North Carolina Genealogy

Free North Carolina Genealogy Data and Links

• North Carolina African American Genealogy
  • African American Cemeteries
  • African American Census Records
  • African American Slave Narratives
• North Carolina Biographies
  • Biographical Sketches Of Western North Carolina
• North Carolina Cemetery Records
• North Carolina Census Records
• North Carolina Census Edition Map
• North Carolina County Map
• North Carolina History
  • Trinity College Papers
  • Chronological Table of North Carolina
  • Original Settlements
  • Charter of Albemarle
  • Arthur Dobbs Governor
  • Stamp Act of 1765
• North Carolina Genealogy Lookups
• Military Records
  • North Carolina Forts
    List of colonial forts, trading posts, named camps, redoubts, reservations, general hospitals, national cemeteries, etc., established or erected in the United States from its earliest settlement to 1902.
  • Revolutionary War
    • Battle of the Cowpens, Burke County, North Carolina
    • Battle of Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina
    • Captain James Houston's Muster Roll, Iredell County, North Carolina
    • Battle of Hanging Rock, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
    • Struggle of the Regulars, Rowan County, North Carolina
  • 1840 Pensioners Database
  • North Carolina Civil War Map
  • Civil War Records
    • Colorado Civil War Map
    • Civil War Pensions Index Cards
      Each card gives the soldier's name, unit, the application number, the certificate number and the state from which the soldier served. In some cases, the soldier's rank, terms of service, date of death and place of death are given. The index cards refer to pension applications of veterans who served in the U.S. Army between 1861 and 1917. The majority of the records pertain to Civil War veterans, but they also include veterans of the Spanish-American War, the Philippine Insurrection, Indian wars, and World War I.
  • World War 1 Records
  • World War II Records
    • North Carolina Army - Army Air Corps World War II Casualty List
    • North Carolina Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard World War II Casualty List
  • Korean War Casualty List
  • Vietnam War Casualty List
• North Carolina Native American Records
  • Eastern and Eastern Band of Cherokee of North Carolina
  • Eastern Band of Cherokee Historical Outline
  • Soldiers of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
  • Cherokee of the Smoky Mountains
  • North Carolina Federally Non-Recognized Tribes
  • North Carolina State Tribes
  • Tuscarora in North Carolina
  • Cherokee Indians in North Carolina
  • Catawaba Indians in North Carolina
• North Carolina Vital Records
• North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800

Free RootsWeb Databases

• Alumni Lists
  • Buncombe Co: Lee H. Edwards High School Alumni, 1941,
  • Craven Co: Havelock High School Class of 1990
  • Durham Co: Class of 1921 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1922 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1923 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1924 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1925 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1926, Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1927 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1928 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1929 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1930 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1931, Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1932, Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1933, Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1935, Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1936, Durham High School
  • Durham Co: Class of 1937, Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1938, Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1939, Durham High School
  • Durham Co: Class of 1941, Durham High School
  • Durham Co: Class of 1963 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Class of 1964 Durham High School, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Duke University Alumni, 1992, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Duke University Medical School Alumni, 1984, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Alumni, 1940, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Alumni, 1942, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Alumni, 1943, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Class of 1947, Durham, North Carolina
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Class of 1948, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Class of 1958
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Class of 1959
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Class of 1960
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Class of 1962
  • Durham Co: Durham High School Graduates, 1944, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: Watts School of Nursing, Graduates 1897 - 2004, Durham, North Carolina
  • Guilford Co: Alumni of State Normal & Industrial College, 1903, Guilford County, NC
  • Guilford Co: Greensboro Female College Class of 1903, Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Orange Co: University of North Carolina, Orange Co, NC, 1929
  • Pitt Co: East Carolina University Graduates 1960-1961, Greenville, NC (Partial - surnames beginning with A)
• Book Indexes
  • Index to Old Salem [North Carolina] Official Guidebook (Forsyth County, NC)
  • Carteret Co: Cedar Island, NC Past & Present, Vol. 1
  • Watauga Co: Bible of Della Mae Lewis Combs of Watauga County, North Carolina
• Cemetery Records
  • Bladen Co: Abigail Guyton Gravesite
  • Caldwell Co: Pinecrest Cemetery, Granite Falls
  • Camden Co: Wesley Methodist Church, Camden County, North Carolina (partial)
  • Currituck Co: Newbern Cemetery
  • Dare Co: Cemetery records for Southern End of Dare Co.
  • Durham Co: Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery, Durham, NC
  • Durham Co: McMannen United Methodist Church Cemetery, Durham County, NC
  • Durham Co: Union Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, Durham, NC
  • Edgecombe Co: Cemeteries
  • Edgecombe Co: Cemetery Records
  • Edgecombe Co: Edgecombe County Cemeteries, Edgecombe Co, NC
  • Edgecombe Co: NC Edgecombe Knight
  • Edgecombe Co: Pippen Cemetery, Edgecombe, NC
  • Edgecombe County Co: NC, Cemetery Records, Martin and Edgecombe Counties
  • Forsyth Co: Muddy Creek (Union) Friends Cemetery, Kernersvile
  • Martin Co: Roberson Family Cemetery, Martin County, NC
  • Martin Co: Roberson Family Cemetery, Martin County, NC
  • Martin Co: Selected North Carolina Cemetery Records -- Edgecombe, Pitt, Martin Counties
  • Martin/Edgecombe Co: African American Cemetery Records
  • Mecklenburg Co: Newell Presbyterian Church Cemetery (partial), Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Orange Co: Carr United Methodist Church Cemetery, Orange County, NC
  • Orange Co: Efland Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Orange County, NC
  • Orange Co: Five Forks Baptist Church Cemetery, Cedar Grove, NC
  • Orange Co: Mt. Adar Baptist Church Cemetery, Orange County, NC
  • Pitt Co: Bethel Cemetery, Bethel, North Carolina
  • Pitt Co: Cemetery, Road 121, Pitt County, NC
  • Pitt Co: Pinelawn Cemetery
  • Pitt Co: Rural Cemeteries, Pitt and Edgecombe Counties, NC
  • Pitt Co: Wainwright Cemetery Records
  • Pitt Co: Multiple Cemetery Records
  • Pitt County Co: NC, Cemetery Records: Pitt, Martin, and Edgecombe Counties
  • Pitt County Co: Selected North Carolina Cemetery Records -- Edgecombe, Pitt, Martin Counties
  • Swain Co: Towstring Cemetery, Swain County, NC
  • Wilkes Co: Center Baptist Church Cemetery
• Census Records
  • 1790-1820 Census, KING surname
  • 1850 Census Indexes, Fite surname
  • Wilkes Co: Richardson Heads-of-Household in NC counties - 1790 Federal Census
• Colored Records
  • Cumberland Co: Colored Bride Marriage Registry
  • Cumberland Co: Colored Grooms Marriage Register Cumberland County NC Part 1
  • Cumberland Co: Colored Grooms, Cumberland County, NC 1901-1909
  • Cumberland Co: Cumberland County NC Colored Grooms
• Court Records
  • Yancey Co: Bastardy Bonds 1865-1899, Yancey County, North Carolina
• Death Records
  • Alexander Co: Alexander County Deaths
  • Caldwell Co: Caldwell County Deaths
  • Catawba Co: Catawba County Deaths
  • Iredell Co: Iredell County Deaths
  • Wake Co: Selected Death Records, Snell Surname
  • Person Co. Death Records
• Marriage Records
  • Franklin Co: Selected Marriage Records of Females with Green Surname in North Carolina, 1764-1868
  • Granville Co: Selected Marriage Records of Males with Green Surname in North Carolina and Virginia, 1773-1868
  • Halifax Co: Selected marriages in North Carolina & Virginia, females with EVANS surname
  • Macon Co: Selected Macon County, NC Marriages -- Key Surname, 1879-1907
• Military Records
  • American Revolution: Dobbs Co: Revolutionary Soldiers
• Professional, Society, Religious Groups
  • Wake Co: Agricultural & Mechanical College Board of Trustees, June 1907, Raleigh, North Carolina
    

North Carolina Subscription Genealogy Databases

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North Carolina Census

North Carolina Census, 1790-1890
North Carolina Heads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year 1790.
State Census of North Carolina, 1784-1787
Census records and Cherokee muster rolls

North Carolina Vital Records

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2004
North Carolina Divorce Index, 1958-2004
North Carolina Death Certificates, 1909-1975

North Carolina Military

North Carolina Revolutionary War Soldiers
North Carolina Volunteers, Spanish American War
Roster of North Carolina troops in the war between the states
Roster of soldiers from North Carolina in the American Revolution : with an appendix containing a collection of miscellaneous
Abstract of pensions of North Carolina soldiers of the Revolution, War of 1812 & Indian Wars

North Carolina Immigration

Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830
Ship Passenger Lists to the Carolinas: Miscellaneous Ships

North Carolina Newspapers

Robesonian (Lumberton, North Carolina)
Ray's index and digest to Hathaway's North Carolina historical and genealogical register: with genealogical notes and annotations

North Carolina Directories

Branson's North Carolina business directory : containing facts, figures, names and locations, revised and corrected annually.
Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I: (North Carolina Yearly Meeting)
Chas. Emerson's North Carolina tobacco belt directory : embracing the counties of Alamance, Durham, Forsyth, Granville, Guilford
North Carolina City Directories

North Carolina Court Records

North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1760-1800
North Carolina Wills and Inventories
North Carolina Will Abstracts, 1660-1790
Abstract of North Carolina Wills 1663-1760
Abstract of North Carolina wills compiled from original and recorded wills in the office of the secretary of state

United States Genealogy

North Carolina Genealogy

• Burke County North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Cabarrus County North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Cleveland County, North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Gaston County, North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Iredell County, North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Lincoln County, North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Mecklenburg County, North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Rowan County, North Carolina Genealogy and History
• Wilkes County, North Carolina Genealogy and History

United States GenWeb Project

• NC GenWeb

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American History and Genealogy Project

• North Carolina AHGP

Albemarle  Albemarle  Bath  Beaufort  Beaufort  Bertie  Caldwell  Carteret  Chatham  Chowan  Craven   Dare  Granville  Jackson  Lee  Macon  Madison  Martin  McDowell  Montgomery  Pamlico  Pamlico  Pasquotank  Perquimans  Pitt  Richmond Gen. Society   Richmond Hist. Society  Robeson  Rockingham1  Rockingham 2  Scotland Gen. Society  Watauga  Wayne  Wilson Gen Society