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Projects

• Appalachian American Genealogy  Consolidated genealogical information for 83 mountain counties in GA, TN, NC and SC
• Buncombe County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Buncombe County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Buncombe County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Heritage of Western North Carolina 
• Western NC Genealogy Resource Center  for Buncombe County

Adjacent counties

• Haywood County, NC  to the west
• Henderson County, NC  to the south
• Madison County, NC  to the north
• McDowell County, NC  to the east
• Rutherford County, NC  to the southeast
• Transylvania County, NC  to the south
• Yancey County, NC  to the northeast

Bible Records

• Buncombe County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Asheville GEDCOM Index 
• Buncombe County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Choosing to Remember  From the Shoah to the Mountains
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Buncombe County Biographies
• Western North Carolina  A History (1730-1913)     (Source: Google Book Search)

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

Church Records

• Buncombe County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Bastardy Bonds and Records  Buncombe County, 1824-1879     (Source: Betty Camin's Home Page)
• Buncombe County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Buncombe County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)

Directories

• Asheville City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Asheville City Directory  1909     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Asheville city directory and gazetteer of Buncombe County for 1883-'84      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Buncombe County, North Carolina City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)

Estate Records

• Buncombe County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Ethnic

• Choosing to Remember  From the Shoah to the Mountains
• Heritage of Black Highlanders Collection  ca. 1888-1972
• History of the YMI 

History (42)

Introduction and Guides

• Buncombe County  North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online)
• Buncombe County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Buncombe County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Buncombe County  www.northcarolinagenealogy.net
• Buncombe County North Carolina Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Buncombe County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• Buncombe County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Buncombe Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• Cyndi's List of North Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)

Land Records

• Buncombe County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Unplaced Buncombe County deeds      (Source: Deed Data Pool)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (16)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (17)

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Buncombe County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Buncombe County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Buncombe County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Battle of Asheville  On April 3, 1865, Union Col. Isaac M. Kirby left East Tenn. with 1100 men on a raid against Asheville. On April 6, Kirby's force was defeated by local militia under Col. G. W. Clayton. Earthworks remain 100 yds. N     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Confederate Armory  Manufactured Enfield-type rifles. In 1863 plant moved to Columbia, S.C. Building was located 1/4 mi. SE. Burned in 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Stoneman's Raid  Southern troops turned back Stoneman's U.S. cavalry, raiding through western North Carolina, at Swannanoa Gap, near here, April 20, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Stoneman's Raid  On a raid through western North Carolina Gen. Stoneman's U.S. Cavalry occupied Asheville on April 26, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Buncombe County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Buncombe County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data (13)

Newspaper Records

• Buncombe County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Buncombe County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Asheville Citizen-Times      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Black Mountain News 
• Black Mountain News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Brigman's Funeral Service  Black Mountain, North Carolina
• Buncombe County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Citizen-Times  Obituaries since 2003
• Citizen-times  Asheville, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Buncombe County
• Ray and Allen Funeral Service  Asheville, North Carolina

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (12)

School Records and Histories (15)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Buncombe County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Buncombe County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Historic Resources Commission  of Asheville & Buncombe County
• Historic Resources Commission of Asheville & Buncombe County 
• Local Societies  North Carolina Genealogical Society
• Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society 
• Presbyterian Historical Society 
• Western North Carolina Historical Association 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (184)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Buncombe County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Buncombe County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Buncombe Turnpike  Opened up western N.C. Built, 1824-28; the 75-mi. long route from S.C. line to Tenn. line, used by settlers & livestock drovers, passed nearby     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Electric Streetcars  First electric trolley system in N.C. opened, Feb. 1, 1889, bolstering regional tourism. Served train depot 1/4 mile S.E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Mount Mitchell Railroad  Opened Black Mountains to logging and tourism. Built, 1911-1914. Ran from point nearby to Camp Alice, 21 mi. NE     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Patents  Buncombe County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Swannanoa Tunnel  Longest (1,800 ft.) of 7 on railroad between Old Fort and Asheville. Constructed by convict labor, 1877-79. West entrance 300 yds. S.E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Vital Records (12)

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