Records & Resources: Madison County

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Getting Started

• Madison County FIRST FAMILIES ON THE 1860 CENSUS - Transcription of the 1860 Census. COMING SOON!

Archives

• Madison County at the USGenWeb Archives - misc. records available

Biographies

• Madison County Biographies - at NCPedia.org

Births

• North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 - available at FamilySearch.org

Cemeteries

• Madison County Cemeteries - at Find-A-Grave
• BillionGraves - Madison County Cemeteries - enter "Madison County, North Carolina" into the search bar

Census Records

• 1900 Madison County Census - partial transcription by Amy Velazquez
• Census Records (Free at FamilySearch.org) - 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940

County Records

• Madison County Register of Deeds

Deaths/Obituaries

• Madison County Obituaries - posted at the USGenWeb Archives
• Current Area Obituaries - present day obituaries from the Asheville Citizen-Times
• Madison Funeral Home -present day obituaries
• Blue Ridge Funeral Service - present day obituaries
• North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930(FamilySearch.org) - includes images
• Social Security Death Index - search for your Polk County individuals

Education

• Madison County Seniors in NC Colleges - mostly seniors and mostly pre-1931. Enter "Madison" in the county field and enter "North Carolina" in the state field.

Families

• Record of McCaine and Ramsey Families' 76 Reunions, from 1931-2013 - available at DigitalNC.org

History

• History of Madison County - at NCPedia.org

Libraries/Societies

• Haywood County Historical & Genealogical Society, Inc.
• Madison County Library - Genealogy Room
• Mars Hill University - Renfro Library

Marriages

• North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979 - available at FamilySearch

Military

• Photo collection of German Detainees at Hot Springs during WW I - available at ibiblio.org

Newspapers

• Mars Hill University Student Newspaper - more than 900 issues spanning 1926-1995 availalbe at DigitalNC.org
• The News-Record - more than 2,300 issues spanning 1912-1988 available at DigitalNC.org

Photographs/Scrapbooks

• White Rock Hospital Photographs, taken 1920-1921 by Hazel Congdon Bowman - available at DigitalNC.org
• Hot Springs and a Finer Carolina: Scrapbooks - available at DigitalNC.org

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