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Carteret County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	1722
County Seat	Beaufort
Courthouse
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County Courthouse

History

Parent County

1722--Carteret County was created in 1722 from Craven County. County seat: Beaufort ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Craven
• Jones
• Onslow
• Pamlico

Resources

Cemeteries

• Carteret County cemetery information - via NCGenWeb Archives
  
• Carteret County cemeteries - via Find-A-Grave.com
  

Census

• Carteret County census records - via the NCGenWeb Archives
  

Church

• Church records - via the NCGenWeb Archives
  

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Harker's Island

Court

• Court records - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
  

Directories

• Several NC state business directories are available online.  Visit this list of directories, open the directory, and navigate to Cartetert County.  Directories include information on area businesses and citizens.
  

Education

• Carteret County students at NC colleges – via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
  

Family Histories

• [Middleton] Brown, Leslie H. "John Middleton of Hampton, Va., and Onslow County, N.C.," The American Genealogist, Vol. 55, No. 3 (Jul. 1979):161-162. FHL 973 D25aga v. 55

Land

• Deeds of Carteret County - via the NCGenWeb Archives
  

Local Histories

Maps

• Carteret County Maps - almost 100 maps from the North Carolina State Library
  

Military

• Carteret County miltary records - check the "Military" section on the Carteret County NCGenWeb page
  
• Military records - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
  

Newspapers

• Carteret County newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county; via the Library of Congress
  
• North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project - contains full-text papers from 1752-1890s.  Search for your Carteret County ancestors.
  

Probate

• Alphabetical Index of Wills 1681-1888 - via Carteret County NCGenWeb
  
• Carteret County wills & estates - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
  

Taxation

• Carteret County Tax Lists - via the NCGenWeb Archives
  

Vital Records

Births

• North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state ; via FamilySearch
  

Marriages

• Carteret County Marriages - transcribed for the NCGenWeb Archives
• North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - via FamilySearch; images included
  
• Carteret County marriages - are included in Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register & State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searcheable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
  

Deaths

• Carteret County Obituaries - transcribed for the NCGenWeb
  
• [Http://www.ncgenweb-data.com/ncnews/resultlist.php?nametype=decedent&county=carteret Carteret County deaths] - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
  
• North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - via FamilySearch; images included
  

• North Carolina Deaths & Burials, 1898-1994 - via FamilySearch

Societies and Libraries 

• Carteret County Historical Society
• Historic Beaufort

Web Sites

• Carteret County NCGenWeb - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project. 

Blog Posts

• Grandpa was a Whaler - post by Mark Green about the Chadwick family
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).