Cherokee County Links

NCGenWebProject - Cherokee County

Family Ties
To add your family link to this site notify Crystal French, Cherokee County Coordinator
FISHER/SMITH Family Tree.-Bernice Raymond
Site contains numerous other lines including MASHBURN, CLOER, VINYARD, BOERING, WALDROP, and ROSE.
Allen, Lovingood, Roberts and Weeks-Meledie Gregory
Site contains numerous other lines and historical information.
Baker Family, Cherokee County, 1840-Julie Clayton
This site contains information about the Baker family who lived in Cherokee County in 1840 as well as Claytons who lived in Georgia and Tennessee. Other family names are Adair, Ellison and Howard.
Self Family Newsletter-Dan C. McCarthy
Includes Self family who lived in Cherokee. Parts of this family migrated to Union County, Georgia and Bledsoe, Tennessee before both branches moved to Alabama
Mason Relatives in East Tennessee-Mary Sue Mason
Descendents of Rufus Morganton Mason
Deaver Ancestry Site-Joe Deaver
Includes descendents of William Deaver, Sr and Susannah Birchfield and is dedicated to the memory of Joseph Jasper Deaver
Henslee-Heneley-Hensly-Linda Coulter
Henslee and related families lived in North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee includes surnames Johnson, Kerr, McElwain and more.
Valley River Relatives-Sandra "Nipper" Ratledge
Primary surnames include Adams, Arrowood, Blair, Blythe, Davis, Dockery, Graves, Hampton, McDonald, McKeehan, Nipper, Palmer, Parker, Patterson, Sylvester, Tucker, Walls, and Welch. All have roots in Valley River; most are common names of residents still there today.

People Finders
300 Million Plus Records For Genealogy-For NC, SC, VA, TN & KY
70,375 Individuals from Western NC & Eastern TN--Hosted by Bill Navey

Fun Stuff Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness-Volunteer lookups from around the world!
Headstone Hunter-Volunteers will find and photograph your ancestor's grave
Calculate Date of Birth-Birth date determined by age at date of death
Calculate Inflation -Know what that old land is worth today? Try this!
U.S. Surname Distribution - Surname per capita distribution for 1850, 1880 & 1920

Maps and Migrations
North Carolina Migrations
Historical Maps of the United States
Maps Can Help You Trace Your Family Tree
U.S. County Outline Maps
North Carolina Towns and Cities -Is your town in Cherokee County?

Genealogical Societies
Jackson County Genealogical Society- Lots of info on southwestern NC, including Cherokee County
Old Buncombe Genealogical Society
National Genealogy Society
North Carolina Genealogical Society

Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee Sites
Blueridge Genealogy-Folklore, storytelling and more!
Smoky Mountain Heritage - Smoky Links and Smoky Families!
Western NC Genealogy Resource Center - Great site hosted by Diane Miller!

Cherokee County Links Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce-Everything you need to know about Cherokee County!
Alumni of Murphy High School - Murphy, NC
NC Archives-Cherokee Digital Library

Cherokee Indian Links
Cherokee Reservation (Eastern Band)-Web site includes genealogy help section
Cherokee By Blood-Need help with a Cherokee ancestor?

Vitals
USGenWeb Census Lookups-Check this out! Any census, any place(Limit two)
NC Marriages Database - Many thanks to Marceline Beem!
North Carolina Wills - Contributed to USGenWeb Archives by Robert M. Butler

North Carolina Sites
USGenWeb Archives: North Carolina
Cyndi's List - U.S. - North Carolina
ROOTS-L - North Carolina
State Library of North Carolina
North Carolina Vital Records from VitalChek
Vital Records Information - North Carolina
North Carolina Research Tools - Link to North Carolina "Unknown Counties" research page

Other Genealogy Sites
"Cyndi's List" of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Genealogist's Index to the World Wide Web
Genealogy's Most Wanted
The Genealogy Home Page
RAND Genealogy Club
Genealogy Online
ROOTS-L Resources
USGenWeb Archives Search Page
U.S.National Archives