North Carolina Deaths and Burials - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection is an index for the years 1898 to 1994. This index is not complete for any particular place, region or time period. This collection may include information previously published in the International Genealogical Index.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Death and burial
 * The name of the deceased
 * The death date
 * The place of death
 * The names of parents
 * The name of the spouse

Coverage Table
A coverage table for this collection is available in the wiki article North Carolina Deaths and Burials, Coverage Table - FamilySearch Historical Records

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The date of death for your ancestor
 * The place where your ancestor died
 * The names of family members and their relationships

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s death or burial record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about them. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the birth date along with the place of birth to find the family in census records
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records
 * The father’s occupation can lead you to other types of records such as employment or military records
 * The parents' birth places can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family
 * It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile birth entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the birth records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born in the same county or nearby

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names
 * Look for another index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby counties

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of North Carolina.
 * North Carolina Guided Research
 * North Carolina Record Finder
 * North Carolina Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step North Carolina Research, 1880-Present

Family History Library Holdings

 * Department of Public Health. Vital Records Section. Index to death certificates, 1968-1994
 * Department of Public Health. Vital Records Section. Death certificates,1906-1994 and indexes 1906-1967; still births,1914-1953; fetal death indexes,1950-

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * North Carolina Deaths, 1906-1930
 * North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994
 * North Carolina, Wake County, Death Records, 1900-1909

Related Digital Books

 * North Carolina Historical Records Survey, Service Division, Work Projects Administration. Guide to vital statistics records in North Carolina. Raleigh, North Carolina : Historical Records Survey (North Carolina), 1942

Citing This Collection
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