North Carolina Genealogy Resources

Sub-regions for North Carolina

Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Bertie
Bladen
Brunswick
Buncombe
Burke
Cabarrus
Caldwell
Camden
Carteret
Caswell
Catawba
Chatham
Cherokee
Chowan
Clay
Cleveland
Columbus
Craven
Cumberland
Currituck
Dare
Davidson
Davie
Duplin
Durham
Edgecombe
Forsyth
Franklin
Gaston
Gates
Graham
Granville
Greene
Guilford
Halifax
Harnett
Haywood
Henderson
Hertford
Hoke
Hyde
Iredell
Jackson
Johnston
Jones
Lee
Lenoir
Lincoln
Macon
Madison
Martin
McDowell
Mecklenburg
Mitchell
Montgomery
Moore
Nash
New Hanover
Northampton
Onslow
Orange
Pamlico
Pasquotank
Pender
Perquimans
Person
Pitt
Polk
Randolph
Richmond
Robeson
Rockingham
Rowan
Rutherford
Sampson
Scotland
Stanly
Stokes
Surry
Swain
Transylvania
Tyrrell
Union
Vance
Wake
Warren
Washington
Watauga
Wayne
Wilkes
Wilson
Yadkin
Yancey

Vital Records for North Carolina

Vital records information, coming soon...

Featured websites for North Carolina

North Carolina Cemeteries
Find links and information on locating cemeteries in North Carolina...[More]
http://www.uscemeteries.net/northcarolina/cemeteries.htm

North Carolina Obituaries
Learn how and where to locate obituaries and death records in North Carolina...[More]
http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/northcarolina/obituaries.htm

1790 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5058

1800 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5676

1810 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5737

1820 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5780

1830 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5803

1840 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5826

1850 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=6047

A Key to Southern Pedigrees
This collection of colonial records is a comprehensive guide to the ancestry of important families in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Alabama. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3012

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
This collection of abstracts of grave sites contains information originally published in the Senate documents of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Society magazine. Veterans and patriots of the Revolutionary War whose graves were found between 1900 and 1987 are included in this first volume. Included in eac...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4110

American South, Notable Families
Settled by varied groups of people from disparate nations, the American South is home to a number of prominent families. Combining narrative history with genealogy, this database is a listing of many families who helped settle the South. Many entries often include the location in England where the family came from, land grants, lines of descent, an...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4634

Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, 1820-71
The United States has admitted more immigrants than any other nation. No official federal records were made for the influx of foreign peoples to the United States before 1820, but the number of immigrants arriving between 1776 and 1820 has been estimated at 250,000. This database, containing more than 2,700 immigrant names, will help researchers wh...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5315

Atlantic Ports, Gulf Coasts, and Great Lakes Passenger Lists, Roll 2: 1820-73
This database contains more than 5,300 immigrant names. Originally published by the National Archives as Copies of Lists of Passengers Arriving at Miscellaneous Ports on the Atlantic and Gulf Coast and Ports on the Great Lakes, 1820-63, the database includes passenger lists from the following ports (dates for each port in brackets):...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5807

Bertie County, North Carolina Vital Statistics, 1700s-1920
Bertie County, North Carolina was formed in 1722 from Chowan County. The county seat is Windsor. This database is abstracted from a county history that was published locally. The book is divided into two sections: (1) a general history of Bertie County, and (2) a biography of about 600 families that contains more than 184,000 names. Because of its ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5515

Bute County, North Carolina Court Minutes, 1767-79
The single most important record for any North Carolina county is the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions is the lowest court of record for the county. More people's names appear in this court record than in any other body of county records. Lists of deeds proved and recorded are found in the ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5420

Colonial Families in the Southern States
Combining narrative history with genealogy, this work lists valuable information for over sixty family groupings and thousands of individuals. Devoted entirely to prominent southern families which settled in the American colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, entries often include the location in England where the family came from, land grants, l...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1019

Confederate Research Sources
This database, a guide to Confederate record archive collections, will prove helpful to anyone whose ancestors fought in a military unit of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. This database identifies what Confederate records are available, and their exact location, enabling you to track down information about Confederate ancesto...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3207

Confederate States Field Officers
The costliest war in the history of the United States, the Civil War involved hundreds of thousands of men on both sides of the conflict. Originally published in the early 1900s, this database is a listing of men who served the Confederate States as field officers. In addition to listing the soldier's name, it also provides the soldier's rank, and ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4537

Edgecombe County, North Carolina Vital Records, 1720-1880
Edgecombe County, North Carolina was formed in 1741 from Bertie County. The county seat is Tarboro. Parts of Edgecombe were later divided into Nash, Halifax, Wilson, and Martin counties, and thus are valuable to researchers of those areas. Edgecombe was an established, relatively affluent county, and many of it residents later moved west and south,...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4990

Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. 1
This multi-volume series represents the complete genealogical data found in all records and minutes (known to be in existence) of all the Friends' Meetings ever organized. This volume represents minutes and marriage records of the 33 oldest monthly meetings for North Carolina. Marriages, births, deaths, biographies, family genealogies, etc. have ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3215

Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 1
This is a history of the relations, disputes, and challenges between Great Britain, the American Colonies and the United States of America. This work is an attempt to present the story from the Loyalists' point of view, with the aid of documents and records. It also gives the early history and settlement in the British Provinces of America by the L...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3046

Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 2
This is a history of the relations, disputes, and challenges between Great Britain, the American Colonies and the United States of America. This work is an attempt to present the story from the Loyalists' point of view, with the aid of documents and records. It also gives the early history and settlement in the British Provinces of America by the L...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3070

Loyalists in the American Revolution
This work contains the history of the formation of the Tory or Loyalist party in the American Revolution, its persecution and overthrow, and the banishment or death of over 100,000 of these individuals who remained loyal to the British crown. It also contains a classification of the laws directed against the Loyalists in each colony during this tim...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3047

Nash County, North Carolina Vital Records Abstracts
Carved out of the much larger Edgecombe County in 1777, Nash County, North Carolina is nestled in the northeast corner of the state. In 1909 a local genealogical group published a series of county histories for the northeastern region of the state. This database is a distillation of vital records from the history of Nash County. Containing the name...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4682

Naturalizations in America and the West Indies
The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantation established the act for naturalization in the American and West Indian colonies in 1740. Pursuant to that act, commissioners in the Americas sent records back to England detailing those foreign protestants who were naturalized in the colonies. This collection of those naturalization records contains ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3291

North Carolina American History and Genealogy Project
Resources for historical and genealogical research of NC; part of the AHGP (American History and Genealogy Project).
http://www.usgennet.org/ahgp/orphan/ncarolina.htm

North Carolina Census, 1790-1890
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3566

North Carolina Deaths, 1968-69
This database contains death records for over 90,000 residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1968 and December 1969. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marital status and age ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3289

North Carolina Deaths, 1970-74
This large database contains death records for over 200,000 residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1970 and December 1974. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marital status a...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3293

North Carolina Deaths, 1975
This informative database contains death records for nearly 50,000 residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January and December 1975. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marital status...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3296

North Carolina Deaths, 1976-77
This informative database contains death records for nearly 100,000 residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1976 and December 1977. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marital ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3297

North Carolina Deaths, 1978
This informative database contains death records for approximately 50,000 residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January and December 1978. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marital...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3301

North Carolina Deaths, 1979-82
This large database contains death records for over 200,000 residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1979 and December 1982. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marital status a...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3303

North Carolina Deaths, 1983-87
This large database contains death records for over 200,000 residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1983 and December 1987. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marital status, ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3304

North Carolina Deaths, 1988-92
This large database contains death records for nearly a quarter million residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1988 and December 1992. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, mari...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3306

North Carolina Deaths, 1993-96
This large database contains death records for over a quarter million residents of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1993 and December 1996. Information included in this collection is location of death, residence prior to death, marita...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3309

North Carolina Genealogy
Abstracts of N.C. wills prior to 1760.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jrbakerjr/ncarolina/ncgene.htm

North Carolina GenWeb Project
North Carolina genealogy and history.
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4802

North Carolina Marriages to 1825
This database of North Carolina marriages to 1825 contains over 103,000 names. Each entry includes groom, bride, marriage date, county, and state. Every name is indexed so you can search for one name, or two names that are linked. The marriage date is usually the date of marriage as given in the original entry. However, when no marriage dat...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2096

North Carolina Marriages, 1827-1900
The first permanent English settlers in North Carolina were Virginians who heard reports of fertile bottom lands, abundant timber resources, and an excellent climate. This database is an index to marriage records that took place in North Carolina between 1842 and 1900. This update adds marriage records from Granville, Guilford, Halifax, New Hanover...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3975

North Carolina Revolutionary War Soldiers
From the years 1776 to 1783, approximately 36,000 men from North Carolina served in the American Revolution. This database is a roster of these individuals, which has been compiled by various sources, such as: the North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution, U.S. War Department Report of Pensions, Pierce's Register, records of the 10 regi...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3185

North Carolina Volunteers, Spanish American War
The last war in which the United States was involved before the turn of the century, the Spanish-American War, established the nation as a world power. This database is a roster of North Carolina volunteers who fought in this war. Each record provides the soldier's name, unit, rank, post office of residence, and enrollment location. Provided as an ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4136

North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790
Throughout the colonial period North Carolina was the destination of immigrants from many locations. This database is a collection of will abstracts in the state between 1660 and 1790. Each entry contains the person filing the will, county of filing, date of will and date of probate. Also provided is the entire text of the will abstract, often cont...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4197

North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1760-1800
First settled by Virginian emigrants, North Carolina was the destination of immigrants from many locations throughout the colonial period. This database is a collection of will abstracts in the state between 1760 and 1800. Each entry contains the year of filing and name of the person filing the will. Also provided are family members mentioned in th...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3945

Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20
Prepared on order of the U. S. Senate, this informative database contains most of the immigrants who arrived in the nation between October 1819 and September 1820. The records contained herein reveal such facts about the immigrant as age, sex, occupation, nation of origin and in some records, the ship on which they arrived. To the researcher of U. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3330

Persons of Quality Original Lists
This informative database contains lists of emigrants from Great Britain to the United States from 1600-1700. The individuals include emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, men serving prison terms, children, and women. The records include, where possible, the person's age, where they were from, the name of the ship they travelled in, the d...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2065

Pioneers, Portals and Paths
Features archival photos of North Carolinians from the mid to late 1800s along with family histories.
http://www.genealogy.com/users/p/i/t/Nancy-L-Pittman-NC/?Welcome=996586004

Raleigh Research: North Carolina Genealogy and History
Professional research, genealogy and history bookstore, and other helpful North Carolina resources. Research is conducted at the State Archives and Library, UNC-Chapel Hill libraries, Duke University libraries, among others....[More]
http://raleighresearch.com

Revolutionary War Courts-Martial
The history of the American Revolution is familiar to any American citizen. This work contains the stories of the 3,315 men who did not meet the challenges of the war and were brought before military courts-martial. Even if an ancestor isn't found in this book, this book reveals in part the context surrounding the Revolutionary War, giving it parti...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1045

Revolutionary War Officers
The result of an act of Congress, this collection of Revolutionary War officers constitutes one of the most complete databases of its kind. With over 14,000 listings, this collection includes not only those who served in the Continental Army, but also many who served in the various state militias during the war. The men are organized by rank, with ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2030

Revolutionary War Pension Index
Affecting the lives of millions of people in North America, the Revolutionary War involved thousands of Americans fighting for independence. This database is an index to a list of pensions awarded to U. S. veterans of the war. It was taken from "Letter from the Secretary of Way, communicating A Transcript of the Pension List of the United States sh...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4691

Ship Passenger Lists to the Carolinas: Miscellaneous Ships
Between 1772 and 1777, a wave of some 30,000 Ulstermen were forced to leave Northern Ireland by harsh rents and economic conditions, and sailed for the new world. Many landed in the Carolinas, many also came from Scotland and England. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=6149

StateGenSites - North Carolina
Directory of genealogical web sites.
http://www.stategensites.com/north_carolina.html

Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century
This important record effectively represents the history of Swiss emigration to the Americas in the eighteenth century. Originally located in the State Archives of Zurich, it contains the ship lists of emigrants to the American colonies from Switzerland, in particular to the Carolinas and Pennsylvania. Each list contains, where possible, the names ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1031

Tryon County, North Carolina Court Minutes, 1769-79
The single most important record for any North Carolina county is the minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions. The Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions is the lowest court of record for the county. More people's names appear in this court record than in any other body of county records. Lists of deeds proved and recorded are found in the ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5255

USGenWeb Project - North Carolina
The USGenWeb Project State web sites are your starting points for finding genealogical and historical information. Each state site features state information and also provides you with links to each county web site within the state....[More]
http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgenweb/

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