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United States North Carolina

Welcome to the North Carolina page,
First in Flight

The discovery of "Croatoan" on the palisade of the "Lost Colony" on Roanoke Island, NC, 1590.

Most unique genealogical features:

8 proprietors granted land 1663-1729; Granvilles continued to 1763^[1]
Poor natural harbors forced most settlers to come overland to NC^[2]
State births and deaths start 1913^[3]
The best U.S. handbook is Helen F. M. Leary, ed, North Carolina Research^[4]

	North Carolina Online Records

Counties

Extinct or Historical Counties

Click on the map below to go to a county page. Hover over a county to see its name. To see a larger version of the map, click here.

Counties gone to Tennessee or Virginia: State of Franklin · Blount · Caswell (TN) · Davidson (TN) · Fincastle (VA) · Greene (TN) · Hawkins · Sevier · Spencer · Sullivan · Sumner · Tennessee · Washington (old) · Wayne (TN)

Extinct or Renamed Counties: Albermarle · Albermarle Precinct · Archdale · Bath · Berkeley · Bute · Carteret Precinct · Clarendon · Cleaveland · Dobbs · Glasgow · Pamptecough · Pelham · Shaftesbury Precinct · Tryon · Wickham

Major Repositories

North Carolina State Archives · State Library of North Carolina · University of North Carolina Library · Duke University Perkins Library · National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta) · Library of Congress

Migration Routes

Atlantic Coast Ports · Black Fox Trail · Catawba and Northern Trail · Catawba Trail · Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad · Fall Line Road (or Southern Road) · Fayetteville, Elizabethtown, and Wilmington Trail · Great Valley Road · Jonesboro Road · King's Highway · Lower Cherokee Traders' Path · New River and Southern Trail · Occaneechi Path · Old Cherokee Path · Rutherford's War Trace · Secondary Coast Road · Unicoi Trail · Upper Road · Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail [[

Research Tools

Guide To Research Materials In the North Carolina State Archives 379 page county record inventory. Lists county formation date, courthouse disasters, record types (bonds, corporate, court, election, estate, land, marriage, roads, tax, wills), dates covered, if a book, boxed, or filmed.
The North Carolina GenWeb Project provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.
Message Boards and other Internet sites can help. CyndisList links to 24 categories of NC genealogy Internet sites.
North Carolina Genealogy Internet aggregator site. Includes a brief state history, extinct counties, burned counties, statewide genealogy links, mailing lists, and county genealogy links.
North Carolina Blacksheep Ancestors, NC prisoners, outlaws, court records, and executions.
Join a Community of North Carolina researchers! Ask questions, help others, and share your research successes on Facebook and/or Skype.
DigitalNC Collection: North Carolina's Digital Heritage

Wiki articles describing online Historcial Record Collections are found at:

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↑ Helen F.M. Leary, ed., North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History, 2nd ed. (Raleigh, NC Genealogical Soc., 1996), 313-28. (FHL Book 975.6 D27n 1996) WorldCat entry. Eight proprietors granted land to North Carolina colonists until they sold out to the Crown (King George II) in 1729. One proprietor, Lord Granville would not sell to the King. His agents continued to grant land in Granville District, a strip of land 60 miles wide on the Virginia border, until Granville II died in 1763.
↑ Alice Eichholz, ed., Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 493. (FHL Book 973 D27rb). WorldCat entry. Three of the main overland routes to North Carolina were the King's Highway, Fall Line Road, and Great Valley Road.
↑ Eichholz, 494.
↑ The best U.S. genealogical research guide is widely acknowledged to be Leary because she explains research strategies better than any other.

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 *8 proprietors [[North Carolina Land and Property#Land_Grant_History_in_North_Carolina|granted land]] 1663-1729; Granvilles continued to 1763<ref>Helen F.M. Leary, ed., ''North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History, 2nd ed.'' (Raleigh, NC Genealogical Soc., 1996), 313-28. ({{FHL|767730|item|disp=FHL Book 975.6 D27n 1996}}) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34803478 WorldCat entry]. Eight proprietors granted land to North Carolina colonists until they sold out to the Crown (King George II) in 1729. One proprietor, Lord Granville would not sell to the King. His agents continued to grant land in Granville District, a strip of land 60 miles wide on the Virginia border, until Granville II died in 1763.</ref>
 *Poor natural harbors forced most settlers to [[North Carolina Emigration and Immigration#Records|come overland]] to NC<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 493. ({{FHL|479190|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27rb}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry]. Three of the main overland routes to North Carolina were the [[King's Highway]], [[Fall Line Road]], and [[Great Valley Road]].</ref>
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 *The best U.S. handbook is Helen F. M. Leary, ed, ''[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/34803478 North Carolina Research]''<ref>The best U.S. genealogical research guide is widely acknowledged to be Leary because she explains research strategies better than any other.</ref>
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 '''Click''' on the map below to go to a county page. '''Hover''' over a county to see its name. To see a '''larger''' version of the map, [[North Carolina Counties Map|click here]]. {{NCimagemap2}}
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 '''Extinct or Renamed Counties:&nbsp;''' [[Albemarle County, North Carolina|Albermarle]]{{·}} [[Albemarle Precinct, North Carolina|Albermarle Precinct]]{{·}} [[Archdale County, North Carolina|Archdale]]{{·}} [[Bath County, North Carolina|Bath]]{{·}} [[Berkeley County, North Carolina|Berkeley]]{{·}} [[Bute County, North Carolina|Bute]]{{·}} [[Carteret Precinct, North Carolina|Carteret Precinct]]{{·}} [[Clarendon County, North Carolina|Clarendon]]{{·}} [[Cleaveland County, North Carolina|Cleaveland]]{{·}} [[Dobbs County, North Carolina|Dobbs]]{{·}} [[Glasgow County, North Carolina|Glasgow]]{{·}} [[Pamptecough County, North Carolina|Pamptecough]]{{·}} [[Pelham County, North Carolina|Pelham]] {{·}} [[Shaftesbury Precinct, North Carolina|Shaftesbury Precinct]]{{·}} [[Tryon County, North Carolina|Tryon]]{{·}} [[Wickham County, North Carolina|Wickham]]
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 === Major Repositories  ===
-[[North Carolina State Archives]]{{·}} [[North Carolina State Library]]{{·}} [[University of North Carolina Library]]{{·}} [[Duke University Perkins Library]]{{·}} [[National Archives Southeast Region (Atlanta)]]{{·}} [[Library of Congress]]&nbsp;[[Image:North Carolina flag.png|right|743px]]
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 === Migration Routes  ===
-[[Black Fox Trail]] {{·}} [[Catawba and Northern Trail]] {{·}} [[Catawba Trail]] {{·}} [[Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad]] {{·}} [[Fall Line Road]] (or Southern Road) {{·}} [[Fayetteville, Elizabethtown, and Wilmington Trail]] {{·}} [[Great Valley Road]] {{·}} [[Jonesboro Road]] {{·}} [[King's Highway]] {{·}} [[Lower Cherokee Traders' Path]] {{·}} [[New River and Southern Trail]] {{·}} [[Occaneechi Path]] {{·}} [[Old Cherokee Path]] {{·}} [[Rutherford's War Trace]] {{·}} [[Secondary Coast Road]] {{·}} [[Unicoi Trail]] {{·}} [[Upper Road]] {{·}} [[Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail]]
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 *The [http://www.ncgenweb.us/ North Carolina GenWeb Project] provides county information about formation date, parent county, county seat, bibliography, cemeteries, census, churches, towns, history, look ups, obituaries, queries, repositories, surname registry, and many Internet links.
 *[[Message Boards|Message Boards]] and other Internet sites can help. [http://www.cyndislist.com/nc.htm CyndisList] links to 24 categories of NC genealogy Internet sites.
-*[http://www.n2genealogy.com/northcarolina.html North Carolina Genealogy] Internet aggregator site. Includes a brief state history, extinct counties, burned counties, statewide genealogy links, mailing lists, and county genealogy links. [[Image:North-carolina.png|right|537px]]
+*[http://www.n2genealogy.com/northcarolina.html North Carolina Genealogy] Internet aggregator site. Includes a brief state history, extinct counties, burned counties, statewide genealogy links, mailing lists, and county genealogy links.
 *[http://www.blacksheepancestors.com/usa/north_carolina.shtml North Carolina Blacksheep Ancestors], NC prisoners, outlaws, court records, and executions.
+*Join a Community of North Carolina researchers! Ask questions, help others, and share your research successes on [http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Carolina-Genealogy-Research-Community/216323471741673 Facebook] and/or [[Join a Skype Research Community#Europe|Skype]].
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