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Forsyth County, North Carolina
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Location in the state of North Carolina
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Founded	1849
County Seat	Winston-Salem
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County Courthouse

Forsyth County Courthouse
102 W 3rd Street
P O Box 20639
Winston Salem, NC 27101
Phone: 316-727-2903

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records
Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1849^[1]

History

Parent County

1849--Forsyth County was created 16 January 1849 from Stokes County.
County seat: Winston-Salem ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Davidson
• Davie
• Guilford
• Rockingham
• Stokes
• Surry
• Yadkin

Resources

Cemeteries

• Forsyth County Cemeteries - via the NCGenWeb Archives
• Forsyth County Cemeteries - via Cemetery Census
• Forsyth County Cemeteries - listed at FindAGrave.com

Census

For tips on accessing Forsyth County, North Carolina census records online, see: North Carolina Census.

Church Records

Lutheran

• Nazareth Church aka Old Dutch Meeting House. Organized about 1778 by German settlers.^[3] Formerly located in Surry and Stokes counties.

Court

Land

• Deeds: 1849-1965 -- can be searched online on the Forsyth County Register of Deeds website. 

Local Histories

Maps

• Forsyth County Maps - via the NC Maps project

Military

Civil War

Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.

-2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

• Forsyth county newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county & libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress
• Forsyth County residents in the newspaper - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.

Probate

• 1842-1932 - Will Books (1842-1932) have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Taxation

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

• Forsyth County Marriages - on the NCGenWeb Archives
• North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
• Forsyth 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

• Forsyth county deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
• Misc. Obituaries - on the NCGenWeb Archives site
• 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
  

Yearbooks

• Wake Forest University: 1903-2008
• Wake Forest University School of Medicine Yearbooks: 1943-2011
• Salem College: 1902-1983
• Forsyth County students at North Carolina colleges - a list alphabetized by surname from the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Societies and Libraries 

• Forsyth County Genealogical Society
• Forsyth County Historical Society
• Forsyth County Public Library (NC Room)
  

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Winston-Salem North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

• NCGenWeb: Forsyth County - part of the USGenWeb Project
• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Forsyth 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).
3. ↑ "Nazareth Church," North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program, http://www.ncmarkers.com, accessed 22 October 2012.