Click on a county in the list below to see information on this site pertaining to it.
If a county does not have a link, that means I have some information for the page, but it's not up yet.
For starting your North Carolina research, below are some general links for
the state: Email
me to submit another great site!
Below is a list of museum, historic sites, archival depositories, libraries,
and special collection depositories: Email
me to submit a site to be included
- State Library of North Carolina (Raleigh)
- State Archives of North Carolina (Raleigh)
- Rare books, Manuscripts, and Special Collections - Duke University (Durham)
- Rare book collection - UNC-Chapel Hill (Chapel Hill)
- Southern Historical Collection (UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Special Collections and University Archive (NC State University - Raleigh)
- Duke University Library (Durham, NC)
- D. H. Hill Library (Raleigh-North Carolina State University Library)
- UNC-Chapel Hill Library (University of North Carolina)
- Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts (Winston-Salem, part of Old Salem - This is a great depository if your ancestor had any artistic trade such as carpentry, silver smith, ship builder, printer, etc. and includes all the South even a few northern, not just NC!)
- North Carolina Museum of History (Raleigh)
- Biltmore Estate (near Asheville)
- Cherokee Indian Museum (near Asheville, on the Cherokee Reservation)
Below is a list of Societies in the state of North Carolina. For ones not online,
their mailing address is given so you can write to them. Email
me if you society is not listed!
- Afro-American Heritage Society of North Carolina P.O. Box 26334 Raleigh, NC 27611
- Eastern North Carolina Genealogical Society P.O. Box 395 New Bern, NC 28560
- Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina 106 S. McMorrine St., Suite 6 Elizabeth City, NC 27909-4449
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Sovereign Grand Lodge I.O.O.F. 422 North Trade St. Winston-Salem, NC 27101-2830
- Jewish Genealogical Society of Raleigh 8701 Sleepy Creek Dr. Raleigh, NC 27612>
- Kinfolk Trackers 8375 HWY 306 South Arapaho, NC 28510
- Kinfolk Trackers Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1344 New Bern, NC 28563-1344
- North Carolina Genealogical Society P.O. Box 1492 Raleigh, NC 27602
- North Carolina Society of County and Local Historians 1209 Hill St. Greensboro, NC 27408
- PAF-Finders Club 8501 Southampton Dr. Raleigh, NC 27615
- Sons of the American Revolution, North Carolina Society 2221 Oleander Dr. Wilmington, NC 28403
- Southeastern North Carolina Genealogical Society P.O. Box 468 Chadbourn, NC 28431-0468
- Southport Historical Society 501 N. Atlantic Ave. Southport, NC 28461
- Southwestern North Carolina Genealogical Society 101 Blumenthal Murphy, NC 28906
- Toe Valley Genealogical Society 491 Beaver Creek Road Spruce Pine, NC 28777
Below is a list of schools, Universities, and colleges in North Carolina - (HBCU)
after a school name means that it is a part of the Historically Black Colleges and
Universities. If you had ancestors that attended one of these schools, it would
be a good idea to contact the special collections/university archives, usually a
department within the university library, as many universities have an alumni association
that keep surprisingly accurate records of the major activities and whereabouts of their
alumni. I doubt this is a complete list, so please email
me to add a school to the list!
