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Guide to Yancey County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Yancey County, North Carolina | |||||||||
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| Founded | 1833 | ||||||||
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| County Seat | Burnsville | ||||||||
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County Courthouse
Yancey County Courthouse
Burnsville, NC 28714
Phone: 818-682-2174
Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and burial records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1875, pr, ct
land rec from 1870; Depart of Archive &
History in Raleigh, NC has older rec[1]
History
Parent County
1833--Yancey County was created from Burke and Buncombe Counties.
County seat: Burnsville [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Some early records are missing.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
- Bailey Cemetery, Jacks Creek BillionGraves
- Gus Young Cemetery, Burnsville BillionGraves
Census
For tips on accessing Yancey County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church
Court
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
Probate
- 1834-1935 - Will Books (1834-1935) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Marriages
- 1850-1920 - Yancey County Marriage List for 1850-1920 at USGenWeb - free.
- 1851-1967 - Yancey County Marriage Index 1851-1967 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.[3]
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Yancey County, North Carolina. Page 514.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/f/f5/Iginorthcarolinap.pdf.
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