Free Will Baptist Historical Collection
Moye Library
Mount Olive College
634 Henderson St.
Mount Olive, NC 28365-1699
Telephone: 919-658-7168
Fax: 919-658-8934

The Primitive Baptist Library
4023 North Highway 87
Elon College, NC 27244
Telephone: 910-584-8531
(An appointment should be made before visiting.)

For a history of the Baptist churches, see:

Paschal, George Washington. History of the North Carolina Baptists. 2 vols. Raleigh, N.C.: North Carolina Baptist State Convention, 1930–55. (FHL book 975.6 K2p; fiche 6049246–247; computer number 244932.) There are useful chapters in these volumes concerning the various Baptist associations and groups from the 1600s to about 1860. Mention is made of the various ministers.

There are several inventories that describe the churches and records of Southern Baptist associations, such as:

Alleghany Association (FHL book 975.6 K2ha; film 1320847 item 11; computer number 244901.)

Brunswick Association (FHL film 1036844 item 28; computer number 244903.)

Central Association (FHL book 975.6 K2hc; film 1320847 item 4; computer number 244907.)

Flat River Association (FHL book 975.6 K2hf; film 1320847 item 1; computer number 244909.)

Raleigh Association (FHL book 975.6 K2hr; film 1320847 item 5; computer number 244913.)

Stanly Association (FHL fiche 6046595; computer number 244915.)

Yancey Association (FHL book 975.6 K2hy; film 1320847 item 3; computer number 244930.)

A two-volume collection of biographies is:

Hamby, Robert P. Brief Baptist Biographies, 1707–1982. 2 vols. Greenville, S. C.: A Press, 1982. (FHL book 975.6 K2h; computer number 232982.) The Family History Library has volume 2 only.

Disciples of Christ

Discipliana Collections
Barton College
Wilson, NC 27893
Telephone: 252-399-6352
(Call for an appointment.)

Episcopal

Diocese of North Carolina
201 St. Alban’s Drive
P. O. Box 17025
Raleigh, NC 27619
Telephone: 919-787-6313 or 1-800-448-8775

Diocese of Western North Carolina
P. O. Box 369
Black Mountain, NC 28711
Telephone: 704-669-2921

Diocese of East Carolina
P. O. Box 1336
Kingston, NC 28503
Telephone: 919-522-0885

Lutheran

Archives, North Carolina Synod
Lutheran Church in America
1988 Lutheran Synod Dr.
Salisbury, NC 28144-5700
Telephone: 704-633-4861
Fax: 704-638-0508

For historical background information, see:

Bernheim, Gotthardt Dellmann, and George H. Cox. The History of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and Ministerium of North Carolina: In Commemoration of the Completion of the First Century of Its Existence. Philadelphia, Pa.: Published for the Synod by the Lutheran Publication Society, 1902. (FHL book 975.6 K2b; computer number 244896.) The history of the various congregations is discussed. The ministers to about 1900 are listed with the dates when they served.

Methodist

United Methodist Church Archives
P.O. Box 127
Drew University
36 Madison Ave.
Madison, NJ 07940-3189
Telephone: 973-408-3590
Fax: 973-408-3909

Records of the Methodist Episcopal Church are at this archive. Searches are limited to obituaries of ordained clergy and can be conducted for a non-refundable fee.

Western N.C. Conference Archives
3400 Shamrock Drive
P. O. Box 18005
Charlotte, NC 28218
Telephone: 704-535-2260, ext. 44

Eastern North Carolina Conference Archives
Methodist Building
1307 Glenwood Ave.
Raleigh, NC 27605
Telephone: 919-832-9560

Southern North Carolina Conference Archives Heritage Center
39 Lake Shore Dr.
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745
Telephone: 1-800-222-4939

Mailing address:

Southern North Carolina Conference Archives
P. O. Box 1165
Lake Junaluska, NC 28745

Moravian

Moravian Archives
4 E. Bank St.
Winston-Salem, NC 27101-5307
Telephone: 910-722-1742

An extensive set of books about the Moravians in North Carolina is:

Records of the Moravians in North Carolina, 1752–1879. 11 vols. Raleigh, N.C.: Edwards & Broughton, 1922–1969. (FHL book 975.6 F2m; films 1321198 and 1321210–11; computer number 244430.) Each volume is indexed.

Presbyterian

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Department of History
P.O. Box 849
Montreat, NC 28757
Telephone: 704-669-7061
Fax: 704-669-5369
Location: 3400 Shamrock Drive

Roman Catholic

Archives of the Diocese of Raleigh
The Catholic Center
300 Cardinal Gibbons Drive
Raleigh, NC 27603
Telephone: 919-821-9750
(call in advance for an appointment)

Archives of the Diocese of Charlotte
1524 East Morehead St.
Charlotte, NC 28236
Telephone: 704-377-6871
(An appointment is required.)

Mailing Address:

Archives of the Diocese of Charlotte
P. O. Box 36776
Charlotte, NC 28236

Society of Friends (Quakers)

Friends Historical Collection
Hege Library
5800 West Friendly Ave.
Greensboro, NC 27410-4175
Telephone: 336-316-2264
Fax: 336-316-2950

A useful history of the Society of Friends is:

Anscombe, Francis Charles. I Have Called You Friends: The Story of Quakerism in North Carolina. Boston, Mass.: Christopher Publishing House, 1959. (FHL book 975.6 K2a; computer number 244429.)

The records of the 33 oldest monthly meetings that belonged to the North Carolina yearly meeting of Friends (dating from the 1680s to as late as 1914 in some cases) are published in volume 1 of:

Hinshaw, William Wade. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 7 vols. Baltimore, Md.: Genealogical Publishing, 1969. (FHL book 973 D2he 1969; fiche 6051277 [set of 118]; computer number 247959.)

Another source is:

Bjorkman, Gwen Boyer. Quaker Marriage Certificates: Pasquotank, Perquimans, Piney Woods, and Suttons Creek Monthly Meetings, North Carolina, 1677–1800. Bowie, Md.: Heritage, 1988. (FHL book 975.6 K2bg; computer number 440778.)

Church records can be found in the Family History Library Catalog by using a Locality Search of the under:

NORTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY]- CHURCH RECORDSNORTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY], [TOWN]- CHURCH RECORDS

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