Dare County, North Carolina Genealogy

Guide to Dare County, North Carolina ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Dare County Courthouse 400 Budleigh Street P O Box 70 Manteo, NC 27954 Phone: 252-473-3438 Registrar of Deed has birth and death records from 1913 marriage records from 1870 and land records Clerk Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1870  Register of Deeds PO Box 70 Manteo, NC 27954 Telephone: 252-475-5970 Fax: 252-473-5393 Website  Clerk of Superior Court PO Box 1849 Manteo, NC 27594 Telephone: (252) 475-5200

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating North Carolina county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation North Carolina County Boundary Maps" (1664-1965) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Parent County
1870--Dare County was created 3 February 1870 from Currituck, Tyrrell, and Hyde Counties. County seat: Manteo


 * History of Dare Co., NC

Neighboring Counties

 * Currituck
 * Hyde
 * Tyrrell

African American

 * Roanoke Island Freedman's Colony - website dedicated to camp on the island of refugee slaves just after the Civil War. Site includes history, documents, lists of slaves who lived on the island and more.

Bibles

 * Dare Co., NC Bible Records &amp; Family Papers

Biographies

 * Dare Co., NC Bios

Cemeteries

 * Access Genealogy for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries

Census

 * 1870 Dare Co., NC Census
 * 1880 Dare Co., NC Census
 * 1890 Veterans Census

Court

 * Court Records at NCGenWeb Archives

Family Pages

 * Families pertaining to Dare Co., NC

Maps

 * Dare Co., NC Maps

Military

 * Dare Co., NC Military Records (from Colonial Militia to Vietnam)

Revolutionary War

 * 1779 - 1782 - at FamilySearch — index and images

War of 1812

 * Jones, Gordon C.: .Abstracts of land-grants, tax lists, orphans dockets, inventories and other records, : Currituck and Dare counties, North Carolina, 1666-1831 Chesapeak, Virginia, G.C.Jones c1982) pages 91 FHL Book 976.6132 P28

Civil War
Online Records
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1861 - 1865 - U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry — index (free)
 * 1885 - 1953 - at FamilySearch — images

Civil War Battle
The following Civil War battles were fought in Dare County:


 * August 28-29, 1861 = Hatteras Inlet Batteries, also known as Forts Clark and Hatteras
 * February 7-8, 1862 = Roanoke Island, also known as Fort Huger


 * Map showing Civil War battles in North Carolina.

World War I

 * 1917 - 1919 - at FamilySearch — index and images

World War II

 * 1940 - 1948 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Miscellaneous

 * Misc. Dare Co., NC Records
 * The Lost Colony articles
 * Dare Co., NC Penny Postcards at NCGenWeb Archives
 * Medical Directory for Avon, NCat NCGenWeb Archives

Newspapers

 * News articles pertaining to Dare County, NC

Photographs

 * Photos of Dare Co., NC People
 * Dare Co., Historical Markers
 * Photos of Places in Dare Co., NC

Probate
Online Probate Records


 * 1660 - 1790 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1660-1790 at Ancestry.com — index and images $]
 * 1663 - 1979 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1665 - 1998 - North Carolina Wills and Probate Records 1665-1998 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1735 - 1970 - at FamilySearch.org — images
 * 1760 - 1800 - North Carolina Will Abstracts 1760-1800 at Ancestry.com — index and ima
 * 1823 - 1963 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.
 * 1870 - 1967 - Dare County North Carolina list of will book testators SAMPUBCO - Browsable index of testators of wills. - Free

Births

 * Dare Co., NC Births at NCGenWeb Archives
 * 1800 - 2000 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1866 - 1964 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Marriages

 * 1870 - 1967 - Dare County Marriage Index 1870-1967. Batch at FamilySearch - free.
 * Dare Co., NC Marriages at NCGenWeb Archives
 * 1741 - 2004 - North Carolina Marriage Index 1741-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1759 - 1979 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1762 - 1979 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1763 - 1868 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Divorce

 * 1958 - 2004 - North Carolina Divorce Index 1958-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $

Deaths

 * Dare Co., Obits
 * Dare Co., NC Obituaries at NCGenWeb Archives
 * 1898 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index
 * 1906 - 1930 - at FamilySearch.org — index and images
 * 1908 - 2004 - North Carolina Death Indexes 1908-2004 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1909 - 1975 - North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1931 - 1994 - at FamilySearch.org — index

Wills &amp; Estates

 * 1870 - 1946 - have been digitized by FamilySearch - free.


 * Dare Co., NC Wills
 * Dare Co., NC Estates

Societies and Libraries
Albemarle Genealogical Society 142 Waterlily Road  Coinjock, NC 27923  website Website

Dare Co., NC Organizations &amp; Links

Family History Centers

 * Nags Head North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * Dare County, NC History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Genealogy Inc)
 * USGenWeb Project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Dare County NCGenWeb
 * USGenWeb Archives-Dare County
 * USGenWeb Archives-Dare County