Dare County, North Carolina Genealogy

United States   North Carolina    Dare County

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

Dare County was from Currituck, Tyrell, Hyde 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

 * Dare Co., NC Cemeteries (some with tombstone photos)
 * Cemetery Census for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
 * Access Genealogy for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
 * Find-A-Grave for Dare Co., NC Cemeteries
 * USGenWeb Archives 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)

==== 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

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

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

Vital Records

 * Dare Co., NC Births at NCGenWeb Archives
 * Dare Co., NC Marriages at NCGenWeb Archives
 * Dare Co., Obits
 * Dare Co., NC Obituaries at NCGenWeb Archives

Wills &amp; Estates

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

Societies and Libraries
Dare Co., NC Organizations &amp; Links

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Nags Head North Carolina Family History Center

Web Sites

 * 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