North Carolina Research Tips and Strategies

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Research Tips and Strategies

Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page The North Carolina Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for North Carolina. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

North Carolina Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in North Carolina

• North Carolina Online Genealogy Records
• How to find North Carolina Birth Records
• How to find North Carolina Marriage Records
• How to find North Carolina Death Records

North Carolina Record Finder

This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see North Carolina Record Finder.

1. What you are looking for:	2. Try these records first:	3. Other useful records
Birth information	Birth records Death records Obituaries Church records	Cemeteries Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Bible records Military records
Marriage information	Marriage records Obituaries Bible records	Church records Probate records Military records
Death information	Death Records Cemeteries Obituaries	Probate Records Church Records Bible Records
Parents	Birth records Death records Obituaries Census Church records	Biography Genealogy
Maiden name	Marriage Records Obituaries Probate records	Church Records Military Records
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census	Obituaries Biography History
Naturalization	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census Court Records	Voting Records Biography Periodicals
Physical description	Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) (after 1906)	Biography History

Further North Carolina Research

• Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see North Carolina Record Finder.
• For online record collections, go to North Carolina Online Genealogy Records.
• For more research on North Carolina, including research at the county level, visit the North Carolina page on the Research Wiki.
• Search all of the North Carolina record collections at FamilySearch.