North Carolina Online Genealogy Records

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North Carolina Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a family history center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
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Vital Records Births 1800-2000: North Carolina Birth Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($) 1866-1964: North Carolina Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only 1913-1922: North Carolina Center for Health Statistics, Vital Records Unit, County Birth Records at FamilySearch; index & images Marriages 17thc-20thc: US Marriages at FindMyPast; index only ($) 1741-1868: North Carolina Marriage Bonds at Ancestry; index only ($) 1741-2004: North Carolina Marriage Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1741-2011: North Carolina Marriage Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1759-1979: North Carolina Marriages at FamilySearch; index only 1762-1979: North Carolina County Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images 1763-1868: North Carolina Civil Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images Deaths 1898-1994: North Carolina Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1906-1930: North Carolina Deaths at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at FindMyPast ($); Also at MyHeritage ($) 1908-2004: North Carolina Death Indexes at Ancestry; index only ($) 1909-1976: North Carolina Death Certificates at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1931-1994: North Carolina Deaths at FamilySearch; index only; Also at FindMyPast ($); Also at MyHeritage ($) Divorce 1926-1975: North Carolina County Divorce Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1958-2004: North Carolina Divorce Index at Ancestry; index only ($) African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records Archives and Libraries Biography History of North Carolina, Vols. 1-4 at Ancestry; index and images ($) North Carolina, the Old North State and the New at Ancestry; index and images ($) Cemetery Records BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images Cemetery Search at BillionGraves Cemetery Search at FindAGrave North Carolina Cemetery Inscription Card Index at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at: Ancestry ($) Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1784-1787: North Carolina State Census at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1790-1890: Carolina Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index at Ancestry; index only ($) Church Records 1700-1970: North Carolina Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images Compiled Genealogies A Key to Southern Pedigrees at FamilySearch; e-book Court and Criminal Records 1712-1970: North Carolina Civil Action Court Papers at FamilySearch; images only 1800-1909: North Carolina State Supreme Court Case Files at FamilySearch; index & images Directories 1680-1830: Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, Volume 1 at MyHeritage; index only ($) 1866-1896: Branson's North Carolina business directory at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1867-1896: North Carolina Business Directory 1867-1868, 1869, 1872, 1890, 1896 at Internet Archive; e-book 1901-1923: North Carolina Business Directory, 1901, 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1922 1923 at Internet Archive; e-book North Carolina City Directories History Cyclopedia of eminent and representative men of the Carolinas of the nineteenth century at Ancestry; index and images ($) History of North Carolina: From the Earliest Discoveries to the Present Time at Ancestry; index and images ($) Index to the Colonial and State records of North Carolina, volumes i-xxv at Ancestry; index & images ($) Immigration Records See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1500s-1900s: All US and Canada Passenger and Immigration Lists Index at Ancestry; index only ($); Also at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of North Carolina 1774-1775: Records of Emigrants from England and Scotland to North Carolina at FamilySearch 1895-1956: US Border Crossings from Canada at MyHeritage; index & images ($); includes those with Destination of North Carolina 1958-1963: North Carolina Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) Cultural Immigration Groups 1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of North Carolina Germans Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of North Carolina Italians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of North Carolina Russians Immigrating to the US at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of North Carolina Indigenous Peoples of North Carolina See US Native American Online Genealogy Records	Land Records 1753-1931: North Carolina and Tennessee Early Land Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at The Newberry Library Maps of North Carolina at MapOfUS North Carolina Sanborn Maps Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1776-1783: North Carolina Revolutionary War Soldiers at Ancestry; index only ($) 1779-1782: North Carolina Revolutionary Pay Vouchers at FamilySearch; index & images. Also at Ancestry ($) War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1861-1865: North Carolina Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1861-1865: North Carolina Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers at FamilySearch; index & images 1885-1953: North Carolina Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications at FamilySearch; index & images Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records North Carolina Volunteers, Spanish American War at Ancestry; index only ($) World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1917-1919: North Carolina WW I Service Cards at FamilySearch; index & images World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1940-1948: North Carolina Discharge and Statement of Service Records at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Fatal Casualties of the Korean War North Carolina Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Fatal Casualties of the Vietnam War North Carolina The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - North Carolina at VietVet.org Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1872-1996: North Carolina Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Newspapers 1775-1993: North Carolina Newspaper Archives at GenealogyBank 1852-2009: North Carolina Newspapers at MyHeritage; index only ($) North Carolina Newspapers & Periodicals at Ancestry; index only ($) North Carolina Newspapers at Chronicling America Obituaries 1980-2014: US GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images Obituary Links at Obituary Links Page Occupations Periodicals PERiodical Source Index at FindMyPast; index & images ($) Probate Records 1660-1790: North Carolina Will Abstracts at Ancestry; index only ($) 1663-1760: Abstract of North Carolina Wills at Ancestry; images only ($) 1663-1979: North Carolina Estate Files at FamilySearch; index & images 1665-1998: North Carolina Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1690-1768: North Carolina Wills at FindMyPast; index & images ($) 1735-1970: North Carolina Probate Records at FamilySearch; images only 1760-1800: North Carolina Will Abstracts at Ancestry; index only ($) 1833-1970: North Carolina County Records at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) An Abstract of North Carolina Wills at Ancestry; index and images ($) North Carolina Wills at Ancestry; index and images ($) Tax Records 1679-1790: North Carolina Taxpayers, Volume 2 at Ancestry; index and images ($) 1701-1786: North Carolina Taxpayers at Ancestry; index and images ($) Voting Registers 1833-1970: North Carolina County Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1868-1964: North Carolina Voter Registration Records at FamilySearch; index & images

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