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Guide to Transylvania County, North Carolina ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Transvylvania County Courthouse 12 E Main St P O box 417 Brevard, NC 28712 Phone: 828-884-3162 Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 marriage and land records from 1861 and military records Clerk Superior  Court has divorce, probate and court records

Census Records

 * Census records on the Transylvania County NCGenWeb site - includes several mortality schedules

Directories

 * Several NC state business directories are available online. Visit this list of directories, open the directory, and navigate to Transylvania County.  Directories include information on area businesses and citizens.

Maps and Gazetteers

 * Walton County, NC - now extinct, disputed county between NC &amp; GA, includes history
 * Maps of Transylvania County - via NC Maps website from UNC

Military Records
Revolutionary War 
 * 1779-1782 - at FamilySearch

Civil War 

Online Records
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1861-1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry $
 * 1885-1953 - at FamilySearch


 * - 5th Regiment, North Carolina Senior Reserves, Company G
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company A
 * - 7th Regiment, North Carolina Cavalry, Company H

World War I 
 * 1917-1919 - at FamilySearch

World War II 
 * 1940-1948 - at FamilySearch

Newspapers

 * Transylvania County newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county; via the Library of Congress
 * North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project - contains full-text papers from 1752-1890s.Search for your Carteret County ancestors.
 * Transylvania Times - a current newspaper of Brevard, NC

Probate Records
Online Probate Records


 * 1660-1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry $
 * 1663-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1665-1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry $
 * 1735-1970 - at FamilySearch
 * 1760-1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry $
 * 1810-1951 - Index to Transylvania County estate records, 1810 to 1951
 * 1879-1968 - have been digitized by FamilySearch

School Records

 * Brevard College Yearbooks, 1935-1998 -- digitized by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
 * Transylvania County county students at NC colleges – via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Birth

 * 1800-2000 - at FamilySearch
 * 1866-1964 - at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina, United States Marriages at FindMyPast
 * 1861-1970 - Transylvania County Marriage Index 1861-1970 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1799-1893 - Transylvania County marriages - are included in Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searcheable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
 * 1741-2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1759-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1762-1979 - at FamilySearch
 * 1763-1868 - at FamilySearch

Death

 * 1898-1994 - at FamilySearch
 * 1906-1930 - at FamilySearch
 * 1908-2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry $
 * 1909-1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry $
 * 1931-1994 - at FamilySearch
 * 1913-1916 - Transylvania County death certificates, 1913-1916
 * 1911-1961 - Transylvania County Death Index 1911-1961. Batch at FamilySearch

Divorce

 * 1926-1975 - at FamilySearch
 * 1958-2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry $

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies

 * Transylvania Genealogical Society 189 West Main St. PO Box 2347 Brevard, NC 28712 Website
 * Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society PO Box 2122 Asheville, NC 28802-2122
 * Transylvania County Historical Society, Inc. PO Box 2061 Brevard, NC 28712 website

Websites

 * Transylvania GenWeb Project- free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
 * Transylvania County Archives-USGenWeb
 * Old Walton County, GA
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.