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12 page PDF research guide includes:
Guide for The Great River of Hogs
Every fall, for nearly sixty years, tens of thousands of hogs, cattle, and turkeys walked through western North Carolina on their way to coastal markets. The men who drove them, the families who fed them, and the stand keepers who banked on their arrival left behind a paper trail most genealogists have never heard to look for. Whether your ancestor drove the road, kept a stand, or simply grew the corn that fed the droves, this companion puts the right record in your hands.
What's Inside
- Six-record reference table covering county court minutes and road orders, tavern license bonds, drover tax lists, agriculture schedules, stock mark registers and estray books, and corn economy land records, with what each contains, what it proves, and where to find it
- Interpretation guide for all six record types with specific reading strategies, search phrases, and adjacent record connections for each
- Repository guide covering NC State Archives, Western Regional Archives in Asheville, FamilySearch, Ancestry, and NCPedia, with county-specific holdings table for Buncombe, Madison, Henderson, and Rutherford Counties
- Research worksheet with ancestor role identification, record search log, and findings detail log with dedicated entry sections for each of the six record types
- Notes pages