RESEARCH and INQUIRIES

The Society handles inquiries for the public for a small fee.

Fee

$15 per hour for non-members

$5 per hour for members.

Services

Services include (but not limited to):

Obtaining copies of deeds, death certificates, birth certificates,

and marriages from the county courthouse.

Searching the resources in our library (including indices, computer databases,

publications, books, and family history files)

for information on your surname and/or ancestor.

Providing contact information with others

who may be researching the same surname/ancestor.

Copies are an additional $.30 per page.

Only one inquiry per letter please. 

Be sure to include your telephone number and e-mail address!

Click here to download Research Request Form as a text document

Click here to download Research Request Form as a PDF file

(free Adobe Acrobat Reader required for PDF file; download free here)

Please mail in your request to the society:

OBCGS

PO Box 2122
Asheville, NC 28802-2122
 

 Be sure to include the appropriate fee, and a self addressed stamped return envelope.