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Available Books

The Berkeley County Historical Society has a number of books on a variety of subjects about the Eastern Panhandle and Berkeley County. These may be purchased at the Ben Boyd Bookstore or by mail. 
 
Book Price P&H
"He Is Our Colonel and We Are His Soldiers" When the 106th New York Infantry Came to West Virginia
This is the story of Col. Edward James and his command at new Creek, North Mountain and Martinsburg, WV.
by James R. Droegemeyer
$20.00 $2.50
Imboden's Brigade in the Gettysburg Campaign 
by Steve French
This is the only full-length study of this unit, which
made up Lee’s left-wing in the invasion force. It 
includes the Battle of Williamsport, MD and action
around Falling Waters and Hedgesville
$20.00 $3.00
The Day Is Far Spent A Memoir by Kenneth A. Tabler $20.00 $3.00
Obituaries, Berkeley County Virginia (West Virginia) and Other News 1791-1855  $20.00 $3.50
Obituaries, Berkeley County Virginia (West Virginia) and Other News 1856-1879 compiled by Pam Swartwood $25.00 $3.50
Obituaries and Other News Berkeley Co. WV 1880-1888Vol. I $25.00 $3.50
Obituaries and Other News Berkeley Co. WV 1889-1894 Vol. II $25.00 $3.50
Obituaries Berkeley County West Virginia 1895-1900 and Other News $28.00 $3.50
Berkeley County, USA, (Bicentennial History) $25.00 $3.00
Hedgesville, North Mountain and Back Creek Bridge during the Civil War by James Droegemeyer $20.00 $3.00
Aler's History of Berkeley County, 1888 (reprint) $58.00 $3.00
Architectural & Pictorial History of Berkeley County, Volume II-Martinsburg $30.00 $3.50
Architectural and Pictorial History of Berkeley County, Volume IV, (A history of Berkeley County schools; contains lists of student names from various  schools and years) $25.00 $3.50
Architectural and Pictorial History Arden & Tablers Station, Volume V $30.00 $3.50
Architectural and Pictorial History North Mountain Spring Mills, Marlow Maidstone, Volume VI $30.00 $3.50
Architectural & Pictorial History - Vol. VII - Area east of Martinsburg  $25.00 $4.00
A Documented History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County  by Don C. Wood
Published by the Berkeley County Historical Society in 2004. This book, soft cover, contains 296 pages. The book features the Martinsburg Journal Historical articles written on the history of Martinsburg and Berkeley County for the past several years with pictures with the articles. The author has conducted research on the tri-county area and conducted genealogy research for the past 30 years. An article on the history of Berkeley County appears every other Sunday in the Martinsburg Journal. The book has over 95 different documented historical stories on buildings and people of Berkeley County
$25.00 $4.00
Cumberland Valley Railroad Directory 1877-1878 $6.00 $3.00
Thompson Brothers Directory of Martinsburg, W.V. 1898-1899 $4.00 $3.00
Martinsburg Berkeley County W.V. Directory 1913 $4.00 $3.00
 A Documented History of Martinsburg and Berkeley County  Volume II by Don C. Wood $28.00 $4.00
Berkeley County Birth Records 1883-1888 by Hoffman  $30.00 $3.50
Hometown Reflections by Ether Bovey $20.00 $2.50
Hometown Memories by Bovey $18.00 $2.50
See Shepherd's Town III  $20.00 $3.00
Tombstone Inscriptions Jefferson County West Virginia 1686-1980 $30.00 $3.50
1850 Census of Jefferson County, VA [WV] $10.00 $2.50
Jefferson County WV Marriages 1801-1890  $49.50 $4.00
Jefferson County Personal Property Tax 1814-1824 $23.50 $2.50
Jefferson County Personal Property Tax 1825-1841 $20.50 $2.50
Jefferson County Death Register 1853-1880 $21.00 $2.50
1850 Census of Morgan County, VA [WV] $10.00 $2.50
1860 Census of Morgan County, VA [WV] $4.00 $2.50
1870 Census of Morgan County, VA [WV] $9.75 $2.50
Miss Dolly by Jim Hutton $20.00 $3.50
Cemeteries of Berkeley County, 
(identifies cemeteries and lists names of those interred)
$20.00 $3.00
Cemeteries of Berkeley County WV Vol. I - Updated (Arden, Mill Creek and Gerrardstown)  $25.00 $3.00
Cemeteries of Berkeley County WV Vol. II - Martinsburg (Green Hill), Falling Waters, Hedgesville $25.00 $3.50
Graveyard History of Morgan County, VA [WV] $22.00 $3.00
Between the Shenandoah and the Potomac 
(historic homes of Jefferson Co., WV)
$50.00 $3.50
Burials in Jefferson County, W.VA. 1978-1997 and earlier burials, by H. E. Voress $25.00 $4.00
Frederick County, Maryland, Marriages, 1811-1840 $23.00 $3.00
Planting of the Presbyterian Church Northern Virginia $20.00 $2.50
Frederick County, Virginia--Settlement and First Families, by Wilmer Kerns $45.00 $3.50
Index to Burials in Frederick Co. Virginia by Painter & McCabe $29.95 $3.00
The Lemen Family Tree by Vivian Snyder & Elizabeth Lowe $55.00 $4.00
Roots and Branches of the Jacob Snyder Family Tree, by Elizabeth Snyder Lowe $55.00 $4.00
The Folks of Swan Pond, by Elizabeth Snyder Lowe $60.00 $5.00
Duke-Shepherd-VanMetre Genealogy $37.50 $4.00
Hampshire County Marriages 1865-1899 $40.00 $4.00
Hampshire County, Virginia [WV], Births, 1865-1889 $30.00 $4.00
Hampshire County, West Virginia, Deaths, 1866-1894 $30.00 $4.00
Washington County Maryland Cemetery Records Vol. I $23.00 $3.00
Washington County Maryland Cemetery Records Vol. II $22.50 $3.00
Washington County Maryland Cemetery Records Vol. III $23.50 $3.00
Washington County Maryland Cemetery Records Vol. IV $24.50 $3.00
Washington County Maryland Cemetary Records Vol. V $24.50 $3.00
Washington County Maryland Cemetary Records Vol. VI $22.50 $3.00
Washington County Maryland Cemetery Records Vol. VII $24.50 $3.00
Berkeley County Wills and Deed Abstracts by Larry G. Shuck $20.00 $3.00
Touring the Shenandoah Valley Backroads, by Andrea Sutcliffe $16.95 $3.00
In and Around Gerradstown, W.V. , by James Hutton Jr. $39.95 $3.50
Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites, by Clint Johnson $19.95 $3.50
French & Indian Wars in Frederick Co. Virginia, by Norman L. Baker $25.00 $2.50
Morgan County Obituaries 1968-1979  $45.00 $4.00
Shenandoah Valley Pioneers and their Decendants, by T. K. Cartmell $72.50 $4.50
On This Rock, by Gladys Hartzell $30.00 $3.00
The Tailor's Thread, by Vincent R. Saladini, Sr.- An Italian-American Legacy.
This is an excellent book written by an Italian-American immigrant son who grew up in Berkeley County at a small Italian village called Big Springs where the stone quarry miners lived. He describes the village, which no longer exists.
$32.50 $4.00
1798 House Tax and Slave Tax of Berkeley County $7.50 $2.50
1774 List of Tithables and Wheel Carriages in Berkeley County Virginia $15.00 $2.50
Four Years Along the Tilhance, The Private Diary of Elisha Manor, by Steve French , Civil War author.
Manor operated a mill at Johnsontown during the Civil War. Steve French transcribed the diary which tells of life in the Hedgesville-Johnsontown area during the Civil War
$18.00 $2.50
History of Berkeley County West Virginia, by Willis Evans $33.00 $3.00
Ruppenthal History, by K. Allemong $13.00 $2.25
Morgan County Census - 1860 $4.00 $2.50
Morgan County Census - 1870 $10.00 $3.00
Morgan County Census - 1900 $22.50 $3.00
Morgan County Census - 1910 $22.50 $3.00
Morgan County Census - 1920 $25.00 $3.00
Morgan County Deaths - 1865-1903 $22.50 $3.00
Morgan County Births - 1865-1904 $24.00 $3.00
Morgan County Obituaries - Vol. IV $24.00 $3.00
Morgan County Obituaries - 1936-1953 $42.00 $4.50
Morgan County Obituaries - 1968-1979 $45.00 $4.50
Morgan County Obituaries - 1995-1998 $30.00 $3.00
Morgan County Obituaries - 1998-2001 $24.00 $3.00
Orange County Virginia Marriages 1781-1853 $20.00 $3.00
On the Rock, St. Peter's Church, Shepherdstown WV - 1765-1965 $30.00 $3.00
Historic Shepherdstown, by Dandridge $30.00 $3.00
History of Shepherdstown 1730-1931, by Musser (reprint) $22.00 $3.00
1989 Supplement to the Link Family $49.50 $4.00
Jacob Alt (family) ,by Clara Ross $50.00 $4.50
The Lawrence Family Letters by Tennint 1856-1896 $30.00 $3.00
Frederick Co. Maryland Marriages 1811-1840, by Myers $23.00 $3.00

Publications may be purchased at the Belle Boyd House, 126 East Race St., Martinsburg, WV 

To order by mail, list the items desired and mail a check (plus 6% sales tax if item is to be mailed to a West Virginia address) and include shipping costs, to: 

BCHS
PO Box 1624
Martinsburg, WV 25402


Historical Society Contact Information
Telephone
(304) 267-4713
Postal Address
P.O Box 1624 Martinsburg, W.V. 25402
Physical Address
126 East Race Street, Martinsburg, W.V. 25401
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