Madison County, North Carolina

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== County Courthouse  ==
 
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== Resources  ==
 
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==== African American  ====
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1417695&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D Freedman Bank Records, 1865-1874] - search this freely available database for bank records of African-American individuals. This database includes records from all 29 branches of the bank. North Carolina bank locations included Wilmington, Raleigh &amp; New Bern.
  
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
 
==== Cemeteries  ====
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.org/nc/madison/madisoncemeteries.html Madison County cemeteries at the NCGenWeb Archives]
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*[[Javascript:void(0);/*1315193193780*/|Madison County cemeteries at Find-A-Grave]]
  
 
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==== Education  ====
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*[http://library.digitalnc.org/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=digita&CISOBOX1=North+Carolina+College+and+University+Yearbooks&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=contri&CISOROOT=%2Fyearbooks&CISOBOX2=Mars%20Hill%20College Mars Hill College yearbooks] - from 1917-2008; digitized by the NC Digital Heritage Center
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*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ybook/resultlist.php?county=madison Madison County College Students] - a name list of students at various NC colleges with identified hometowns in the county
  
 
==== Land  ====
 
==== Land  ====
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*[http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISORESTMP=results.php&CISOVIEWTMP=item_viewer.php&CISOMODE=grid&CISOGRID=thumbnail,A,1;title,A,1;displa,A,0;publis,A,0;collec,A,0;30;date,title,none,none,none&CISOBIB=mapid,A,1,N;collec,A,0,N;title,200,0,N;none,A,0,N;none,A,0,N;20;mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOTHUMB=20%20(4x5);mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOTITLE=20;mapid,none,none,none,none&CISOHIERA=20;collec,mapid,none,none,none&CISOSUPPRESS=0&CISOTYPE=link&CISOOP1=exact&CISOFIELD1=spatia&CISOBOX1=Madison+County&CISOOP2=exact&CISOFIELD2=collec&CISOBOX2=&CISOOP3=exact&CISOFIELD3=title&CISOBOX3=&CISOOP4=exact&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOBOX4=&c=exact&CISOROOT=%2Fncmaps Madison County Maps]
  
 
==== Military  ====
 
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.org/nc/madison/madisonmilitary.html Military records] at the Madison County NCGenWeb Archives
  
 
==== Newspapers  ====
 
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*[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/titles/places/north_carolina/Madison/ Madison county newspapers] - a listing of newspapers published in the county &amp; libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress. If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library.
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*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?county=madison Madison County residents in the newspaper] - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.
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*See the "Deaths" category in the Vital Records section for information on obituaries
  
 
==== Probate  ====
 
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.org/nc/madison/madisonwills.html Wills and Estate records of Madison County]&nbsp;- on the NCGenWeb Archives
  
 
==== Taxation  ====
 
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==== Vital Records  ====
 
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Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit [http://madisonrod.net/ their website] for more information.
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1726957&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964] - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch
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*[https://familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1675484&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979] - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
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*[http://goo.gl/FsJlh Madison County marriages] - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website
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*[http://www.echoesofmadisonnc.com/obits.htm Obituaries from The Record and The French Broad News] - being placed online by the Madison County Genealogical Society; an ongoing project.
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/s/collection/show#uri=http://search-api:8080/searchapi/search/collection/1609799&hash=Mrd8SMocDIIen2Q83tu%252B82PRagg%253D%20 North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930] - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch.
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*[http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?nametype=decedent&county=madison Madison County deaths] - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
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== Societies and Libraries&nbsp;  ==
 
== Societies and Libraries&nbsp;  ==
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*[http://www.echoesofmadisonnc.com/ Madison County Genealogical Society]
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*[http://www.madisoncountylibrary.org/ Madison County Public Library]
  
 
== Web Sites  ==
 
== Web Sites  ==
  
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*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
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*[http://www.ncgenweb.org/madison Madison County, NCGenWeb] - free genealogy resources; part of the USGenWeb Project
 
*{{FHL|North+Carolina%2C+Madison|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
 
*{{FHL|North+Carolina%2C+Madison|subject|disp=Family History Library Catalog}}
  

Revision as of 03:42, 5 September 2011

Madison County, North Carolina
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Founded 1851
County Seat Marshall
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Contents

County Courthouse

Madison County Courthouse, Marshall, N.C.

History

Parent County

1851--Madison County was created 27 January 1851 from Buncombe and Yancey Counties.
County seat: Marshall [1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

African American

  • Freedman Bank Records, 1865-1874 - search this freely available database for bank records of African-American individuals. This database includes records from all 29 branches of the bank. North Carolina bank locations included Wilmington, Raleigh & New Bern.

Cemeteries

Church

Court

Education

Land

Local Histories

Maps

Military

Newspapers

  • Madison county newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county & libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress. If you find a paper of interest on microfilm, you may be able to request it via Interlibrary Loan with your local public library.
  • Madison County residents in the newspaper - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.
  • See the "Deaths" category in the Vital Records section for information on obituaries

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit their website for more information.

Births
Marriages
  • North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
  • Madison County marriages - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register & State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website
Deaths


Societies and Libraries 

Web Sites

References

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