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• Catawba County, which was formed in 1842, is an important cultural and historic area into which many early Germans, Scotch-Irish and English emigrants settled.  Some of their descendants are still living in Catawba County today, while others stayed for only a few generations; moving onward to settle elsewhere in North Carolina or in other states such as Tennessee, Kentucky, and Missouri.


• The main focus is on the compilation of information and materials about the people and history of Catawba County, the collection does include records from the surrounding counties, and materials that can aid a researcher in tracing ancestors before their arrival in North Carolina. Materials containing genealogical information from Pennsylvania, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, and Tennessee are a valuable part of the collection.


• Presentation: A Pictorial History of Long Island, Monbo, East Monbo, Sherrills Ford & Terrell
• See a few of the available resources
• Photographs: Browse the Digital Collection
• Video: Learn to use Ancestry.com
• Video: Witness to the Holocaust
• Video: Gary Freeze: Baby Boomers in Catawba County
• Video: Gary Freeze: Bypasses, I-40 and Highways
• Video: Gary Freeze: Downtowns and Malls In Catawba County
• Video: Gary Freeze: Ebony and Ivory: From Segregation to Integration in Catawba County

The Rhodes Room web site was created with support from federal Library Service and Technology Act (LSTA) funds made possible through a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, administered by the State Library of North Carolina, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources through the North Carolina ECHO, 'Exploring Cultural Heritage Online' Digitization Grant Program.