Dare County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Dare County

Guide to Dare County, North Carolina ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Dare County Courthouse 400 Budleigh Street P O Box 70 Manteo, NC 27954 Phone: 252-473-3438 Registrar of Deed has birth and death records from 1913 marriage records from 1870 and land records Clerk Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1870

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in North Carolina counties see: North Carolina Counties with Burned Courthouses

Parent County
1870--Dare County was created 3 February 1870 from Currituck, Tyrrell, and Hyde Counties. County seat: Manteo


 * History of Dare Co., NC

Neighboring Counties

 * Currituck
 * Hyde
 * Tyrrell

African American

 * Roanoke Island Freedman's Colony - website dedicated to camp on the island of refugee slaves just after the Civil War. Site includes history, documents, lists of slaves who lived on the island and more.

Bibles

 * Dare Co., NC Bible Records &amp; Family Papers

Biographies

 * Dare Co., NC Bios

Cemeteries

 * Dare Co., NC Cemeteries (some with tombstone photos)
 * Cemetery Census for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
 * Access Genealogy for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
 * Find-A-Grave for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
 * USGenWeb Archives for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries

Census

 * 1870 Dare Co., NC Census
 * 1880 Dare Co., NC Census
 * 1890 Veterans Census

Court

 * Court Records at NCGenWeb Archives

Family Pages

 * Families pertaining to Dare Co., NC

Maps

 * Dare Co., NC Maps

Military

 * Dare Co., NC Military Records (from Colonial Militia to Vietnam)

War of 1812

 * Jones, Gordon C.: .Abstracts of land-grants, tax lists, orphans dockets, inventories and other records, : Currituck and Dare counties, North Carolina, 1666-1831 Chesapeak, Virginia, G.C.Jones c1982) pages 91 FHL Book 976.6132 P28

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battles were fought in Dare County.


 * August 28-29, 1861 = Hatteras Inlet Batteries, also known as Forts Clark and Hatteras
 * February 7-8, 1862 = Roanoke Island, also known as Fort Huger


 * Map showing Civil War battles in North Carolina.

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

Miscellaneous

 * Misc. Dare Co., NC Records
 * The Lost Colony articles
 * Dare Co., NC Penny Postcards at NCGenWeb Archives
 * Medical Directory for Avon, NCat NCGenWeb Archives

Newspapers

 * News articles pertaining to Dare County, NC

Photographs

 * Photos of Dare Co., NC People
 * Dare Co., Historical Markers
 * Photos of Places in Dare Co., NC

Births

 * Dare Co., NC Births at NCGenWeb Archives
 * 1800 - 2000 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1866 - 1964 at FamilySearch.org — index

Marriages

 * 1870-1967 - Dare County Marriage Index 1870-1967. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Dare Co., NC Marriages at NCGenWeb Archives
 * 1741 - 2004 North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1969 at FamilySearch.org — index and images

Divorce

 * 1958 - 2004North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Deaths

 * Dare Co., Obits
 * Dare Co., NC Obituaries at NCGenWeb Archives
 * 1898 - 1994 at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1908 - 2004 North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1931 - 1994 at FamilySearch.org — index

Wills &amp; Estates

 * 1870-1946 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.


 * Dare Co., NC Wills
 * Dare Co., NC Estates

Societies and Libraries
Dare Co., NC Organizations &amp; Links

Family History Centers

 * Nags Head North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Dare County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Dare County NCGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives-Dare County
 * USGenWeb Archives-Dare County