A&M 3033Smith-Riffe Collection, History and Genealogy of Lower New River Valley, 1930-80 A&M 3033Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2025-08-30 07:20:49 -0400.Description is written in: English, Latin script.Describing Archives: A Content Standard West Virginia and Regional History Center Smith-Riffe Collection, History and Genealogy of Lower New River Valley Smith-Riffe Collection A&M 3033 Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key Previous Archival Resource Key /repositories/2/resources/1207 1.02 Linear Feet Summary: 1 ft. 1/4 in. (7 reels of microfilm, 1.75 in. each) 1930-1980 A local history and genealogies of the lower New River valley compiled by Aubrey O. Smith and Judge Winton A. Riffe of Beckley. The collection contains a section on local history covering 29 counties in Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. The section on local history is comprised of church records, community histories, county court records and cemetery transcriptions. The collection mostly consists of the genealogies of 207 family names and their sources such as personal memoirs, interviews, obituaries, correspondence, and family records, sketches and charts. The Smith-Riffe Collection is also commonly known as the New River Genealogy. West Virginia and Regional History Center / West Virginia University / 1549 University Avenue / P.O. Box 6069 / Morgantown, WV 26506-6069 / Phone: 304-293-3536 / URL: https://wvrhc.lib.wvu.edu/ English . Conditions Governing Access

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 Kentucky Virginia Genealogy New River Genealogy. Rivers and river valleys. Riffe, Winton A. Smith, Aubrey O.