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Links to useful information on the web. North Carolina Dept. of Natural & Cultural Resources - Doorway to State of NC genealogy resources Consolidated List of North Carolina Resources - NCGenWeb page with links to a variety of helpful pages with information about North Carolina genealogy. NCGenWeb Statewide Information - Resources & Records for North Carolina researchers History & Explanation of Vital Records in North Carolina -NCGenWeb - learn about Adoption, Birth, Marriage, Cohabitation, Divorce & Death Records, and where to find them Illnesses Reported to NC Board of Health in 1896 - NCGenWeb; lists by county, many ancestors disappeared just before 1900 due to these illnesses Person County Executions - NCGenWeb; Includes a link to Statewide executions History of North Carolina Parishes Basic Steps for Starting Genealogy Research - a brief easy guide with links to help you get started State Library of North Carolina - Genealogy & Family History Research FamilySearch~NC Records - Has hundreds of free research databases for Birth, Marriage, Death, Probate, all kinds of genealogical materials from all over the World; this is the link to NC databases; try them, well worth your time! FamilySearch Records search -Main search page for researching on FamilySearch North Carolina History Project -Online encyclopedia of NC, including commentaries, lessons, community calendar Newspaper Abstracts: Person County - Stories from the past GenDisasters: North Carolina - Events that touched our Ancestors lives Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System - A National Park Service site that includes a data base of soldiers. Links to Message Boards & Queries Resources  Person County Postcards - from UNC-CH Collections Hometown Locator: North Carolina - Find a City, Town, County, State, or other location Confederate Soldier Interments - From the National Park Service, thousands of burials World War II Army Casualties - From NARA, covering all NC Counties World War II Navy, Marine, Coast Guard Casualties for NC - From NARA Reminiscences : a sketch and letters descriptive of life in Person County in former days -Read this book online for free at Archive.org; lots of Person Co. material NCPedia -Everything about NC, an online encyclopedia DigitalNC - North Carolina's Digital Heritage Remembering Roxboro & Person County - on Facebook, a wonderful page that posts County photos & docs Perpetual Calendar - find a calendar for any year, past or present Inflation Calculator - ever wonder how much money was worth in the past? Try this easy tool! North Carolina Postmark Catalog - Post Office locations for each County from pre-Revolutionary to present day War of 1812 Pay Vouchers-North Carolina - images from the NC State Archives Digital Collection North Carolina Troop Returns 1747-1893 - digital images from the NC State Archives Plantations of North Carolina - NCGenWeb site with plantations, family history, slavery records   Don't forget our sister site, the NCGenWeb Archives click button Person County Courthouse Person County Register of Deeds Office P. O. Box 209 21 Abbitt Street Roxboro, NC 27573 Phone 336-597-1733 Use the "Search" link on left  side of the page for Deed searches Planning a visit to the Person County Courthouse? Read below: Tips for Research in the Register of Deeds Office These tips are some things that we have learned by doing research in the Person County Register of Deeds Office.  Keep in mind, though, that many of these records are now accessible online for free and some by subscription in searchable databases, depending on the website you visit as indicated below. Cemeteries All permits to move graves are recorded in Deed Book 88. The largest movement of graves in Person County occurred in connection with the construction of both the Hyco and Mayo power plants by then Carolina Power and Light Company (now Progress Energy). Graves are occasionally be moved because of a road construction project. Graves are sometimes moved from a small family cemetery to a larger church or community cemetery. Plats can be a useful resource in finding cemeteries. Most plats which in any way show a cemetery are indexed in the Plat Index Book under the heading "Cemeteries." I have made a copy of these index pages and am slowly adding these cemetery references to the cemetery "Master List." Marriage Certificates Marriage certificates are indexed in a card file that includes cards for both brides and grooms. Birth Certificates Recording of birth certificates started North Carolina counties in 1913 with the passage of the 1913 Vital Statistics Law. In some cases persons born prior to 1913 provided acceptable proof of birth and delayed birth certificates were issued. Delayed birth certificates are noted by a "D" in the index. These are public records and you are free to examine them and to make copies if you wish. To find a birth certificate, use the "Birth Index" to get the book and page number where the birth certificate is filed. The Birth Index is also useful for deaths in the following way. For those entries in the Birth Index for which death occurred in North Carolina a notation of the date and county of death is included in the Birth Index. Death Certificates Recording of death certificates began North Carolina in 1913. Thus you will not find death certificates prior to 1913. Death certificates on file in the Person County Register of Deeds include only deaths that occurred in Person County. No certificates on available here for deaths that occurred in a hospital in Durham County. To find a death certificate use the "Death Index" to the get book and page number where the death certificate is filed. Graves You will have to ask for this one but I recently learned that the Register of Deeds Office has a card file that includes a huge number of graves in Person County. The card file was typed from pages in several three-ring binders that are now located at the Person County Historical Society. The surveys are now several decades old but could be valuable if you are trying to located a grave. The cards are arranged alphabetically by the name on the tombstone. Online Records Please note that many of these records can now be found online either as an Index or the actual document, which can be downloaded. Following Collections are available: North Carolina Birth Index 1800-2000 ~ index only, free from FamilySearch North Carolina Birth Index 1800-2000 ~ images of birth indexes, by subscription on Ancestry.com North Carolina County Birth Records 1913-1922 - images, free from FamilySearch North Carolina Marriages 1759-1979 ~ abstracts, free from FamilySearch North Carolina Marriages 1762-1979 ~ abstracts & images, free from FamilySearch North Carolina Marriage Records 1741-2011 ~ images, by subscription on Ancestry.com North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930 ~ images, free from FamilySearch North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994 ~ abstracts & images, free from FamilySearch North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1976 ~ images, by subscription on Ancestry.com North Carolina Probate Records 1735-1970 ~ images of wills, guardianship, apprenticeship records, etc., not searchable, free from FamilySearch North Carolina Estate Files 1663-1979 ~ searchable & browsable images, free on FamilySearch Statewide Index to Loose Estate Records ~ free index from NC Genealogical Society; contains links to the files on FamilySearch North Carolina Wills & Probate 1665-1998 ~ images, partially indexed, some searchable, all browsable, by subscription on Ancestry.com

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The records in this office are key to much of our genealogical research. You will find the staff in the Registor of Deeds Office to be very helpful. Records in this office include: marriage licenses birth and death certificates (since 1913) deeds If you need a copy of a specific item from that office (and you know exactly what you want) they will make a copy and mail it to you for $1 per page. A great deal if you need copies of one or two deeds.

Person County Clerk of Court's Office Person County Courthouse 105 South Main St Roxboro, NC 27573 Phone 336-503-5200 They also have a Facebook page Listings include the Clerk of Court. The staff can help you with most requests. Recent estate records are in this office. Old estate records are in the NC Archives in Raleigh, NC.

Person County Library The Person County Public Library includes a local history room with a large amount of genealogy information. The library Web page has additional information. See staff listing here. The reference librarian is usually the best contact for genealogy questions. One of the many useful sources in the local history room at the library is the microfilm collection of the Courier-Times, the local newspaper. This collection provides a treasure of obituaries and other local news. In order to find an obituary, it is necessary to know the date of death! Other Nearby Libraries Danville, VA Library North Carolina State University Duke University, Durham, NC UNC-Chapel Hill Library Catalog Durham Library, Durham, NC Library of Congress - lots of great resources!

Person County Museum of History Phone: 336-597-2884. Great source for local history and exhibits. web page.

Person County Historical Society PO Box 887 Roxboro, NC 27573 336-597-3134 pchs@esinc.net

Caswell County Historical Association Has a terrific genealogical website to help with your research.  Visit their website

VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society The VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society was organized in April 1978 to preserve and to share local records with persons having an interest in the Virginia counties of Franklin, Henry, Pittsylvania and Halifax and the North Carolina counties of Rockingham, Caswell and Person. Membership in the society is open to individuals, families, libraries, societies and/or corporations. Dues are $20 per calendar year and members receive the quarterly publication of the Society, Piedmont Lineages. Contact: VA-NC Piedmont Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 2272, Danville, VA 24541. For additional information, see the Society web pages

North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh North Carolina State Archives 109 East Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 919-807-7310 Includes original North Carolina records, some bible records, cemetery records, passenger lists, land grants, vital statistics, county records, etc. NC State Archives Online Catalog (DOC) - including instructions on how to do a good search North Carolina Digital Collections - many collections are now online in searchable databases, check them out! North Carolina State Library 109 East Jones Street Raleigh, NC 27601-2807 Includes family histories, genealogies, published abstracts of records, genealogy reference books.

FamilySearch Centers

Family History Centers are located throughout the United States to help researchers by providing a number of genealogical resources including records on microfilm & microfiche, CDs, published reference sources for the area of interest, genealogies, histories, gazetteers, atlases & maps, etc. Some of the smaller centers require that you make an appointment since they have limited staff who are all volunteers.  Click onto then name to locate a Family History Center in your area. They also have a number of Records Collections online for every State & County, as well as for many other Countries which may be accessed on their website for free.  Their entire Records Collections can be searched from here, or you can look through their list of individual North Carolina Databases.

Newspapers

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Current Newspaper:  Roxboro Courier-Times  (Person County Life)

List of Newspapers that have been published in Person County.

• Roxboro Courier: 9/1885 - 12/1942

• Roxboro Courier Times: 10/1943 - 12/2003 (first nine months of 1943 are missing)

• Courier, weekly, 1896-1910. RoxRC 4-17, 13 reels. A continuation of the Person County Courier. Continued by the Roxboro Courier.

• Courier-Times, semi-weekly, 1945-1972. RoxCT, 29 reels.

• Person County Courier, weekly, [1885], 1887-1896. RoxRC 1-4, 4 reel. Continued by the Courier.

• Person County News, weekly, [1882, 1883]. RoxMISC-1, partial reel.

• Person County Times, semi-weekly, 1936-1941, 1943. RoxPCT, 4 reels. (Weekly -March 1937).

• Roxboro Courier, weekly, 1910-1917, [1923]. RoxC 17- 24, 8 reels. A continuation of the Courier. Merged with the Person County Times to form the Courier-Times.

• Roxboro Herald, weekly, [1881]. RoxMISC-1, partial reel.

Some of the above Newspapers have been digitized and are available for free as listed at the following sites:

Newspaper Projects

A-Z list of newspapers available for free on the DigitalNC site

Visit the Chronicling America website to use their searchable database.

Newspaper sites listed on NCGenWeb Statewide Information page

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