Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Tuesday's Tip - 18 North Carolina Collections on FamilySearch.org

This week's Tuesday's Tip is:  Use the 18 FamilySearch.org Record Collections for North Carolina.

There are 18 historical record collections for the state of North Carolina on FamilySearch.org.  Check them out at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/list  [Tip:  type "north carolina" in the search field at the top left of the screen]:


The 18 record collections currently available are:

*  North Carolina, Birth Index, 1800-2000 -- 6,957,267 records, last updated 12 Dec 2011
*  North Carolina, Births and Christenings, 1866-1964 -- 156,281 records, last updated 30 Mar 2012
*  North Carolina, Civil Action Court Papers, 1712-1970 --  Browse Images only, last updated 27 Mar 2014
*  North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865 -- 1,773,886 records, last updated 20 Apr 2012
*  North Carolina, Civil War Service Records of Union Soldiers, 1861-1865 -- 58,417 records, last updated 15 May 2012

*  North Carolina, Confederate Soldiers and Widows Pension Applications, 1885-1953 -- Browse Images only, last updated 31 Aug 2011
*  North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 -- 1,044,146 records, last updated 12 May 2014
*  North Carolina, County Records, 1833-1970 -- Browse Images only, last updated 25 Jan 2013
*  North Carolina, Davidson County Vital Records, 1867-1984 -- Browse Images only, last updated 12 Oct 2012
*  North Carolina, Deaths and Burials, 1898-1994 -- 109,511 records, last updated 11 Nov 2011

*  North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 -- 615,657 records, last updated 21 Jan 2011
*  North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994 -- 2,642,875 records, last updated 27 Jun 2012
*  North Carolina, Estate Files, 1663-1979 -- 207,964 records, last updated 15 Apr 2014
*  North Carolina, Freedmen's Bureau Records, 1863-1872 -- Browse Images only, last updated 23 Apr 2014
*  North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979 -- 2,128,230 records, last updated 21 Mar 2012

*  North Carolina, Probate Records, 1735-1970 -- Browse Images only, last updated 29 Jun 2011
*  North Carolina, State Supreme Court Case Files, 1800-1909 -- Browse Images only, last updated 06 Sep 2012
*  North Carolina, Wilmington and Morehead City Passenger and Crew Lists, 1908-1958 -- 88,345 records, last updated 21 Oct 2013

There are five collections that don't have record images;  the other 13 have record images.

 There are seven collections that are Browse Images only, and the other 11 are indexed.  For those Browse Images collections, users will have to look for indexes in the digitized record books, and use information from the index to find records for their research target. 

The gems in this list of North Carolina record collections, to me, are the Estate and Probate Records.  Those collections have the potential to solve research mysteries for researchers.  The Estate Files are indexed, and the Probate files are not, but there are 96 counties with Probate files in that collection.

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Copyright (c) 2014, Randall J. Seaver


1 comment:

J. Paul Hawthorne said...

Thank you for highlighting these links on FamilySearch. As I am moving into this state for my paternal line in the 1700's, this will help me navigate more quickly.