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=== [http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy.html Government and Heritage Library at the North Carolina State Library] ===
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==== The section within the Government and Heritage Library ====
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*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/bytype.html#genealogy Databases] A large list of links to many genealogical site within the library.
=== Contact Information  ===
*[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/ Digital collections, including Family Records] Six Digital Genealogical Collection Online.
 
*How To:
'''Email:''' [mailto:slnc.reference@ncdcr.gov slnc.reference@ncdcr.gov] or [https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/contact-us/contact-us-form Contact form]<br>
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/gettingstarted.html Getting started in genealogy]
 
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/slaverecords.html Finding slave records]
'''Address:'''
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/vitalrecords.html Sources for North Carolina vital records]
 
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/handouts/trackingncancestors.pdf Tracking Back to North Carolina] (pdf)
:109 East Jones Street <br>
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/nccounties.html North Carolina county formation]
:Raleigh, NC 27601<br>
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/newspapers.html North Carolina newspapers]
:(Mail to: 4641 Mail Service Center<br>
:Raleigh, NC 27699-4600) <br>
 
'''Telephone:''' 919-814-6790<br>
 
'''Hours and holidays:''' [https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/contact-us Hours and Directions]. Closed on [http://www.oshr.nc.gov/holsched.htm state holidays].<br>
 
'''[https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/contact-us Public transportation, driving directions]'''<br>
 
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>
 
*[https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ State Library of North Carolina]: government and heritage library, library for the blind and handicapped, catalogs, services, and resources.
*[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/ North Carolina Digital Collections]
*[https://archives.ncdcr.gov/ State Archives of North Carolina]
*[https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/research/genealogy-and-family-history Genealogy and Family History]: online, on site, interlibrary loan, county records, and census records. 
*[https://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/research/information-researchers/online-resources Online Resources]: newspapers, genealogy and history database access, atlas, map and gazetteer materials.
 
=== Collection Description  ===
 
Great collection of books, periodicals, and genealogies for North Carolina.<ref>William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 85. {{WorldCat|39493985|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref> Their collection includes genealogy databases; digital: family Bibles, marriages, deaths, newspapers, and cemetery photos; genealogy guides; county records including wills, deeds, marriages, court minutes, tax lists, and probate records.<ref>[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy.html Genealogy Research] in ''State Library of North Carolina&amp;amp;amp;nbsp;'' (accessed 7 February 2014).</ref>
 
=== Tips  ===
 
{Optional}
 
=== Guides  ===
 
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/governmentpublications.html Government Information] '''''State government information:''''' online, in print, NC MOSAIC, State Government website archives, census data 1960-1980, and state agency databases&nbsp;; &nbsp;'''''federal government documents:''''' federal documents available, FDsys online fed gov doc access, and suggested websites and publications.<br>
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/newspapers.html North Carolina Newspapers].<br>
 
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/bytype.html#genealogy Databases] A large list of links to many genealogical site within the library.  
*[http://digital.ncdcr.gov/ Digital collections, including Family Records] Six Digital Genealogical Collection Online.  
*How To:  
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/gettingstarted.html Getting started in genealogy]  
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/slaverecords.html Finding slave records]  
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/vitalrecords.html Sources for North Carolina vital records]  
**[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/handouts/trackingncancestors.pdf Tracking Back to North Carolina] (pdf)  
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/nccounties.html North Carolina county formation]  
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/newspapers.html North Carolina newspapers]  
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/tncounties.html Tennessee counties originally in North Carolina]
*[http://statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/ghl/resources/genealogy/tncounties.html Tennessee counties originally in North Carolina]


[[Category:North Carolina Libraries]]
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
 
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.
 
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>
 
*[[Library of Congress]], Washington, DC, is the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources. The [http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/ Local History and Genealogy Reading Room] has moved to the '''Main Reading Room''', but services remiain unchanged.<ref>[http://www.loc.gov/rr/genealogy/lhgcoll.html The Collections] in ''Local History and Genealogy Reading Room'' in ''Library of Congress'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref>
*[[National Archives and Records Administration|National Archives I]], Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/washington/researcher-info.html Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 31 December 2013).</ref>
*[[National Archives at Atlanta]] records of federal agencies and courts for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, Indian records, and military records.<ref>[http://www.archives.gov/atlanta/finding-aids/genealogy.html Checklist of Records Available for Research into Family History at NARA's Southeast Region] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 13 February 2014).</ref>
 
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>
 
*[[North Carolina State Archives|North Carolina State Archives]], Raleigh, has so many county court records they have not all been cataloged,<ref>Dollarhide and Bremer, 85.</ref> NC government records at the state, district, and county levels, maps, War of 1812, Civil War, World Wars, newspapers, photos, organization records, private collections, and defunct academic institution records.<ref>[http://www.ncdcr.gov/archives/Public/Collections.aspx Collections] in ''State Archives of North Carolina '' (accessed 7 February 2014).</ref>
 
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>
 
*[http://vitalrecords.nc.gov/order.htm North Carolina Vital Records], Raleigh, order for a fee births since 1913, deaths since 1930, marriages since 1962, and divorces since 1958.<ref>[http://vitalrecords.nc.gov/order.htm Vital Records] in ''NC Dept. of Health and Human Services'' (accessed 13 February 2013).</ref>
*[https://rod.wakegov.com/index.aspx?page=1 Wake County Register of Deeds] births since 1913, marriages since 1770, deaths since 1913, and land entries since 1774.<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed. ''Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources'', 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 508. {{WorldCat|55947869|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1185723|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004}}, and [http://www.vitalrec.com/nccounties4.html#Wake Wake County Vital Records] in ''vitalrecords.com '' (accessed 13 February 2014).</ref><br>
*[http://web.co.wake.nc.us/courts/estates.html Wake County Clerk of Superior Court] probate records since 1770.<ref>Eichholz.</ref>
*[http://www.ncdcr.gov/litandhist/Home.aspx North Carolina Literary and Historical Association], Raleigh, publishes ''NC Historical Review''.<ref>[http://www.ncdcr.gov/litandhist/Home.aspx Home] in ''North Carolina Literary and Historical Association'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.wakehistory.com/ Wake County Historical Society] program archives, newsletter, and photos.<ref>[http://www.wakehistory.com/index.asp Home] in ''Wake County Historical Society'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.ncgenealogy.org/ North Carolina Genealogical Society], Raleigh, NC Revolutionary War petitions and index, NC Loose Estates Records indexing project, newsletter, and society publications.<ref>[http://www.ncgenealogy.org/menu-resources Resources] in ''North Carolina Genealogical Society'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref>
*[https://wakecogen.org/ Wake County Genealogical Society] meetings, newsletter, journal, and local genealogy publications.<ref>[https://wakecogen.org/cpage.php?pt=18 Publications] in ''Wake County Genealogical Society'' .</ref>
*[http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/locations/orl/Pages/default.aspx Olivia Raney Local History Library], Raleigh, Internet databases, books, maps, photos, and files,<ref>[http://www.wakegov.com/libraries/Research/collections/Pages/orl/murray.aspx Elizabeth Reid Murray Collection] in ''Wake County Public Libraries'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref> and states from which North Carolinians emigrated such as Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.<ref name="sla">[http://www.ncgenealogy.org/menu-resources/societies-libraries-archives?sid=57:libraries-archives-museums&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;site=4 Societies, Libraries, Archives] in ''North Carolina Genealogical Society'' (14 February 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.nced.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina] criminal and civil court records.<ref>[http://www.nced.uscourts.gov/crsM/Default.aspx Record Request System] in ''U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref>
<br>
Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [http://www.chathamnc.org/index.aspx?page=905 Chattam], [https://repository.duke.edu/catalog Durham], [http://www.franklincountync.us/services/register-of-deeds Franklin], [http://www.granvillenc.govoffice2.com/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={065B3E1D-52CB-458F-AEE3-1895B88124A0} Granville], [http://www.harnett.org/deeds/ Harnett], [https://www.johnstonnc.com/rod Johnston], and [http://www.co.nash.nc.us/index.aspx?nid=243 Nash].
*[[University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Libraries|UNC Chapel Hill Libraries]] have the famed ''Southern Historical Collection '' of plantation records, slavery, Civil War, families, religious communities, Civil Rights, NC books and their biographical index.<ref>[http://www2.lib.unc.edu/mss/shc/shcabout.html About the Southern Historical Collection] in ''UNC Chapel Hill Libraries'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref> <ref>[http://www2.lib.unc.edu/ncc/genealogy.html Family History and Genealogy Resources in the North Carolina Collection] in ''UNC Chapel Hill Libraries'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref>
*[http://library.duke.edu/ Duke University Perkins Library], Durham, largest manuscript collection in the South, including newspapers, county records, Bibles, and journals. Also census records from the National Archives.
*[http://moravianarchives.org/ Moravian Church Archives], Winston-Salem, for Moravians in southern states some diaries with name indexes, memoirs, published family histories, and research service for an hourly fee.<ref>[http://moravianarchives.org/ Home] in ''Moravian Archives Winston-Salem'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.ncfhs.org/ North Carolina Friends Historical Society], Greenboro, history of Quakers in North Carolina.<ref>[http://www.ncfhs.org/ Home] in ''North Carolina Friends Historical Society'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref>
*[http://www.phcmontreat.org/library.htm Presbyterian Heritage Center Research Library], Montreat, 35,000 books, Presbyterian church and congregation records, minutes, periodicals, church and mission histories.<ref>[http://www.phcmontreat.org/library.htm Research Library] in ''Presbyterian Heritage Center'' (accessed 14 February 2014).</ref>
<br>
Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [http://www.georgiaarchives.org/ Georgia], [http://scdah.sc.gov/Pages/default.aspx South Carolina], [http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/ Tennessee], and [http://www.lva.virginia.gov/ Virginia].
*[[Chattanooga Public Library Downtown]], Tennessee, has the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on '''''North Carolina''''', Internet genealogy databases, census, newspapers, obituary index, county records, 30,000 books, manuscripts, and genealogical periodicals.<ref>[https://chattlibrary.org/resources-genealogy/ Genealogy Resources] in ''Chattanooga Public Library'' (accessed 6 April 2021).</ref>
*[[Knox County Public Library]], Tennessee, has the best index to '''''North Carolina''''' families, Internet genealogy databases, 75,000 books, genealogies, ''First Families of Tennessee'', manuscripts, censuses, state and local government records, newspapers, Knoxville city directories, maps, and photos.<ref>[http://www.knoxlib.org/local-family-history/calvin-m-mcclung-historical-collection Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection] in ''Knox County Public Library'' (accessed 11 February 2014).</ref>
*[[Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown]], California, holds the '''''[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ Tina Brayton Collection]''''' which is equivalent to the ''[[Draper Manuscript Collection]]&nbsp;'' but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of '''''North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia''''', and '''''West Virginia&nbsp;''''' families.<ref>[http://scgensoc.org/special-collections-tina-brayton-collection/ The Tina Brayton Collection] in ''Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County'' (accessed 3 January 2014).</ref>
 
=== Sources  ===
 
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State Library of North Carolina
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Contact Information

Email: slnc.reference@ncdcr.gov or Contact form

Address:

109 East Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
(Mail to: 4641 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4600)

Telephone: 919-814-6790

Hours and holidays: Hours and Directions. Closed on state holidays.

Public transportation, driving directions

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description

Great collection of books, periodicals, and genealogies for North Carolina.[1] Their collection includes genealogy databases; digital: family Bibles, marriages, deaths, newspapers, and cemetery photos; genealogy guides; county records including wills, deeds, marriages, court minutes, tax lists, and probate records.[2]

Tips

{Optional}

Guides

  • Government Information State government information: online, in print, NC MOSAIC, State Government website archives, census data 1960-1980, and state agency databases ;  federal government documents: federal documents available, FDsys online fed gov doc access, and suggested websites and publications.
  • North Carolina Newspapers.

Alternate Repositories

If you cannot visit or find a source at the State Library of North Carolina, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • Library of Congress, Washington, DC, is the world's largest library including 50,000 genealogies, 100,000 local histories, manuscripts, microfilms, maps, newspapers, photographs, books, strong in North American, British Isles, and German sources. The Local History and Genealogy Reading Room has moved to the Main Reading Room, but services remiain unchanged.[3]
  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service and pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.[4]
  • National Archives at Atlanta records of federal agencies and courts for Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee, censuses, ships lists, naturalizations, Indian records, and military records.[5]

Similar Collections

  • North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, has so many county court records they have not all been cataloged,[6] NC government records at the state, district, and county levels, maps, War of 1812, Civil War, World Wars, newspapers, photos, organization records, private collections, and defunct academic institution records.[7]

Neighboring Collections


Repositories in surrounding counties: Chattam, Durham, Franklin, Granville, Harnett, Johnston, and Nash.


Repositories in other surrounding states: Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

  • Chattanooga Public Library Downtown, Tennessee, has the Upper South's largest family folder collection which is heavy on North Carolina, Internet genealogy databases, census, newspapers, obituary index, county records, 30,000 books, manuscripts, and genealogical periodicals.[23]
  • Knox County Public Library, Tennessee, has the best index to North Carolina families, Internet genealogy databases, 75,000 books, genealogies, First Families of Tennessee, manuscripts, censuses, state and local government records, newspapers, Knoxville city directories, maps, and photos.[24]
  • Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown, California, holds the Tina Brayton Collection which is equivalent to the Draper Manuscript Collection  but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of North Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia  families.[25]

Sources

  1. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 85. At various libraries (WorldCat). FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d.
  2. ↑ Genealogy Research in State Library of North Carolina&amp;amp;nbsp; (accessed 7 February 2014).
  3. ↑ The Collections in Local History and Genealogy Reading Room in Library of Congress (accessed 31 December 2013).
  4. ↑ Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in Washington, DC in National Archives (accessed 31 December 2013).
  5. ↑ Checklist of Records Available for Research into Family History at NARA's Southeast Region in National Archives (accessed 13 February 2014).
  6. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 85.
  7. ↑ Collections in State Archives of North Carolina (accessed 7 February 2014).
  8. ↑ Vital Records in NC Dept. of Health and Human Services (accessed 13 February 2013).
  9. ↑ Alice Eichholz, ed. Red Book: American State, County and Town Sources, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Ancestry Pub., 2004), 508. At various libraries (WorldCat); FS Library Book 973 D27rb 2004, and Wake County Vital Records in vitalrecords.com (accessed 13 February 2014).
  10. ↑ Eichholz.
  11. ↑ Home in North Carolina Literary and Historical Association (accessed 14 February 2014).
  12. ↑ Home in Wake County Historical Society (accessed 14 February 2014).
  13. ↑ Resources in North Carolina Genealogical Society (accessed 14 February 2014).
  14. ↑ Publications in Wake County Genealogical Society .
  15. ↑ Elizabeth Reid Murray Collection in Wake County Public Libraries (accessed 14 February 2014).
  16. ↑ Societies, Libraries, Archives in North Carolina Genealogical Society (14 February 2014).
  17. ↑ Record Request System in U.S. District Court, Eastern District of North Carolina (accessed 14 February 2014).
  18. ↑ About the Southern Historical Collection in UNC Chapel Hill Libraries (accessed 11 February 2014).
  19. ↑ Family History and Genealogy Resources in the North Carolina Collection in UNC Chapel Hill Libraries (accessed 11 February 2014).
  20. ↑ Home in Moravian Archives Winston-Salem (accessed 14 February 2014).
  21. ↑ Home in North Carolina Friends Historical Society (accessed 14 February 2014).
  22. ↑ Research Library in Presbyterian Heritage Center (accessed 14 February 2014).
  23. ↑ Genealogy Resources in Chattanooga Public Library (accessed 6 April 2021).
  24. ↑ Calvin M. McClung Historical Collection in Knox County Public Library (accessed 11 February 2014).
  25. ↑ The Tina Brayton Collection in Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County (accessed 3 January 2014).
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