Salisbury Genealogy (in Rowan County, NC)

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Salisbury Birth Records

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Ancestry online

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

Salisbury Cemetery Records (93)


Salisbury Census Records

Federal Census Rowan County 1850, Salisbury US Gen Web Archives online

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

Salisbury Church Records

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An historical address delivered at the centennial celebration of Thyatira Church, Rowan County, N.C., October 19, 1855 FamilySearch Library

Enon Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records (microform) 1900-1990 Archive Grid

Enon Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records, 1900-1990 Digital Public Library of America online

First Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1828-1924 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Grandmother dear : or, one who held a lighted torch, a history of the Catholic Church in Salisbury, N. Carolina FamilySearch Library

History and 200th anniversary of Union Evangelical Lutheran Church of Salisbury, North Carolina, 1774-1974 LDS Genealogy online

History and 200th anniversary of Union Evangelical Lutheran Church of Salisbury, North Carolina, 1774-1974 Internet Archive online

History of Thyatira Church 1753 to 1925 : including address delivered by S.C. Alexander at the centennial celebration held October 17, 1885 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and death notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842 : an indexed abstract WorldCat

Minutes, 1854-1962; records, 1858-1962 (Thyatira Presbyterian Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

North Main Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records (microform) 1909-1991 Archive Grid

North Main Baptist Church (Salisbury, N.C.) records, 1909-1991 Digital Public Library of America online

Records, 1857-1962 (St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records, 1880-1962 (St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church (Salisbury, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Salem Lutheran Church Cemetery, Sherrills Ford Road, Rowan County, Salisbury, North Carolina WorldCat

Session minutes, 1828-1928 (First Presbyterian Church (Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Session records, 1828-1905 (First Presbyterian Church (Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 1753-1953 FamilySearch Library

The history of St. Luke's Parish and the beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Rowan County : address, delivered in St. Luke's Church, Salisbury, N.C., on October 19, 1924, in commemoration of the centennial of the union of St. Luke's Parish LDS Genealogy online

The history of St. Luke's Parish and the beginnings of the Episcopal Church in Rowan County : address, delivered in St. Luke's Church, Salisbury, N.C., on October 19, 1924, in commemoration of the centennial of the union of St. Luke's Parish Internet Archive online

Salisbury City Directories (55)


Salisbury Death Records

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1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates Ancestry online

Index to vital statistics-deaths, 1913-1962 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death Notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842, An Index FamilySearch Library

Marriage and death notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842 : an index WorldCat

Marriage and death notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842 : an indexed abstract WorldCat

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

Salisbury Histories and Genealogies

Capt. Daniel Little, Esq., and his contemporaries : John Dunn, John Lewis Beard, Conrod Michael, Michael Brown, William Temple Coles, and most of the population of Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1792 : documented FamilySearch Library

Dark days of the rebellion, or, Life in Southern military prisons : giving a correct and thrilling history of unparalled [sic] suffering, narrow escapes, heroic encounters, bold achievements, cold blooded murders, severe tests of loyalty, and patriotism, written from a diary kept while in Libby and Salisbur FamilySearch Library

History of Salisbury Chapter no. 20, Salisbury, N.C. : 1850 to 1950, 100 years FamilySearch Library

Salisbury Immigration Records

Rowan County, North Carolina naturalization and alien records, ca. 1818-1940 FamilySearch Library

Salisbury Land Records

1693-1960 North Carolina Land Grant Files Ancestry online

Abstracts of the deeds of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1785, Vols. 1-10 FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1753-1962; indexes, 1753-1962 FamilySearch Library

Salisbury Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, February 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, July 1890 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina, March 1896 Library of Congress online

Salisbury Marriage Records

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1741-2011 North Carolina, Marriage Records Ancestry online

Marriage and Death Notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842, An Index FamilySearch Library

Marriage and death notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842 : an index WorldCat

Marriage and death notices from the Western Carolinian (Salisbury, North Carolina) 1820-1842 : an indexed abstract WorldCat

Marriage bonds of Rowan County, North Carolina, ca. 1767-1900 FamilySearch Library

Marriage registers, 1895-1962 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of Rowan County, North Carolina 1753-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Ancestry online

Salisbury Military Records

History of the Salisbury, North Carolina, Confederate prison (Mangum, A. W. (Adolphus Williamson), 1834-1890) FamilySearch Library

Pennsylvania at Salisbury, North Carolina : ceremonies at the dedication of the memorial erected by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the National Cemetery at Salisbury, North Carolina; in memory of the soldiers of Pennsylvania who perished in the Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina, 1864 and 1865 (Salisbury National Cemetery (Salisbury, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Records of Union soldiers in the Confederate military prison at Salisbury, Rowan Co., North Carolina (Pompey, Sherman Lee) FamilySearch Library

Report of the Maine Commissioners on the monument erected at Salisbury, N.C., 1908 (Maine. Salisbury Monument Commission) FamilySearch Library

The Final Disposition, Vol. III: Salisbury National Cemetery Ancestry online

The Salisbury Prison : a case study of Confederate military prisons, 1861-1865 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Lutheran Cemetery & Soldiers Buried Near Prison Grounds, Salisbury, & in Raleigh, North Carolina Ancestry online

Salisbury Newspapers and Obituaries (56)


Salisbury Probate Records

1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

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

Abstract of North Carolina Wills, 1663-1760 Ancestry online

Abstracts of the wills and estates records of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1805 : and Rowan County tax lists of 1759 and 1778 FamilySearch Library

Will abstracts, vol. 1-2, 1753-1850, abstracts of books A-K FamilySearch Library

Salisbury School Records

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Boyden High School - Echo Yearbook (Salisbury, NC), 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 E Yearbook online

Boyden High School yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 2005 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Catawba College - Sayakini / Swastika Yearbook (Salisbury, NC), 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Catawba College yearbooks, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Catawba College, The Swastika/Sayakini [1927-1992, 1994-2008, 2010] Digital NC online

East Rowan High School - Eastonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC), 1969 E Yearbook online

East Rowan High School yearbook, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1988, 2000, 2001, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

History of Catawba College, formerly located at Newton, now at Salisbury, North Carolina FamilySearch Library

Livingstone College - Livingstonian Yearbook (Salisbury, NC), 1927, 1928, 1930, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 E Yearbook online

Livingstone College yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Livingstone College, The Ell Cee/The Maple Leaf/The Blue Bear/The Livingstonian [1927-1928, 1930, 1942, 1944-1947, 1951-1983, 1985, 1990, 1992-1994, 1996-1997, 2000-2005, 2007-2009, 2011-2014] Digital NC online

North Hills Christian High School yearbook, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Price High School (Salisbury, N.C.), The Pricean [1943, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1954-1962, 1965-1969] Digital NC online

Price High School - Pricean Yearbook (Salisbury, NC), 1943, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969 E Yearbook online

Price High School yearbook, 1953 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rowan Cabarrus Community College - Spectrum Yearbook (Salisbury, NC), 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Rowan Cabarrus Community College yearbook, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rowan Memorial Hospital School of Nursing, The White Cap [1950-1951, 1956-1966, 1968-1969, 1971] Digital NC online

Rowan Technical College yearbooks, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rowan Technical Institute yearbooks, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College yearbook, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rowan-Cabarrus Community College, Spectrum/Torch/Values [1968-1994] Digital NC online

Roxboro High School yearbook, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salisbury High School - Echo Yearbook (Salisbury, NC), 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1941, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1985 E Yearbook online

Salisbury High School yearbook, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salisbury High School, The Echo [1921-1967] Digital NC online

West Rowan High School yearbook, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salisbury Tax Records

Abstracts of the wills and estates records of Rowan County, North Carolina, 1753-1805 : and Rowan County tax lists of 1759 and 1778 FamilySearch Library

Rowan County, North Carolina tax lists, 1758/1759, 1761, 1768, 1778, 1779 FamilySearch Library

Rowan County, North Carolina, tax lists 1757-1800 : annotated transcriptions FamilySearch Library

Tax records (Rowan County, North Carolina), 1758-1892 FamilySearch Library



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