Union County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Miscellaneous Genealogy & History Resources for Union County, North Carolina 
• Union County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Union County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Union County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Waxhaws  in the Carolina's

Adjacent counties

• Anson County, NC  to the east
• Cabarrus County, NC  to the north
• Chesterfield County, SC  to the southeast
• Lancaster County, SC  to the southwest
• Mecklenburg County, NC  to the northwest
• Stanly County, NC  to the northeast

Bible Records

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

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

• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Union County Biographies
• Union Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)

Cemeteries

• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Presson Cemetery  Unionville     (Source: Jeri and J. Edgar's Family Home Page)
• Union County  North Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Union County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Union County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Union County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Union County Cemetery Listings      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Union County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)

Census Records and Indexes (29)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Union County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Union County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Directories

• Union County City Directories      (Source: DigitalNC)

Estate Records

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

History (27)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Union County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Union County Register Of Deeds Remote Access Site 

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• The Heritage Room  of Union County, NC
• Museum of the Waxhaws 
• Museum of the Waxhaws 
• The Norvan K. and Sarah Craig Dickerson Genealogy & Local History section  Union County Public Library, Monroe
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Union County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Union County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Union 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)
• Union County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Union County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Union County, North Carolina
• Union County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• NCUNION-L Union County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Tiger Map Server Browser 
• Union County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Union County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Union County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Union County Post Offices 
• Union County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Union County Postal Covers      ($)
• Union County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Wadesboro Quadrangle  1948     (Source: South Carolina Maps)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Revolutionary War

  • Cornwallis  First led his army into North Carolina near here, Sept. 1780. After Battle of Kings Mountain, Oct. 7, he returned to S.C     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Davie's Attack  Cavalry led by William R. Davie attacked and dispersed band of Tories, September 20, 1780, at the plantation of James Wauchope, 3-1/2 mi. NW     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Camp Sutton  World War II army camp, trained 13,000 engineers. Named for R.C.A.F. pilot Frank Sutton of Monroe, killed December 7, 1941. Camp was here     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Union County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • Veterans Killed in World War II      (Source: Wayback Machine)

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Union County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Union County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Union County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Index to Obituaries  Monroe, NC Enquirer Journal
• Monroe, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary Index  Individuals born in Union County
• Union County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Union County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Photograph Collection  from the Heritage Room, Monroe, NC
• Union County Postcards 
• Union County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

School Records and Histories

• Wingate University  Baptist. Est. as Wingate School in 1896; a junior college, 1923; became a senior college in 1977. University since 1995. Campus one block north     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Union County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Union County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Union County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Carolinas Genealogical Society 
• John Foster Chapter  Monroe     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Union County Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (63)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Antebellum Gold Mining  1820-1860     (Source: North Carolina History Project)
• Building histories of Union 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  Union County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)
• Trading Path  Colonial trading route, dating from the seventeenth century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Trading Path  Colonial trading route, dating from the seventeenth century, from Petersburg, Virginia, to the Waxhaw Indians in Carolina, passed nearby     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Union County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)

Vital Records (12)

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