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RESEARCH LINKS
If you know of Halifax County related sources or websites that would be helpful to researchers, please let us know and they will be added to our pages. See also: Links to Family Websites
Halifax County Register of Deeds
Court Services Building
P. O. Box 67
357 Ferrell Lane
Halifax, NC 27839
Tel: 259-583-2101
Access the Property Index Search on their website
Halifax County Courthouse
Clerk of the Superior Court
357 Ferrell Lane
Halifax, NC 27839
(252) 583-5061
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 66
Halifax, NC 27839
North Carolina State Archives
109 E. Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
Mail:
4614 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-4614
Tel: 919-807-7310
Pitt County Historical Society
P. O. Box 1554
Greenville, NC 27835-1554
Tar River Connections Genealogical Society
P O Box 8764
Rocky Mount, N.C. 27804
Dallas Jones Veterans Museum
1620 East 10th Street
Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870
Tel:(252) 537-2514
Toll Free U.S.:(800) 522-4282
Email: rrvetcenter@yahoo.com
Afro-American Historical & Genealogical Society, North Carolina
Chapter
P.O. Box 36254
Greensboro, NC 27416
Halifax County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 447
Halifax, NC 27839
North Carolina Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 30815
Raleigh, NC 27622-0815
Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies
109 East Jones Street
Raleigh, NC 27607-2807
Edgecombe County Genealogical Society
PO Box 656
Pinetops, North Carolina 27864
Martin County Historical Society
P.O. Box 468
Williamston, NC 27892
Pitt County Family
Researchers
P. O. Box 20339
Greenville, NC 27858-0339
Halifax County Government Official Website
North Carolina Society Addresses
NCPedia - everything about North Carolina from Biographies to Histories
North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources
North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial - the State's celebration of all things fm the Civil War, many
resources
North Carolina African-American Historical Society
P.O. Box 26334
Raleigh, NC 27611
North Carolina Museum of History
See their latest exhibits:
Story of North Carolina
Thomas Day, Master Cabinetmaker
The Photography of Lewis Hines
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RECORDS ON FAMILYSEARCH:
NC Births & Christenings 1866-1964
Halifax County Probate Records
(See also our Vital Records Page and our Marriage Page for FamilySearch records)
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**SEE ALSO ON THIS SITE:
GUIDE TO RESEARCH MATERIAL IN THE NORTH CAROLINA STATE ARCHIVES
The State Library of North Carolina has a number of Resources, here are a few:
BOOKS
"Halifax County, North Carolina's Coroner's Inquests 1840-1891" by: Florence Hargrave Curtis
"Daughter, Be Somebody" by: Florence Hargrave Curtis
"Landonia Epps: A Paper Trail of Her Times and Travels" by: Florence Hargrave Curtis
"In the Footsteps of Our Forefathers: The Churches Where they Worshipped, The Graves in Which They Slumber" by: F.H.Curtis
"Forgotten Men" by: Florence Hargrave Curtis
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"North Carolina and the Two World Wars" new publication (2013) by Sarah McCulloh Lemmon and Nancy Smith Midgette
"Looking Back On Littleton, A Northeastern Warren/Halifax County town, 1774-1994", by Rebecca L. Dozier. For more
detailed information visit: Warren County Books Page or contact directly:
Becky Dozier
"Town Leaders, Littleton, North Carolina, 1790-1920", by Rebecca L. Dozier. For more detailed information visit: Warren County Books Page- or contact directly: Becky Dozier
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"Journal of a Secesh Lady": The Diary of Catherine Ann Devereux Edmondston, 1860-1866. Edited by Beth G. Crabtree & James W. Patton. Civil War diary of the daughter of a wealthy eastern North Carolina planter. In 1846 she married Patrick Muir Edmondston, a South Carolinian, and they eventually settled on a plantation in Halifax County, North Carolina, where they were living in 1860. NC Historical Publications
Books with Halifax County Material can be found:
Golden West Marketing
(includes many genealogical related books for Halifax & other NC Counties)
Read these online:
The History of Edgecombe County
Visit GEN-BOOKS and GEN-MAT where you'll find lists of genealogical books & materials for sale directly to you
BE SURE TO CHECK OUT THE USGENWEB ARCHIVES:
There are many additional Halifax County records available there as well as
NCGenWeb Archives Statewide Files
LINKS TO MORE RESOURCES
On NCGenWeb Pages:
Consolidated List of North Carolina Resources
Lots of additional NC Research Links
North Carolina Executions/Halifax County
Did your ancestor disappear suddenly from the records? Check out this list and those for other counties, too.
Illnesses Reported to NC Board of Health-1896
If your ancestor disappeared around 1900, see the list of illnesses reported by each County
Justices of the Peace Appointed in NC-1778
from the USGenWeb Archives
History of Vital Records in North Carolina
Listing of Available Vital Records Online by County
North Carolina Governors, 1585-1998
Edgecombe County Deed Books
Includes 1st 6 Deed Books which covers area now in Halifax County
On Other Websites:
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the
Internet
Epidemics in the U.S. 1633-1952
List of Epidemics in World History
Encyclopedia of Genealogy: Epidemics
History of Public Health Issues in North Carolina
Medical Glossary from Genealogy Quest
GenDisasters: Events That Touched Our Ancestors Lives
Officer Down Memorial Pages: Officers killed in the line of duty
Steve Morse's One-Step Webpages for Research
NC Current Offenders on Death Row
Halifax County Court Directory
Colonial and State Records of North Carolina
Search this huge digital collection from the UNC-CH of material from the State's earliest days; first
published in 1886
Naturalization Records for North Carolina
Guilford College Quaker Records Collections
Cyndi's List of Quaker Records
A Tithable Primer
Explanation of early tithable/tax laws in VA & NC
Newspaper
Abstracts-Halifax County
Read old newspaper stories from the 1800s
Old Homes of Halifax County: History Rambler Wonderful photos of some of the county's old plantation homes
Bible Records Online
Thousands of family bibles in a searchable database
Naming Traditions
Our ancestors procedures for naming children
Into the Light
Research blog of the Yarborough, Green, Hawkins, Dunstan, Brown, Davis & Ross Families
Early Virginia Immigrants 1623-1666
Complete listing of 1st immigrants by name, date, vessel, Country
LOCAL NEWSPAPERS:
Return to Halifax County Research and Lookups
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