Wake County, North Carolina Genealogy

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Parent County
1771--Wake County was created from Cumberland, Johnston, and Orange Counties. County seat: Salisbury

Record Loss
1832--Several deed books were destroyed in register's office fire.

Neighboring Counties

 * Chatham
 * Durham
 * Franklin
 * Granville
 * Harnett
 * Johnston
 * Nash

Family Histories

 * [Massey] Massey, William W. "Richard Massey of Bartons Creek, Wake County, North Carolina: With the Search for his Parentage," The Genealogist, Vol. 18, No. 2 (Fall 2004):196-227.

Vital Records
Raleigh marriage and death notices from five of the area's newspapers 1799-1893 are posted at the North Carolina Libraries and State Archives website. These papers include the''Raleigh Register, the North Carolina State Gazette, Daily Sentinel, Raleigh Observer and News and Observer. ''The notices are originally found in book form in the SLNC's 6-volume Marriage and Death notices.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog