Durham County, North Carolina
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Revision as of 19:36, 12 October 2012
- This article is about a county in North Carolina. For other uses, see Durham (disambiguation).
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United States 
North Carolina Durham County
Contents |
County Courthouse
Durham County Courthouse
200 East Main Street
Durham, NC 27707
Phone: 919-560-0480
County Health Department has birth, death and burial records
Register of Deeds has marriage and land records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1881[1]
Quick Facts
Parent County
28 February 1881 Durham County was created from Orange and Wake Counties. County seat: Durham [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Chatham | Granville | Orange | Person | Wake
Resources
Archives and Libraries
Cemeteries
- Durham County Cemeteries - via Durham County NCGenWeb
- Durham County Cemetery Listings - via Durham County NCGenWeb Archives
- Durham County Cemeteries - user-contributed burial records via Find-A-Grave
- Durham County Burial Listings - via CemeteryCensus, a group cemetery transcription project
Census
For tips on accessing Durham County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.
Church
Court
Directories
- Durham County Directories -- via Durham County NCGenWeb
Education
- Durham County students at North Carolina colleges - a list alphabetized by surname from the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index
Yearbooks
Land
- Durham County Deeds, 1881-1984 -can be searched online at the website of the Durham County Register of Deeds; images included.
History
Maps
- Durham County Maps - via the University of North Carolina's NC Maps collection
Military
Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.
Newspapers
- Carolina Times - 400+ issues available online from 1937-1950 of ths African-American newspaper; provided by DigitalNC.org
- Index to the Durham Herald
- 1981 (index Jan -May)
- 1981 (subject index, May - Dec / name index, May - Dec)
- 1982 (name index | subject index)
- 1983 (name index | subject index)
- 1984 (name index)
- 1985 (name index | subject index)
- Durham County newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county & libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress.
Probate
- 1881-1907 - Will Books A to B (1881-1907) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
Taxation
Vital Records
Uncertified copies of vital records can be ordered for a small fee from the Register of Deeds. Please visit their website for more information.
Births
- North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch
Marriages
- North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
- Durham County marriages - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register & State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.
Deaths
- Misc. Durham County Obituaries - via the Durham County NCGenWeb Archives
- Deaths from 1981-1984 - check the Indexes to the Durham Herald in the newspaper category above
- Durham County deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
- North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch
- North Carolina Deaths & Burials, 1898-1994 - search death records from across the state; via FamilySearch
Societies, Libraries and Museums
Family History Centers
Websites
- NCGenWeb: Durham County - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
- Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Durham County, North Carolina. Page 508 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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