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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Buncombe County''' | ''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[North Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Buncombe County''' | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
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| + | *'''1892-1909''' - Asheville, Buncombe County Birth Index 1892-1909. Batch {{IGI|C737348}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr">Genealogical Society of Utah, ''Parish and Vital Records List'' (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/4d/Iginorthcarolinaa.pdf.</ref> | ||
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| + | *'''1851-1961''' - Buncombe County Marriage Index 1851-1961 in [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/igi International Genealogical Index] at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr"/> | ||
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| + | ===== Deaths ===== | ||
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| + | *'''1898-1909''' - Asheville, Buncombe County Death Index 1898-1909. Batch {{IGI|C737348}} at FamilySearch - free.<ref name="vr"/> | ||
== Societies and Libraries == | == Societies and Libraries == | ||
Latest revision as of 14:37, 4 May 2013
United States 
North Carolina Buncombe County
Guide to Buncombe County North Carolina genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
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Buncombe County Courthouse
69 Court Plaza Run 110
Asheville, NC 28801-3519
Court house burned 1830-1835
Reg of Deeds has b, m, d. bur & land records
Clk Sup Ct has div & pro rec from 1832 & Ct Rec[1]
History
Parent County
1791--Buncombe County was created 5 December 1791 from Burke and Rutherford Counties. County seat: Asheville [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
1830, 1865--The courthouse fires destroyed many court records.
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Cemeteries
BillionGraves (Headstone photos, Google maps, searchable database both by cemetery and sitewide):
- Patton Cemetery, Swannatoa
- Western North Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, Black Mountain
- Woodlawn Cemetery, Ashville
Census
For tips on accessing Buncombe County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church Records
Baptist
- French Broad River, near Mills River, N.C. Organized before 1792.[3] Later located in Henderson County.
Court
Civil action papers, 1808-1889. (Free) Browse online at FamilySearch Historical Collections.
Education
- Black Mountain College collection - repository of publications and records of the college. Available via the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
- Montreat College Yearbooks: 1925-1959 -- free at the Internet Archive
- Buncombe County students at NC colleges - list via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
Family Histories
- [Gash] Rising, Marsha Hoffman. "The Gash Family of Buncombe County, North Carolina: Who Was Ebenezer Gash of St. Clair County, Missouri?," The American Genealogist, Vol. 73, No. 2 (Apr. 1998):105-116. Digital version at American Ancestors ($).
Land
Local Histories
Maps
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
- -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.
- -11th Regiment, North Carolina Infantry
Newspapers
Probate
- 1831-1961 - Will Books A to GGG (1831-1961) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Births
- 1892-1909 - Asheville, Buncombe County Birth Index 1892-1909. Batch C737348 at FamilySearch - free.[4]
Marriages
- 1851-1961 - Buncombe County Marriage Index 1851-1961 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.[4]
Deaths
- 1898-1909 - Asheville, Buncombe County Death Index 1898-1909. Batch C737348 at FamilySearch - free.[4]
Societies and Libraries
Family History Centers
Web Sites
- Asheville and Buncombe County Weblog
- Buncombe County NC GenWeb
- Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Buncombe County, North Carolina p. 507. At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ "French Broad Baptist Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012; George Washington Paschal, History of North Carolina Baptists, 2 vols. (1930; reprint, Gallatin, Tenn.: Church History Research and Archives, 1990), 2:561. FHL Book 975.6 K2p 1990.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/4/4d/Iginorthcarolinaa.pdf.
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