This page is meant to provide information and resources to help you in your genealogy research and understanding historical contexts.

Mailing List – As you are involved in the search for your Washington County ancestors, one of the most important things you can do is join or post to the Washington County Mailing List. You can interact with other Washington County researchers by:

• sign up in regular mail mode: send a message to NCWASHIN-L-request@rootsweb.com. Be sure to leave the subject line blank and type subscribe in the body
• sign up in digest mail mode: send a message to NCWASHIN-D-request@rootsweb.com and leave the subject line blank and type subscribe in the body
• view postings online and/or subscribe to the RSS feed to view messages in your favorite feed reader

Register of Deeds

• Visit the website of the Washington County Register of Deeds to learn about their hours and what records they have available

NC State Archives

• The NC State Archives has a number of county-level records available; both original records as well as records on microfilm. View this guide to see what is available for Washington County.  For more information, visit the State Archives site.