Forest City Genealogy (in Rutherford County, NC)

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Forest City Birth Records

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Ancestry online

North Carolina, Birth Records, 1913-present North Carolina Vital Records Office

Forest City Cemetery Records

Bethany Baptist Church Billion Graves online

Bethany Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bostic Baptist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Butler-Painter Cemetery Find a Grave online

Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Cedar Grove Methodist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Cedar Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cool Springs Cemetery Billion Graves online

Cool Springs Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cool Springs Cemetery Names US Gen Web Archives online

Cooper Springs Congregational Holiness Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Doggett Cemetery Find a Grave online

Doggett Grove Cemetery (African-American) US Gen Web Archives online

First United Methodist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Floyd's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Floyds Creek Cemetery Billion Graves online

Glenwood Baptist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Goode's Creek Baptist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Henson Family Cemetery Billion Graves online

Holly Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jerusalem Baptist Find a Grave online

Logan Cemetery Find a Grave online

M&T Ministries Cemetery Find a Grave online

McDonald Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Morning Star Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Morrow Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Mount Hebron Methodist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Mount Hebron United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Vernon Baptist Church Find a Grave online

Mt. Vernon Baptist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

New Bethel AME Zion Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Bethel Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Bethel Independent Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Oak Grove Missionary Baptist Church Find a Grave online

Piney Ridge C.M.E. Cemetery (African-American) US Gen Web Archives online

Pleasant Grove Methodist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Providence United Methodist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Racepath Baptist Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Roberson Creek Freewill Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Rutherford County Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Luke F.B.H. Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Paul AME Zion Cemetery Find a Grave online

Smith Grove Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Smith Grove Baptist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

St. Paul AME Zion Cemetery (African-American) US Gen Web Archives online

Sulphur Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Sunset Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Sunset Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Sunshine United Methodist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Wall's Baptist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Well's Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Wells Springs UMC Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wesley Chapel Cemetery AKA: Harris-Miller Billion Graves online

Wilson Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Forest City Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Forest City Church Records

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First Baptist Church, Forest City, N. C. : our heritage, 1848-1991 FamilySearch Library

First Presbyterian Church, Register, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1895-1950 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1944-1949 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1953-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Deaths, 1899-1942 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Florence Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records (microform) 1922-1993 Archive Grid

Florence Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records, 1922-1993 Digital Public Library of America online

Forest City First Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records 1888-1991 Archive Grid

Forest City First Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records, 1888-1991 Digital Public Library of America online

Minutes and enrollments, 1888-1947 (First Baptist Church (Forest City, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records (microform) 1853-1966 Archive Grid

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church (Forest City, N.C.) records, 1853-1966 Digital Public Library of America online

Forest City City Directories

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Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1958, 1960, 1962] Digital NC online

Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1958] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1958] Internet Archive online

Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1960] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1960] Internet Archive online

Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1962] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Forest City, Rutherfordton and Spindale (Rutherford County, N.C.) City Directory, including Alexander Mills and Ruth, N.C [1962] Internet Archive online

Tri-city directory, Forest City, Rutherfordton, Spindale, Rutherford County, North Carolina FamilySearch Library

Forest City Death Records

1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates Ancestry online

North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 Ancestry online

North Carolina, Death Records, 1930-present North Carolina Vital Records Office

North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 MyHeritage online

North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994 MyHeritage online

Forest City Land Records

1693-1960 North Carolina Land Grant Files Ancestry online

Deed records, 1779-1962, and 1964-1965, and index, 1779-1916, and general index to real estate conveyances, grantor and grantee, 1779-1965 FamilySearch Library

Rutherford County, North Carolina abstracts of deeds, 1773-1795 FamilySearch Library

Spartanburg County/District, South Carolina, deed abstracts, books A-T, 1785-1827 (1752-1827) FamilySearch Library

Forest City Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1916 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Forest City, Rutherford County, North Carolina, 1925 Library of Congress online

Forest City Marriage Records

1741-2011 North Carolina, Marriage Records Ancestry online

Maiden names for divorced women, 1937-1964 FamilySearch Library

Marriage register, 1851-1965 FamilySearch Library

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Ancestry online

Rutherford County, North Carolina marriage registers, 1868-1908 FamilySearch Library

Rutherford County, North Carolina, Marriages, 1779-1868 Ancestry online

Forest City Newspapers and Obituaries

Daily Courier 01/01/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Forest City Courier (1919-1931) Digital NC online

Forest City Courier 1919-1924 Newspapers.com online

Free Press 1913-1916 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Forest City

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Courier-Sun. (Forest City and Spindale, N.C.) 1973-1975

Daily Courier. (Forest City, N.C.) 1970s-Current

Forest City Courier. (Forest City, N.C.) 1918-1973

Free Press (And Forest City Herald). (Forest City, N.C.) 1913-1910s

This Week and The Courier-Sun (Forest City, N.C.) 1975-1970s

Forest City Probate Records

1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of North Carolina Wills [from about 1760 to 1800] Ancestry online

Forest City School Records

Central Bible College yearbook, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chase High School yearbook, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cool Springs High School - Forester Yearbook (Forest City, NC), 1927, 1948, 1949, 1962 E Yearbook online

Cool Springs High School yearbook, 1927, 1948, 1949, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

East Rutherford High School - Lancer Yearbook (Forest City, NC), 1963, 1984, 1985, 1986 E Yearbook online

East Rutherford High School yearbook, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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