Alleghany County, North Carolina

Our Favorite Links

These are a few of our favorite links. The list is not meant to be comprehensive but, instead, a collection of useful sites that we actually use. If you try any of these sites and they have moved or disappeared, please let us know.

New River Notes by Jeff Weaver
http://www.newrivernotes.com
A great resource for Northwest N.Carolina, Southwest VA & East Tennessee!
Jason Duncan's Geneology Site NEW LINK
http://www.webjmd.com
Great old Alleghany family photos
Census Finder
http://www.censusfinder.com
Links to free census records online
North Carolina Society of Historians
http://www.ncsocietyofhistorians.org/
Alleghany County Research Help 
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncallegh/research.htm
Alleghany County Lookup Volunteers
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncallegh/lookups.htm
Ancestery.com Forums
http://boards.ancestry.com
Cheek Family in Alleghany County
http://www.moonzstuff.com/Cheek/index.html
In addition to Cheek family info, this site includes lists of books, maps and resources of interest to Alleghany Co. researchers.
North Carolina Genealogical Society
http://www.ncgenealogy.org/
Grayson County, Virginia Heritage Foundation
http://graysonheritage.com/
The USGenWeb Archives
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/
The NC USGenWeb Archives
http://usgwarchives.net/nc/ncfiles.htm
National Trust for Historic Preservation
http://www.nationaltrust.org/
Preservation North Carolina
http://www.presnc.org
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
http://www.cyndislist.com/
This is the mother of all genealogy lists, over 236,100 links, categorized and cross-referenced in over 150 categories. If it's not here, you probably don't need it!
Cyndi's Genealogy Home Page Construction Kit
http://www.cyndislist.com/construc.htm
Genealogical Research in North Carolina
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/genealog.htm
Prepared by the Genealogical Services Branch of the State Library of North Carolina.
North Carolina County Development
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/counties.htm
Info on how North Carolina ow counties were formed
North Carolina Genealogical Resources on the Internet
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/iss/gr/NCSource.htm
North Carolina State Archives
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/
National Archives and Records Administration
http://www.archives.gov/index.html
Family Tree Maker Online
http://familytreemaker.genealogycom/
Bureau of Land Management
General Land Office Records
http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/
Federal land patents issued by the General Land Office between 1820 and 1908 for public domain states in the eastern United States
Family Search Internet Genealogical Service
http://www.familysearch.org
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)
Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc
http://www.genealogical.com 
A great source for genealogy books.