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Durham County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
Location of North Carolina in the U.S.
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Founded	1881
County Seat	Durham
Courthouse
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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

• Duke University: 1912-1995
• NC Central University: 1929-2009
  

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

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

• Durham-Orange County Genealogy Society
• Duke Special Collections Library

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

• NCGenWeb: Durham County - free genealogy resources; part of the national USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog

References

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