Orange County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Orange County

Parent County
1752--Orange County was created from Bladen, Granville and Johnston Counties. County seat: Hillsborough

Neighboring Counties

 * Alamance
 * Caswell
 * Chatham
 * Durham
 * Person

Family Histories

 * [Clendenin] White, Jo White. "Clendenin of Orange County, North Carolina: An Exercise in Southern Genealogical Problem Solving," The Genealogist, Vol. 6, No. 2 (Fall 1985):186-190.

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


 * -1st Regiment, North Carolina Infantry, usually known as the Bethel Regiment.

Newspapers
North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project, North Carolina State Archives. Search full text newspapers published in Hillsboro.

Vital Records
Yearbooks


 * UNC-Chapel Hill: 1890-1978
 * Orange County students at NC colleges - via the NCGenWeb Yearbook Index

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Durham North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * NCGenWeb: Orange County - part of the USGenWeb Project