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1844 Lenoir County, NC Tax List
I was so happy to find this on the NCDCR site. First time I've ever seen my ancestor Eli Cox's…
Family Tree Fact Check: Elial Edwards, son of Emanuel Edwards
There is a persistent error on Ancestry and elsewhere that is conflating two Elial EDWARDS from Beaufort County, North Carolina.…Family Tree Fact Check: War of 1812 Pension Records are further proof that William Holmes and family are from Beaufort County, NC.
For some reason, misinformation persists on Ancestry and other sites about William Holmes of Beaufort County, NC who removed with…
Captain Cannons District – 1775 Pitt County Census
African American Ancestry
William S. Morris of New Bern’s will provides instructions to emancipate “my negro woman and three mulatto children”
Before offering the transcription of this will, first it seems appropriate to provide some context. In 1808 the Act Prohibiting…Indians and mixed-race people named in court records of Carteret County
If you are researching your ancestry, and know that one of your forebears was one of North Carolina's earliest citizens,…
North Carolina Slave Narratives
Between 1936 and 1937, the Works Progress Administration conducted a series of interviews with men and women who were born…
Free People of Color – by County – 1790 Federal Census
I originally compiled and published this list at CoastalCarolinaIndians.com for the purpose of helping people with their Indian ancestry research.…
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Craven County School Census – 12th District – Heads of Household & Children (1840?)
I've been working on organizing my seemingly endless genealogy files lately, and came across images I had taken of microfilm (or…Many early North Carolina families are named on the Moseley Map (1733). Is one of them yours?
How early were your ancestors in North Carolina? If they were here prior to the War of Independence, then it…1870 Federal Census – North Carolina Counties (Completely free to access and download!)
The following are links to North Carolina counties for the 1870 Federal Census. Thanks to the Internet Archive, these are…1790 – Dobbs County Census
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, Pages 481-500.1790 – Pitt County Census
The following can be found in the State Records of North Carolina, Volume 26, Pages 904-926.Henby/Hemby Federal Census Records through 1850 – Eastern NC Counties
The following are some entries for Henby/Hemby households in eastern North Carolina counties, including Perquimans, Pasquotank, Pitt, Lenoir and Onslow…
This is amazing - I have been recently digging into my ancestry. I believe Laban is my 4th or 5th…