Swain County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Appalachian American Genealogy  Consolidated genealogical information for 83 mountain counties in GA, TN, NC and SC
• Cherokee Reservation  Also called Qualla Boundary     (Source: USGenWeb)
• North Carolina Cherokee Indian Reservation  "Qualla Boundary"     (Source: American Local History Network)
• Swain County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Swain County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Swain County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Swain County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Swain County, North Carolina      (Source: Trails to the Past)

Adjacent counties

• Blount County, TN  to the north
• Cocke County, TN  to the northeast
• Graham County, NC  to the southwest
• Haywood County, NC  to the east
• Jackson County, NC  to the southeast
• Macon County, NC  to the south
• Sevier County, TN  to the north

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

• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Swain County Biographies
• Swain Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Western North Carolina  A History (1730-1913)     (Source: Google Books)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (16)

Estate Records

• North Carolina Estate Files  1663-1917     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic (12)

History (19)

Introduction and Guides (14)

Land Records

• Records of Old Macon County, North Carolina, 1829-1850      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Mountain Farm Museum  Great Smoky Mountains
• Museum of the Cherokee Indian 
• Museum of the Cherokee Indian  Cherokee, North Carolina
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Swain County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Swain County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Swain County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• NCQUALLA-L Qualla Boundary, North Carolina (Cherokee Reservation) genealogy

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

• NCSWAIN-L Swain County genealogy

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

• Great Smoky Mountain National Park  Topographic map, western, 1934     (Source: Historical Map Archive)
• Great Smoky Mountain National Park  Topographic map, eastern, 1934     (Source: Historical Map Archive)
• Swain County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Swain County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Swain County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Swain County Post Offices 
• Swain County Postal Covers      ($)
• Swain County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Swain County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Southern Claims Commission  Swain County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Thomas's Legion  William H. Thomas led Confederate "Legion of Indians & Mountaineers." Cherokee companies raised nearby in 1862     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Blue Ridge National Heritage Area 
• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Migrations through Swain County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)
• Swain County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Swain County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Smoky Mountain Times 
• Smoky Mountain Times  Bryson City, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Cherokee  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Swain County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina--Swain County--Fontana Dam.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Swain County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Swain County Postcards 
• Swain County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• Whittier  Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

Societies

• Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society 
• Swain County Genealogical & Historical Society 
• Swain County Genealogy Society 

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

• FamilyHart Pennsylvania Dutch Genealogy Database  includes Bowers
• Cochran/Cockerham Family 
• Cochran/Cockerham Family 
• Johnson Pyatte Website  includes Cook
• George E. Ensley of Swain County NC      (Source: Family Tree Maker User Home Pages)
• My Green Genealogy 
• Schoepke, Anderson, Buchanan, Wheeler Family History Page  includes Gille, Martin, Manning, Looney, Kennett, Gist, Barzee and Boyce/Boice/Buys
• Horace Kephart  Author of "Our Southern Highlanders" (1913) and other works, naturalist, librarian. Grave 3/10 mi. S.W. Mt. Kephart, 30 mi. N., is named for him     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Lowe Family 

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Swain County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Swain County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Swain County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000  includes Swain County, 1872-1957     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975  Swain County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina Death Collection  Swain County, 1911-1963     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Swain County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Swain County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Swain County North Carolina Marriage Records      (Source: GenWed.com)
• Swain County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Swain County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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