resources
- George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War (Shepherdstown)
- Shepherdstown Battlefield Preservation Association Inc.
- Jefferson County Museum (Charles Town)
- West Virginia Division of Culture and History (Charleston)
- Jefferson County Historic Landmarks Commission
- Friends of the Shepherdstown Riverfront (this organization has disbanded and the website archived)
Newspaper Websites
- West Virginia newspapers at Chronicling America (includes Shepherdstown Register and Spirit of Jefferson)
- Library of Virginia VirginiaChronicle
- Shepherdstown Good News Paper
- Spirit of Jefferson Farmers Advocate Archive (1961-present)
- Spirit of Jefferson Archive (1936-1948)
Genealogy & History Websites
- FamilySearch West Virginia Collection
- WV GeoExplorer Project
- West Virginia History OnView (WVU) – Shepherdstown photos and postcards
- West Virginia Vital Research Records Search
- Jefferson County WVGenWeb
- Berkeley County WVGenWeb
- Frederick County VAGenWeb
- If you’ve lived in Shepherdstown, then you remember… (facebook group)
- Shepherdstown artisans listed in the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (MESDA) database
- Historic sites in and around Shepherdstown at The Clio
- Frederick County, Va. Road Orders, 1743–1772