OBCGS Regional History & Genealogy Library

10/29/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/200438114074

Here is a great genealogy history book. Good Luck! Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society.

10/29/2025

Cemeteries of Madison County NC North Carolina Volume 4, book by Plemmons

WOW! Here is a great genealogy history book. This softcover comb bound book titled, "Cemeteries of Madison County NC Volume 4". This is a great 85 page book by Jan Plemmons, that contains survey's for 92 cemeteries in Madison County North Carolina! I also have the other 4 volumes in this series listed. Good Luck!!

This book is $10 and is available at our library in Asheville, NC, over the phone or in our eBay store.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great RARE genealogy and history books.

Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. Also, please join OBCGS & become an active volunteer and you will have a lot of FUN!

10/26/2025

AUCTION!
Most of the books in our eBay bookstore are 'fixed price, buy-it-now' books, but this week we have ten 'old & rare' books up for auction like this 1897 book about Governor Zeb Vance:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/197801850731

The auction will run through next Friday.
Happy bidding!

Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Life of VANCE, GOVERNOR ZEBULON VANCE, by Dowd 1897 RARE USED Book 493 pg 1st ed at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products!

10/22/2025

WOW! Here is a great book titled, "Undaunted Heart" This is a great 237 page soft bound book by Suzy Barile! This is the true story of a Southern Belle and a Yankee General in the Civil War time. Very good read!

When a brigade of General Sherman's victorious army marched into Chapel Hill the day after Easter 1865, the Civil War had just ended and President Abraham Lincoln had been assassinated. Citizens of the picturesque North Carolina college town had endured years of hardship and sacrifice, and now the Union army was patrolling its streets. One of Sherman's young generals paid a visit to the stately home of David Swain, president of the University of North Carolina and a former governor of the state, to inform him that the town was now under Union occupation. Against this unlikely backdrop began a passionate and controversial love story still vivid in town lore. When President Swain's daughter Ella met the Union general, life for these two young people who had spent the war on opposite sides was forever altered. General Smith Atkins of Illinois abhorred slavery and greatly admired Abraham Lincoln. Spirited young Ella Swain had been raised in a slave-owning family and had spent the war years gathering supplies to send to Confederate soldiers. But, as a close friend of the Swain's wrote, when Atkins met Ella, the two "changed eyes at first sight and a wooing followed." The reaction of the Swains and fellow North Carolinians to this North-South love affair was swift and often unforgiving. In Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle and a Yankee General , author Suzy Barile, a great-great-granddaughter of Ella Swain and Smith Atkins, tells their story, separating facts from the elaborate embellishments the famous courtship and marriage have taken on over the generations. Interwoven throughout Undaunted Heart are excerpts from Ella's never-before-published letters to her parents that reveal a loving marriage that transcended differences and scandal. Undaunted Heart: The True Story of a Southern Belle & a Yankee General has received a Silver IPPY Award for Best Regional Non-Fiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards., Suzy Barile, a great-great-granddaughter of Ella Swain and Smith Atkins, tells their story, separating facts from the elaborate embellishments the famous courtship and marriage have taken on over the generations. Interwoven throughout Undaunted Heart are excerpts from Ella's never-before-published letters to her parents that reveal a loving marriage that transcended differences and scandal.

This book is $10 and is available at our library in Asheville, NC, over the phone, or in our eBay store.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great items!!

Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society! Please join OBCGS and become a volunteer. You will have fun!

10/19/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/201331858977

Covers the first 100 years of the association and the creation of Mars Hill College. All profits goes to support the services of Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society.

10/19/2025

Great book for those with Baptist ancestors!

History Outline of French Broad Association & Mars Hill College

This book by John Ammons was first printed in 1908 and was reprinted in 2001.

Covers the first 100 years of the association and the creation of Mars Hill College. Many names mentioned.

Soft bound book with 108 pages

This book is $10 and is available at our library in Asheville, NC, over the phone, or in our eBay store.

All profits goes to support the services of Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. Please join OBCGS and become an active volunteer. We need YOU!

10/15/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/202294048733

Madison County NC Obituaries 1998. Actual copies of obituaries in Madison County NC for the year 1998. Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. 54 page book.

10/15/2025

Please SHARE with your Madison Co, NC friends :)

Madison County NC Obituaries 1998
compiled by Jan Plemmons
soft cover
comb bound
54 page book.

Actual copies of obituaries in Madison County NC for the year 1998.

This book is just $10 and is available at our library in Asheville, NC, over the phone, or in our eBay store.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great RARE genealogy and history books.

Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. Please join OBCGS and become an active VOLUNTEER! We need YOU and you will have fun!

we ship quickly and carefully.

10/12/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/202301478763

"Madison County NC Obituaries 2000". contains actual copies of obituaries in Madison County North Carolina for the year 2000. Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society.

10/12/2025

Please SHARE :)

"Madison County NC Obituaries 2000"
compiled by Jan Plemmons

softcover
comb bound
71 pages

contains actual copies of obituaries in Madison County, North Carolina for the year 2000.

This book is available at our library in Asheville, NC. over the phone, or in our eBay store.

Be sure to check out our other listings for more great RARE genealogy and history books.

Proceeds from this sale go to the Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society. Please JOIN OBCGS, and you can have fun becoming a volunteer :)

We ship quickly and carefully.

10/08/2025

Researching an adoptee's biological parent? Our October program may be helpful! Saturday, October 18, 2025 2 pm – 3 pm
“My Genealogy Quest - thus far...."
Are you using DNA to find ancestors and relatives of an adoptee in your family? Susan Drexler will walk you through the processes, tools, and techniques that she used to gather information as well as share the stories she found in her research.
With Susan the DNA test came first, 11 years ago, and then she started doing genealogy. Her late father was adopted at birth in January 1918 and she knew only her maternal grandparents. Susan went through her mother’s photos and joined Ancestry to preserve the family pictures. A friend encouraged Susan to join the DNA interest group, part of Old Buncombe County Genealogical Society.
Susan has a BS degree in Biology and worked as a mainframe computer systems analyst before retiring and becoming an accomplished genealogist. She lives in Florida and joins the monthly DNA meetings via Zoom.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. THERE IS NO CHARGE TO ATTEND.
IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND, REGISTER TO RECEIVE A LINK TO THE RECORDING WHICH IS SENT 24 HOURS AFTER THE PROGRAM.
Link to register: https://www.obcgs.com
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information to join the webinar.

10/08/2025

https://www.ebay.com/itm/191826775578

The author uses 211 photographs from the vast Biltmore archives to describe the design intent of the landscape and gardens. Bill Alexander has a new book on the history of the Biltmore Estate Gardens!