Records & Resources: Wilson County

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Biographies

• Wilson County Biographies - at NCPedia.org

Births

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 (FamilySearch)

Cemeteries

• Wilson County Cemeteries - at the USGenWeb Archives
• Wilson County Cemeteries - at Find-A-Grave
• Wilson County Cemeteries - on the Cemetery Census website

Census Records

• Wilson County Census Records - at the USGenWeb Archives
• Census Records (Free at FamilySearch.org) - 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, and 1940

Deaths

• Wilson County Obituaries - posted at the USGenWeb Archives
• North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930(FamilySearch) - includes images
• North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994 (FamilySearch) - index only
• Social Security Death Index - search for your Wilson County individuals

Education

• Wilson County Seniors in NC Colleges - mostly seniors and mostly pre-1931(NCGenWeb Yearbook Index)

History

• History of Wilson County - at NCPedia.org

Marriages

• Wilson County Marriages - some records at the USGenWeb Archives
• North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 (FamilySearch)

Newspapers

• Wilson Advance - digitized issues from 1874-1899

Photos

• Wilson County Local History Library Photos

Wills & Probate

• Wilson County Wills - at the USGenWeb Archives

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