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    <unitdate datechar="creation" normal="1947/2014" type="bulk">1947-2014</unitdate>
    <physloc id="aspace_03ed8ff7b18eca8ef16cb72694ec45aa">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/</physloc>
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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Obituaries of Ritchie and Tyler County Residents, A&amp;M 4287, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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<p>Digital copies of obituaries from local newspapers for Ritchie County residents, 1947-2013, and for Tyler County residents, 2014. File titles include the names of the deceased.</p>  </scopecontent>
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