North Carolina Genealogy Search

North Carolina Surnames
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The North Carolina Surname List is a genealogy registry of over 1 million surnames each with dates and submitter contact info. Find a distant cousin!

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USGenWeb North Carolina Archives
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North Carolina Surname Helper
Queries and surname registrations from USGenWeb, GenConnect message boards, and other RootsWeb sites.

Surname: Search for: Exact Surname   Soundex   Starts with   Wildcard search Type of Records: All Bible Record Bible Record Index Biography Biography Index Birth Record Birth Record Index Cemetery Record Cemetery Record Index Census Census Index Church Record Church Record Index Court Record Court Record Index Death Record Death Record Index Directory (eg City) Directory (eg City) Index First Families First Families Index Gazetteer Gazetteer Index Genealogy Genealogy Index History History Index Land Record Land Record Index Marriage Record Marriage Record Index Map Map Index Migration Record Migration Record Index Military Record Military Record Index Naturalization Record Naturalization Record Index Newspaper Newspaper Index Obituary Obituary Index Pension Record Pension Record Index Query Surname Registration Tax List Tax List Index Vital Record Vital Record Index Vital Record Index Will Will Index

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North Carolina Census

Surname (required):	First Name: (optional)
Year (optional): Any 1790 1800 1810 1820 1830 1840 1850 1860 1870 1880 1900 1910 1920 ============== State Censuses 1944 1855 1862 1865 1866 1875 1890 1892 1895 1905 1915 1925	State/County (optional): NC (all counties) ........ Anson Co. NC ........ Ashe Co. NC ........ Beaufort Co. NC ........ Bertie Co. NC ........ Bladen Co. NC ........ Brunswick Co. NC ........ Buncombe Co. NC ........ Burke Co. NC ........ Cabarrus Co. NC ........ Carteret Co. NC ........ Caswell Co. NC ........ Chatham Co. NC ........ Chowan Co. NC ........ Columbus Co. NC ........ Craven Co. NC ........ Cumberland Co. NC ........ Davidson Co. NC ........ Duplin Co. NC ........ Edgecombe Co. NC ........ Franklin Co. NC ........ Gaston Co. NC ........ Gates Co. NC ........ Granville Co. NC ........ Guilford Co. NC ........ Halifax Co. NC ........ Haywood Co. NC ........ Hertford Co. NC ........ Hyde Co. NC ........ Iredell Co. NC ........ Johnston Co. NC ........ Jones Co. NC ........ Lenoir Co. NC ........ Lenoir Co. Co. NC ........ Lincoln Co. NC ........ Martin Co. NC ........ Mecklenburg Co. NC ........ Montgomery Co. NC ........ Moore Co. NC ........ Nash Co. NC ........ New Hanover Co. NC ........ Northampton Co. NC ........ Onslow Co. NC ........ Orange Co. NC ........ Pasquotank Co. NC ........ Person Co. NC ........ Pitt Co. NC ........ Pitt Co. Co. NC ........ Randolph Co. NC ........ Robeson Co. NC ........ Rockingham Co. NC ........ Rowan Co. NC ........ Rutherford Co. NC ........ Sampson Co. NC ........ Stokes Co. NC ........ Surry Co. NC ........ Tyrrell Co. NC ........ Wake Co. NC ........ Warren Co. NC ........ Washington Co. NC ........ Wayne Co. NC ........ Wilkes Co. NC

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North Carolina Marriages
RootsWeb User-Contributed Marriage Database

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Year of Marriage: (optional)				State: NC		Search by: Either Bride or Groom Groom Bride

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North Carolina Obituaries
Rootsweb user-contributed database of obituaries

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Year of Death (optional):	State/County: (optional) All (any county) NC (any county)

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North Carolina Cemeteries

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Location: (optional) All NC (all counties) ........ Caldwell Co. NC ........ Chatham Co. NC ........ Currituck Co. NC ........ Dare Co. NC ........ Edgecombe Co. NC ........ Forsyth Co. NC ........ Pitt Co. NC ........ Wilkes Co. NC

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North Carolina GenForum Message Boards

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North Carolina RootsWeb / Ancestry Message Boards
View or Post Surname Queries. Search user-contributed Bible Records, Biographies, Birth, Marriage & Death Records, Cemetery Records, Census, Deeds, Immigration, Look-ups, Military, Obituaries, Pensions, and Wills

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2. Vital records — birth, marriage and divorce, and death — are the foundations of genealogical research. Genealogy records at Ancestry.com will also provide additional clues.
   
   Use the search engines above to find if your ancestor's vital records are online; otherwise write to:
   
   NC Vital Records
   P.O. Box 29537
   Raleigh, NC 27626-0537
   (919) 733-3526
   
   Birth and Death $10.00; State office has had birth records since October 1913 and death records since January 1, 1946. Death records from 1913 through 1945 are available from NC State Archives, 109 East Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-2807.
   
   Marriage: $3.00 Since 1962. Registrar of Deeds in county where marriage was performed.
   
   Divorce: Cost varies. Since 1958. Clerk of Superior Court where divorce was granted.
   
   
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   North Carolina State Archives
   109 East Jones Street
   Raleigh, NC 27601-2807
   Tel: 919-733-7305
   www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us
   
   
   
4. If you do not know much about an ancestor, you may need to do additional research on his or her children first. For example:
   • If you do not know when your ancestor was married, the birth date of the first child may give you the approximate time frame needed to search for the marriage records.
   • If you do not know where your ancestor lived, finding the birthplace of the children may provide a clue.

   
   
   

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