North Carolina, United States Genealogy

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

North Carolina Information
North Carolina is a state located in the eastern portion of the United States. It is divided into 100 counties. North Carolina was the 12th state to join the Union on	November 21, 1789. It was formed from the Crown Colony of North Carolina. The State Capital is Raleigh.

North Carolina Clickable Map
Many genealogy records are kept on the county level in the United States. Click on a county below to go to the county Wiki article listing more information.

Counties
Extinct or Renamed Counties: Albemarle | Bath | Bute | Cherokee Reservation | Clarendon | Dobbs | Glasgow | Tryon

Counties gone to Tennessee or Virginia:  State of Franklin· Blount· Caswell (TN)· Davidson (TN)· Fincastle (VA)· Greene (TN)· Hawkins· Sevier· Spencer· Sullivan· Sumner· Tennessee· Washington (old)· Wayne (TN)

North Carolina Migration Routes
Atlantic Coast Ports· Black Fox Trail · Catawba and Northern Trail · Catawba Trail · Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad · Fall Line Road Southern Road · Fayetteville, Elizabethtown, and Wilmington Trail · Great Valley Road · Jonesboro Road · King's Highway · Lower Cherokee Traders' Path · New River and Southern Trail · Occaneechi Path · Old Cherokee Path · Rutherford's War Trace · Secondary Coast Road · Unicoi Trail · Upper Road · Wilmington, Highpoint, and Northern Trail

FamilySearch Resources
Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.


 * Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
 * Learning Center - Online genealogy courses
 * Historical Records - databases and record images on FamilySearch
 * FamilySearch Center locator map

Additional Resources

 * Jeffrey L. Haines, Research in North Carolina 2nd ed. Arlington, Virginia : National Genealogical Society, 2017 FS Library 975.6 D27ngs
 * North Carolina Genealogical Society journal Raleigh, North Carolina : North Carolina Genealogical Society, 1975- FS Library 975.6 B2s
 * Cyndi's List - North Carolina genealogy sites on the internet
 * North Carolina Genealogy Trails - collection of transcribed data for the state of North Carolina
 * Access Genealogy – Genealogy guide for North Carolina
 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - Guide to Ancestry and Family Tree Records for North Carolina
 * North Carolina Research Outline – Original FamilySearch Library research outline; contains many out of date links
 * Guide To Research Materials In the North Carolina State Archives (archived version, 11th edition, 2002) 379 page county record inventory. Lists county formation date, courthouse disasters, record types (bonds, corporate, court, election, estate, land, marriage, roads, tax, wills), dates covered, if a book, boxed, or filmed.
 * State Archives of North Carolina Finding Aids —— Narrative descriptions of archival materials held, often providing more detailed information than the online catalog, box lists, and folder lists, about individual collections.
 * North Carolina Blacksheep Ancestors, NC prisoners, outlaws, court records, and executions.
 * DigitalNC Collection: North Carolina's Digital Heritage
 * Every Name Index
 * Online encyclopedia about all things North Carolina
 * Piedmont Trails - North Carolina genealogy with references to colonial migrations, land grants and detailed history of the piedmont region.
 * Postcards - An archive of thousands of vintage postcards, indexed by locations, topics, destinations, and names of senders and recipients, with 200+ for North Carolina, and 400+ recipients from North Carolina.