West Virginia State Gazetteer And Business Directory 1882-83 Vol. II By R. L. Polk and Co., 1882 574 Pages, indexed, searchable Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher to View (or MAC Preview Ver. 3) $9.99 + $1.99 shipping and handling http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200446957913 “The second issue of the West Virginia State Gazetteer and Business Directory is now presented to the public. In addition to giving the names of all persons doing business in the State, a brief sketch of every city, town and village is contained herein; also a most complete classified directory of all businesses and professions, as well as other useful information and statistics, pertaining to the commercial and manufacturing interests of the State at large. A work of this kind necessarily involves a great amount of labor, and the expenditure of large sums of money, neither of which have been withheld, the aim of the publishers being to make it in every respect, creditable to themselves and worthy the confidence and support of the public. ‘The publishers desire to express their thanks to the business men of the State for the patronage and support accorded them. This book is larger, by more than a hundred pages, and is far more compactly printed than the previous Gazetteer, the conclusion being that the State has, within the last few years, made very rapid advancement. On this fact we congratulate the citizens. The outlook for the future is bright, and every thing indicates that the State has before it a career of success never before equalled.” GENERAL INDEX. Banks and Bankers 31 Classified Business Directory . . 467-573 County Seats and Officers ... . 30 Courts—Districts and Judges 26-29 Gazetteer and Alphabetical Directory 41-465 Government of West Virginia 25 Index to Advertisements 7-9 Judiciary 26 Names Received Too Late for Regular Insertion 10-14 Postoffices 32-39 State Government 25 City and business directories may be one of the most under-used genealogical sources available. Directories provide an unmatched source for finding the exact place a person lived and their occupation, and they often function as a surrogate source of information about residents for a particular time period