There is no one complete transcription of all the cemeteries in the county. We do have many books on individual cemeteries; some are listed below. Search our Catalog by doing a Subject search for Cemeteries. Also try a Keyword search for the name of the cemetery.
Also, we have collections of cemetery inscriptions, done at different times and with varying degrees of coverage. Some cemeteries have been transcribed more than once. Below is a list of books, each with an identification code. It is followed by a list of cemeteries and the code(s) for the book(s) they are found in.
N. B. The transcriptions of these cemeteries often differ. It's best to look at all of them as graves may have been lost or become illegible over the years.
- Bulletin of the Genealogical Society of Old Tryon County, [929.1 Bul]. References are to specific issues. Code=BOTC.
- "The Cemetery Printout" [no call number] is a computer printout kept in the North Carolina Room at Gastonia Main. This survey was done in the mid-1970s. There are "Notes" for some of the cemeteries, see this page. Code=CP.
- Early Church Histories and Cemeteries [929.5 Ear NCC], compiled in 1987, includes cemeteries in Gaston and Lincoln Counties. Code=ECHC. Personal name index here, http://gastonlibrary.libguides.com/early-cemeteries-gaston-index .
- Eswau Huppeday, [929.1 Esw NCC] Bulletin of the Broad River Genealogical Society. References are to specific issues. Code=EH.
- Footprints in Time, [929.1 Foo NCC] journal of the Gaston-Lincoln Genealogical Society. References are to specific issues. Code=FT
- Gaston County Historical Bulletin [051 Gas NCC]. References are to specific issues. Code=GCHB.
- Gaston County Records from Wm. Gaston Chapter, DAR. [929.3 D NCC] One volume, unpaged. Compiled 1956. Code=GCR. Content available on Family Search: https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/film/008977985
- Gaston/Gastonia Gazette. microfilm. Code=GGZ
- Lincoln County Family Cemeteries, uncataloged looseleaf volume in Jonas NCC. Some pages typed, some handwritten. Code=LCFC.
- Old Gravesites Revisited, 3 vols. [929.5 Wal NCC] compiled by Terry Waldrop and others, pub. 1986-1990. Vol. 3 also includes information found in documentary sources on some unmarked graves. At Gastonia and Jonas NCC. Includes Gaston and Lincoln Counties. Code=OGRv#. Some of the cemeteries in this title are online at the Tombstone Transcription Project (see below).
- West Lincoln County Church Cemeteries, 2 vols. [929.5 Pee NCC] compiled by Helen W. Peeler and others, pub. 1986-1990. At Jonas NCC. Code=WLCCv#.
- WPA Pre-1914 Cemetery Inscriptions. [929.3 WPA NCC] Also microfilm - complete set at Gastonia NCC. Gaston & Lincoln Counties are on roll 3. Copied ca. 1942. Note: Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery on the Cleveland NC/York SC line is at the end of the last reel. Code=WPA. Gaston County now online here, https://digital.ncdcr.gov/Documents/Detail/gaston-county-cemetery-survey-records/1286427
and here https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/171587