Yancey County NC Genealogy

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Yancey Records by Type

Birth Records (3)
Cemetery Records (824)
Census Records (54)
Church Records (9)
Court Records (11)
Death Records (21)
Histories and Genealogies (9)
Immigration Records (1)
Land Records (7)
Map Records (2)
Marriage Records (8)
Military Records (5)
Minority Records (1)
Miscellaneous Records (3)
Newspapers and Obituaries (7)
Probate Records (10)
School Records (9)

Yancey County Records by City/Town

Bald Creek Genealogy (29)
Bald Mountain Genealogy (32)
Bee Log Genealogy (42)
Burnsville Genealogy (257)
Cane River Genealogy (49)
Celo Genealogy (28)
Day Book Genealogy (27)
Double Island Genealogy (34)
Elk Shoal Genealogy (25)
Green Mountain Genealogy (63)
Higgins Genealogy (31)

Horton Creek Genealogy (25)
Jacks Creek Genealogy (28)
Micaville Genealogy (44)
Newdale Genealogy (31)
Paint Gap Genealogy (28)
Pensacola Genealogy (45)
Price Creek Genealogy (54)
Ramseytown Genealogy (47)
Riverside Genealogy (28)
Sioux Genealogy (25)
Swiss Genealogy (36)

Overview of Yancey County Records

Yancey County was created in 1833 from Buncombe and Burke counties.
Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the North Carolina Vital Records Office.
The Yancey County Register of Deeds has birth records starting in 1913, marriage records starting in 1851, and death records starting in 1913.
The Yancey County Clerk Superior Court has divorce records starting in 1875, probate records starting in 1870, court records starting in 1870, and land records starting in 1870.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.