Catawba County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Catawba County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Catawba County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Catawba County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Catawba County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Catawba County, North Carolina's Trails to the Past      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Conover, North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Maiden, North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Alexander County, NC  to the north
• Burke County, NC  to the west
• Caldwell County, NC  to the northwest
• Cleveland County, NC  to the southwest
• Iredell County, NC  to the east
• Lincoln County, NC  to the south

Bible Records

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

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

• Catawba Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Catawba County Letters      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Hickory GEDCOM Index 
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Catawba County Biographies

Cemeteries

• Catawba County  North Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Catawba County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Catawba County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Catawba County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Catawba County Cemetery Listings      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Catawba County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Cemeteries of Catawba County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Cemetery Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (31)

Court and Legal Records

• Bastardy Bonds and Records  Catawba County 1868-1887     (Source: Betty Camin's Home Page)
• Catawba County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Catawba County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• North Carolina Civil Action Court Papers  1712-1970     (Source: Family History Library)

Directories

• Catawba County City Directories      (Source: DigitalNC)
• Hickory City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Catawba 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

• Catawba County Black Heritage      (Source: USGenWeb)

Hamilton County (1)

History (29)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Alexander grants (placed)  1748-1926     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Catawba County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Index to Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Alexander grants (placed)  1748-1926     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Register of Deeds 

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Catawba County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Catawba County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• The Evelyn D. Rhodes Genealogy and Local History Room Room 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Genealogy and Local History  at Hickory Public Library
• Harper House      (Source: North Carolina History Project)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Catawba County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Resources in the Genealogy/Local History Room 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

• Catawba County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• Catawba County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Catawba County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Catawba County, North Carolina
• Catawba County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• CATAWBA-WEST-L The list focuses n that unique region settled by Palatine Germans and Scotch-Irish who travelled the Old Wagon Road from Pennsylvania: Catawba, Lincoln, Gaston, Cleveland, Burke, and Rutherford Counties, and the North Carolina area of the former Tryon County

  • CATAWBA-WEST-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CATAWBA-WEST-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CATAWBA-WEST-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCCATAWB-L Catawba County genealogy

  • NCCATAWB-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCCATAWB-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCCATAWB-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• ROWANROOTS-L The part of North Carolina known as "Old Rowan"

  • ROWANROOTS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ROWANROOTS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • ROWANROOTS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L The area covered by a 150 mile radius around Bristol Virginia/Tennessee. This area covers southwest Virginia, northeast Tennessee, southeast Kentucky, and northwestern North Carolina

  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SWVA-NETN-SEKY-CHAT-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Catawba County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Catawba County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Catawba County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Diary of Johann Gottfied Arends  1740-1807, Annotated Transcriptions     ($)
• Migrations through Catawba County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)

Newspaper Records

• Catawba County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Catawba County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project
• Chronicling America  Catawba County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Catawba County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Hickory Daily Record 
• Hickory Daily Record  Hickory, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Hickory Daily Record      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Hickory Daily Record and the Observer News Enterprise  Obituary index, 1995-2002     (Source: The Evelyn D. Rhodes Room)
• Hickory, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Newton, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Observer News-Enterprise 
• Records from the Shuford Funeral Home  1908-1957

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Carl Augustus Rudisill Library  Lenoir Rhyne College, Hickory, N. C.     (Source: Post Card Library)
• Catawba County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Catawba County Postcards 
• Catawba County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Historical Postcards of Catawba County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Penny Postcards from North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

School Records and Histories

• Catawba College  Coeducational, liberal arts. Affiliated with Evangelical & Reformed Church. Opened 1/2 mi. N., 1851. Moved to Salisbury, 1925, & enlarged     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Claremont College  Founded in 1880 by the Evangelical & Reformed Church as a school for women. Closed in 1916. Stood 300 yards east     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Concordia College 1881-1935  Lutheran. A precursor of Lenoir-Rhyne College; burned, 1935. Church now on site 1 block south     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Hickory School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lenoir Rhyne  Coeducational, Lutheran college, named for W. W. Lenoir and D. E. Rhyne. Opened as Lenoir College in academic year, 1891-92     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Newton School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• (Jonas) Bost Plantations and Hotel      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Catawba County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Catawba County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Catawba County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Capt. C. F. Connor Camp 849, Hickory      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Catawba County Genealogical Society 
• Catawba County Genealogical Society 
• Catawba County Historical Association 
• The Hickory Landmarks Society 
• John Hoyle Chapter  Hickory     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (70)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry (11)

Vital Records (14)

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