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Cold
Mountain ~
Charles Frazier / Hardcover / Published 1997
The Reviews say that this is destined to be a classic, it's already topped the New York
Times Bestseller List. Civil War era fiction based on family history, check it out for
yourself.
Cold
Mountain (Abridged) ~
Charles Frazier, Dylan Baker (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Published 1997
Early
History of Belmont and Gaston County, North Carolina
Robert Lee Stowe / Hardcover / Published 1997
History
of Gaston County
Minnie Stowe Puett / Hardcover / Published 1997
Gaston
County, a pictorial history
Robert Leonard Williams
The Timetables of History: A Horizontal Linkage of People and Events by Bernard Grun
This is a handy reference for getting a general idea of what was going on in the world
by year. It tracks events in History/Politics, Literature/Theater,
Religion/Philosophy/Learning, Visual Arts, Music, Science/Technology/Growth, and Daily
Life. This is my favorite world history reference.
Montcalm
and Wolfe: The French and Indian War by Francis Parkman
Overland:
The California Emigrant Trail of 1841-1870 by Greg MacGregor
The
Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing, Log Cabin Building, Mountain Crafts and Foods, Planting by the
Signs, Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing, Moon by Eliot Wigginton (Editor), Eliot
Wigginton
The Foxfire books offer a glimpse into the culture of the Appalachian Mountains.
Tar Heel
Tombstones and the Tales They Tell
Henry King / Paperback / Published 1990
Abstracts
of Early Deeds of Edgecombe County, North Carolina
Joseph W. Watson / Hardcover / Published 1993
Abstracts
of the Early Deeds of Granville County, North Carolina, 1746-1765
Zae Hargett Gwynn, Joseph W. Watson / Hardcover / Published 1993
Abstracts
of the Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions: Rowan County, North Carolina
1753-1762 Vol 2
Jo White Linn / Hardcover
Abstracts
of the Wills and Estate Records of Granville County, North Carolina, 1808-1833
Zae Hargett Gwynn, Joseph W. Watson / Hardcover / Published 1996
Anson
County, North Carolina : Abstracts of Early Records
May W. McBee / Hardcover / Published 1980
Carolina
Families: : A Bibliography of Books About North & South Carolina Families
Donald M. Hehir / Paperback / Published 1994
Caswell
County North Carolina Deed Books, 1777-1817
Katharine Kerr Kendall / Hardcover / Published 1989
Catawba
County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1842 (50 - 1880,) Vol 1
Elizabeth Bray Sherrill / Paperback / Published 1994
Directory
of Scots in the Carolinas 1680 1830
David Dobson / Hardcover / Published 1986
Directory
of Scots in the Carolinas. 1680-1830 ~
David Dobson / Hardcover / Published 1986
The
Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia,Caswell and Person
Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky
Martha J. Stone / Paperback / Published 1987
The
Genealogy and History of the Stewart Family of Halifax County, Virginia,Caswell and Person
Counties, North Carolina, Trigg County, Kentucky
Martha J. Stone / Hardcover / Published 1987
Henderson
County, North Carolina Cemeteries
Hardcover / Published 1995
Macon
County North Carolina Marriages 1829-1939
J. Wooley / Paperback / Published 1984
Marriages
of Bertie County, North Carolina, 1762-1868
Raymond P. Fouts / Hardcover / Published 1982
Mecklenburg
County, North Carolina, Deed Abstracts Books One to Nine 1763-1779
Brent Holcomb / Hardcover / Published 1981
North
Carolina Genealogical Research
Schweitz / Paperback / Published 1984
North
Carolina Wills : 1665-1900
Mitchell / Hardcover / Published 1992
Polk's
of North Carolina and Tennessee
Frank M Angellotti / Hardcover / Published 1984
Revolutionary
War Soliders of Western North Carolina Vol 1
E. White / Hardcover / Published 1984
Surry
County North Carolina Wills 1771-1827
Joe Whitelinn / Hardcover / Published 1992
Town
Leaders, Littleton, North Carolina, 1790-1920
Rebecca Leach Dozier / Hardcover / Published 1996
Across
the Dark River : The Odyssey of the 56th N.C. Infantry in the American Civil War ~
Clyde H. Ray / Paperback / Published 1996
Ballots
and Fence Rails : Reconstruction on the Lower Cape Fear ~
William McKee Evans / Paperback / Published 1995
Before
Freedom; 48 Oral Histories of Former North and South Carolina Slaves ~
Belinda Hurmence / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1990
Bentonville
: The Final Battle of Sherman and Johnson (Civil War America) ~
Nathaniel Cheairs, Jr Hughes / Hardcover / Published 1996
Bushwhackers
Vol 2 ~
William R. Trotter / Paperback / Published 1991
I highly recommend this one, it is a good insight into the Civil War in the North Carolina
Mountains
Cabins
in the Laurel (Hopel Hill Series) ~
Muriel Earley Sheppard, Bayard Wootten (Photographer) / Hardcover / Published 1991
The
Civil War in North Carolina ~
John G. Barrett / Hardcover / Published 1963
The
Civil War in North Carolina ~
John G. Barrett / Paperback / Published 1995
Common
Whites : Class and Culture in Antebellum North Carolina ~
Bill Cecil-Fronsman / Hardcover / Published 1992
Confederate
Colonel and Cherokee Chief : The Life of William Holland Thomas ~
E. Stanley Jr. Godbold, et al / Hardcover / Published 1990
1776
Year of Illusions ~
Thomas J. Fleming, Thomas Flemming / Hardcover / Published 1996
1777 :
The Year of the Hangman ~
John S. Pancake / Paperback / Published 1992
1787 :
The Grand Convention ~
Clinton Rossiter / Paperback / Published 1987
1812
~
David Nevin / Hardcover / Published 1996
1812
~
David Nevin / Mass Market Paperback / Published 1997
1812 : A
Novel ~
David Nevin, Dick Hill (Narrator) / Audio Cassette / Published 1996
1846 :
Portrait of the Nation ~
Margaret C. S. Christman / Paperback / Published 1996
1863 :
The Crucial Year : A Sourcebook on the Civil War (American Albums from the Collections of
the Library of Congress) ~
Carter Smith (Editor) / Library Binding / Published 1993
1863 :
The Crucial Year : A Sourcebook on the Civil War (American Albums from the Collections of
the Library of Congress) ~
Carter Smith (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1995
18th
Century Clothing (Historic Communities) ~
Bobbie Kalman / Library Binding / Published 1993
The 1995
Genealogy Annual: : A Bibliography of Published Sources ~
Thomas J. Kemp (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1997
Address
Book for Germanic Genealogy
Ernest Thode / Paperback / Published 1997
American
Given Names : Their Origin and History in the Context of the English Language ~
George Rippey Stewart / Hardcover / Published 1986
American
Passenger Arrival Records
Michael Tepper / Hardcover / Published 1993
American
Presidential Families ~
Hugh Brogan, Charles Mosley / Hardcover / Published 1994
Ancestors
: A Beginner's Guide to Family History and Genealogy ~
Jim Willard, et al / Paperback / Published 1997
Ancestors
: A Family History ~
William Maxwell / Paperback / Published 1995
Ancestral
Tablets : A Collection of Diagrams for Pedigrees So Arranged That Eight Generations of the
Ancestors of Any Person May Be Recorded in a Con
William H. Whitmore / Paperback / Published 1992
Ancestry's
Red Book : American State, County and Town Sources
Alice Eichholz (Editor), William Dollarhide / Hardcover / Published 1992
Beginners
Ancestor Research Kit ~
Philip Beck, Philip Breck / Paperback / Published 1990
Beyond
Pedigrees : Organizing and Enhancing Your Work
Beverly Delong Whitaker / Paperback / Published 1993
Black
Genealogy ~
Charles L. Blockson, Ron Fry / Paperback / Published 1997
Black
Sheep and Kissing Cousins : How Our Family Stories Shape Us ~
Elizabeth Stone / Paperback / Published 1989
The
Center : A Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Capital Area
Christina K. Schaefer / Paperback / Published 1996
Cite
Your Sources : A Manual for Documenting Family Histories and Genealogical Records ~
Richard S. Lackey / Paperback / Published 1986
Clans
and Families of Ireland : The Heritage and Heraldry of Irish Clans and Families ~
John Grenham / Hardcover / Published 1994
Climb
Your Family Tree : A Genealogy Detective's Kit Vol 1 ~
Anne Depue, Doug Keith (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1996
Collins
Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia ~
George Way, Romilly Squire (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995
County
Courthouse Book (2nd Ed)
Elizabeth Petty Bentley / Paperback / Published 1995
Debrett's
Peerage and Baronetage, 1995 : Comprises Information Concerning the Royal Family, Peerage
and Baronetage (Irr)
Charles Kidd (Editor), David Williamson (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1995
Dictionary
of First Names ~
Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges / Hardcover / Published 1990
The
Dictionary of Genealogy ~
Susan Lumas, et al / Hardcover / Published 1995
Dictionary
of Russian Personal Names : With a Revised Guide to Stress and Morphology ~
Morton Benson / Hardcover / Published 1992
A
Dictionary of Surnames ~
Patrick Hanks, Flavia Hodges / Hardcover / Published 1989
Do
People Grow on Family Trees? : Genealogy for Kids and Other Beginners ~
Ira Wolfman, Michael Klein (Illustrator) / Paperback / Published 1991
Documents
of Your Ancestors : A Selection of Reproducible Genealogy Forms and Tips for Using Them
Michael J. Meshenberg / Paperback / Published 1996
Encyclopedia
of American Family Names ~
H. Amanda Robb, Andrew Chesler / Hardcover / Published 1995
Family
Pride : The Complete Guide to Tracing African-American Genealogy ~
Donna Beasley / Paperback / Published 1997
Family
Tree ~
Katherine Ayres / Hardcover / Published 1996
Trail of
Tears ~
John Ehle / Paperback / Published 1989
The
Cherokee Nation : Life Before the Tears (Perspectives on History Series)
Madeleine Meyers (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1993
Cherokee
Roots
Bob Blankenship / Paperback / Published 1992
The
Eastern Band of Cherokees, 1819-1900
Paperback / Published 1984
A Guide
to Cherokee Documents in Foreign Archives : Native American Bibliography Series, Number
Four
William L. and Lewis, James A. Anderson / Hardcover / Published 1983
A Guide
to Cherokee Documents in the Northeastern United States (Native American Bibliography
Series, No 7)
Paul Kutsche / Hardcover / Published 1986
The
Intruders : The Illegal Residents of the Cherokee Nation 1866-1907
Nancy Sober / Hardcover / Published 1991
James
Mooney's History, Myths, and Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees : Containing the Full Texts
of Myths of the Cherokee (1900 and the Sacred Formul)
James Mooney / Paperback / Published 1992
Mexican
War ~
Otis A. Singletary / Paperback / Published 1962
The
Mexican War (America at War Series)
Bronwyn Mills, John Bowman (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1992
The
Mexican War, 1846-1848 ~
K. Jack Bauer / Paperback / Published 1992
Mexican-American
War 1846-48 (Brassey's History of Uniforms Series) ~
Ron Field, Richard Hook (Illustrator) / Hardcover / Published 1997
The
Mexican-American War, 1846-1848 (Men-At-Arms Series) Vol 56
Philip R. Katcher / Paperback / Published 1989
The
Story of the Mexican War ~
Robert Selph Henry / Paperback / Published 1989
Buncombe
County, North Carolina, Index to Deeds, 1783-1850 James E. Wooley / Hardcover /
Published 1983
Durham
County : A History of Durham County North Carolina
Jean Bradley Anderson / Hardcover / Published 1991
Kinship
and Neighborhood in a Southern Community : Orange County, North Carolina, 1849-1881
Robert C. Kenzer / Hardcover / Published 1988
Marriages
of Orange County North Carolina 1779 1868
B. Holcomb / Hardcover / Published 1983
Marriages
of Wake County North Carolina 1770 1868
B. Holcomb / Hardcover / Published 1983
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