Reviews of Books & Publications Offered in the Bookstore

UNTIL HE IS DEAD by Tom Rusher ...  Hardcover, 246 pages, indexed, well documented.  Mr. Rusher served five terms as District Attorney in the Twenty-fourth Prosecutorial District of NC, which covers the counties of Avery,  Madison, Mitchell, Watauga, and Yancey.  While the book is a study of the administration of the death penalty in the western counties from the old public hangings through present day lethal injections, it is of great interest to genealogists/family historians because of the case histories covered in the above named counties. Many surnames familiar to researchers in western NC are found in this book.  The center section contains several most interesting photographs.

1900 MADISON COUNTY, NC CENSUS transcribed by Shirley Crowder .. 600+ pages, soft cover, indexed.  A complete transcription of the 1900 census. 

The Madison County 1910, 1920, & 1930 Censuses, also transcribed by Shirley Crowder are soft cover & indexed and are a complete transcription of each. 

These are a must-have tool for any Madison County researcher!

YANCEY COUNTY DEATH CERTIFICATES  Vol I (1913-1914 - Books 1 - 12).  Compiled by Lisa Crowder and Judy Banks Wilson.  Soft cover, fully indexed.  Actual photocopies of the death certificates from Yancey County public records.  Includes valuable genealogical information concerning the deceased: full name and age, county or state of birth, age (sometimes including date of birth, and/or age in years, months and days) of the deceased, date of death, father and mother (maiden name) of the deceased and county of birth of each, place of interment, and usually the cause of death.  An invaluable tool for anyone with Yancey roots!