Forsyth County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States North Carolina  Forsyth County

County Courthouse
Forsyth County Courthouse 102 W 3rd Street P O Box 20639 Winston Salem, NC 27101 Phone: 316-727-2903

Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1849

Parent County
1849--Forsyth County was created 16 January 1849 from Stokes County. County seat: Winston-Salem

Neighboring Counties

 * Davidson
 * Davie
 * Guilford
 * Rockingham
 * Stokes
 * Surry
 * Yadkin

Cemeteries

 * Forsyth County Cemeteries - via the NCGenWeb Archives
 * Forsyth County Cemeteries - via Cemetery Census
 * Forsyth County Cemeteries - listed at FindAGrave.com

Dunker

 * Fraternity Church of the Brethren, near Clemmons, N.C. Established about 1775. Previously located in Surry and Stokes counties.

Lutheran

 * Nazareth Church aka Old Dutch Meeting House. Organized about 1778 by German settlers. Formerly located in Surry and Stokes counties.

Moravian

 * Friedberg Church. Begun 1759; organized 1773. Formerly located in Surry and Stokes counties.

Land

 * Deeds: 1849-1965 -- can be searched online on the Forsyth County Register of Deeds website.

Maps

 * Forsyth County Maps - via the NC Maps project

Civil War
Civil War Confederate units - Brief history, counties where recruited, etc.


 * -2nd Battalion, North Carolina Infantry

Newspapers

 * Forsyth county newspapers - a listing of newspapers published in the county &amp; libraries that hold them; via the Library of Congress
 * Forsyth County residents in the newspaper - name listing of people from the county as located in misc. newspaper articles; time span varies. Articles indexed in the NC People in the Papers database.

Probate

 * 1842-1932 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.

Births

 * North Carolina Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 - search this name index to birth, baptism and christening records from the state; via FamilySearch

Marriages

 * Forsyth County Marriages - on the NCGenWeb Archives
 * North Carolina Marriages, 1762-1979 - search this database of marriages from across the state - images included; via FamilySearch
 * Forsyth County marriages - may be included throughout Carrie Broughton's 6-volume index of the Raleigh Register &amp; State Gazette newspaper (1799-1893). Marriages are listed by year and PDF files are searchable. Available on the North Carolina Digital Collections website.

Deaths

 * Forsyth county deaths - list of county area deaths reported in various newspapers; dates range from late 1700s to 1900s.
 * Misc. Obituaries - on the NCGenWeb Archives site
 * North Carolina Death Certificates, 1906-1930 - search a statewide collection of freely available death certificates - images are included; via FamilySearch
 * North Carolina Deaths &amp; Burials, 1898-1994 - search death records from across the state; via FamilySearch

Yearbooks

 * Wake Forest University: 1903-2008
 * Wake Forest University School of Medicine Yearbooks: 1943-2011
 * Salem College: 1902-1983
 * Forsyth County students at North Carolina colleges - a list alphabetized by surname from the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Societies and Libraries

 * Forsyth County Genealogical Society
 * Forsyth County Historical Society
 * Forsyth County Public Library (NC Room)

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Winston-Salem North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * NCGenWeb: Forsyth County - part of the USGenWeb Project