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National Coordinator: Denise Wells
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Hidden Gems on FamilySearch
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A number of North Carolina records on FamilySearch which you might not know about, and that you have to do some extra work to find them. They are not all searchable, many you have to go to the specific County and browse through the images, but they are so well worth it. These records I call, FamilySearch's Hidden Gems. |
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North Carolina Marriages 1762-1979 Has a searchable index, however, not all images are indexed. If you don't see the record you want in the search, use the browse function, and select from the County list, which will bring up the list of images available for that County. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726957
North Carolina, Civil Action Court Papers, 1712-1970 This collection includes digital images of civil court records filed in North Carolina counties between 1737 and 1968. Records included in civil actions may include land ownership, unpaid debts, contracts, suits concerning dower, breach of contract, & slander; divorces, legitimating of bastard children; some records of emancipation and of naturalization proceedings. https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1930242 ------------------
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| FamilySearch has images of most all of the Marriage Records- Registers, Bonds and Licenses- under their North Carolina Marriages 1762-1979 Collection, but there are some additional little gems included in that Collection, which vary by County, and are not included in any Search feature, you have to go to the specific Collection and browse to the document you want. Some of these, such as those that have Birth & Death Certificates after 1976, possibly may have been mistakenly included in a release by a County or State Source. Most all of the Counties have whatever Marriage Records that survive for their location, which I am not including but you should check for yourself if you can't find a Marriage. But Ohhh, I found some additional little goodies in these Collections that you can spend a nice quiet afternoon or two looking through. You may want to first try a Search of the Collection, but if you don't find what you're looking for, go directly to the "Browse images...", then select your County. These are the Counties and the records in addition to the regular Marriage Registers, Bonds and Licenses for the location: |
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BEAUFORT Alien registration, 1900-1975 Cohabitation records, 1851-1863, vol 1 Cohabitation records, 1851-1863, vol I Commissioners minutes, 1868-1876 Overseer records, 1845-1868, vol I Tax lists, 1832-1852 CHATHAM Slave Records 1782-1870; while collection reads Slaves, there are also records concerning Free People of Color of Chatham & Wake Counties proving their status. CLEVELAND Court Minutes 1844-1868 COLUMBUS Cohabitation records 1866-1868 CUMBERLAND Military discharge index, 1919-1973, vol 1 CURRITUCK Cohabitation records, 1866 Court minutes, 1831-1832 DARE Births, deaths, delayed births, 2003, vol 29 DUPLIN Marriage acknowledgments, 1866, colored (Marriages of Freed People)- this is a Marriage Book Marriage records, 1866-1868, colored; Marriage Certificates. (these were probably marriages of former slaves who chose to get licenses) EDGECOMBE Cohabitation records, plantation records, 1866, vol A-W; Edgecombe's records were included in their Slaveowners files FRANKLIN COUNTY: Death Certificates for 2005 Delayed Death Index Record book of World War I Soldiers 1917-1918 LINCOLN COUNTY: Cohabitation records, 1866 MCDOWELL COUNTY: Estate inventories, 1859-1867 Will records, 1843-1865 MITCHELL COUNTY: Deed records, 1861-1885, vol 1-5 NASH COUNTY: Naturalization records, 1908 NEW HANOVER COUNTY: Cohabitation certificates, 1866-1867 Cohabitation index, 1841-1868 Cohabitation registers, 1866-1868 ORANGE COUNTY: Coroners inquest, 1785-1911 Poll tax registers, 1902-1914 Voter registration, 1896-1898 RICHMOND COUNTY: Alien registration, 1940-1956 Cohabitation certificates, 1866-1868 Registration of voters, 1902-1908 Slave records, 1778-1866 ROBESON COUNTY: Marriage registers, 1933-1944, vol. marriage cohabitation, 1850-1866; divorced women, 1940-1966. (Cohabitation Marriage Records start with Image 39; Maiden Names of Divorced Women starts Image 172) SURRY COUNTY: Grantee index, 1878-1937, vol A-D. (General Index to Real Estate Conveyances) TYRRELL COUNTY: Stray notices, 1883-1912 Timber records, 1889-1899 WARREN COUNTY: Marriage registers, 1867-1964, vol cohabitation records, L-Z, vol 1, divorced women. (Cohabitation Records begin Image 341; Maiden Names of Divorced Womens starts Image 672) WASHINGTON COUNTY: Marriages of freedmen, 1866-1872 WILKES COUNTY: Overseers of roads, 1822-1856 The link to the Collection: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726957
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The Freedmen's Bureau Records. The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (often called the Freedmen’s Bureau) was created in 1865 at the end of the American Civil War to aid the newly-freed slaves and other freedmen. It was created to supervise relief efforts, including education (4,300 schools were established), health care (100 hospitals were established), food and clothing, refugee camps, legalization of marriages, employment, labor contracts, and securing back pay, bounty payments, and pensions for soldiers and sailors. The Bureau also helped reunite families. The Bureau was terminated in 1872. FamilySearch has indexed many of those records, and those that are not, are browseable only images, all of which are free to download. Read more about the collections, and includes direct links to the Index and Images:
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Land Records, North Carolina & Tennessee 1600-1959 North Carolina Land Grants These are microfilmed records found only through the FamilySearch Catalog which are not indexed for searching. While they are entitled as "Index", these are the original Land Grants in a complete collection of loose documents. For the NC Land Grants, scroll down to where it starts with Warrants and lists a County. To view the downloadable images, click onto the camera icon to the far right of the page. https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/695114?availability=Family%20History%20Library |
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Use the FAMILYSEARCH CATALOG to find those hidden
records which will not come up in a Search; many, many records are not
indexed. It is very easy to search, just learn how to navigate it.
Records include Census, Birth, Divorce, Marriage & Death & Military records
of all kinds, Court, Deeds, Probate (Wills, Estates, Guardianships, etc)
Apprenticeships, Manumissions, Slave Records and much more. You can find what records are available for a specific location ("PLACE" box), by simply putting in the name it generally auto-fills which you select from, then SEARCH, and up pops a listing. Click onto the name of the collection that interests you from that list, and see what you get. Some are available only in a Family History Library, but if you see one with a "camera" icon, that means it's available online, so click that, and you can now browse and download any copies of the microfilm included, by clicking onto the images. Reminder, make sure you are signed in with your user name and password in order to view microfilm. Search the Catalog: https://www.familysearch.org/catalog/search Link to ALL NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY RECORDS in the FamilySearch Catalog. Click onto the "Places within United States, North Carolina" which will open up the County List. Pick your County, select the collection of interest, then click onto the Name of those records which appear below.
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