Buncombe County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Buncombe County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Buncombe County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Buncombe County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Buncombe County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• 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 Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• 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 Books)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (38)

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 Books)
• North Carolina Civil Action Court Papers  1712-1970     (Source: Family History Library)

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 City Directories      (Source: DigitalNC)
• Buncombe County, North Carolina City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• North Carolina Business Directory  1867-1868     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Estate Records

• Buncombe County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• North Carolina Estate Files  1663-1979     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

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

History (48)

Introduction and Guides (14)

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 (13)

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

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Buncombe County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • 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)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Buncombe County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Buncombe County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • 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
• Chronicling America  Buncombe County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

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

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories (20)

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)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Buncombe County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Historic Resources Commission  of Asheville & Buncombe County
• Historic Resources Commission of Asheville & Buncombe County 
• 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 (192)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry (12)

Vital Records (13)

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