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Genealogy Online Genealogy Online Navigating the State Library and State Archives’ Digital Collections Rachel Trent State Library of North Carolina Ashley
Genealogy Online Genealogy Online Navigating the State Library
and State Archives Digital Collections Rachel Trent State Library
of North Carolina Ashley Yandle State Archives of North Carolina
Kathleen Kenney State Library of North Carolina
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www.ncdcr.gov State Archives State Library Archaeology Art
Museums Historic Preservation Historic Sites Museum of History
Symphony Department of Cultural Resources
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What we do have online What we dont have online (yet)
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www.digital.ncdcr.gov
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War of 1812 Pay Vouchers North Carolina Newspapers NC ECHO
Project
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1.Family Records 2.Alien Registration & Naturalization
Records 3.War of 1812 Pay Vouchers 4.State Publications (Government
Documents) 5.Women, Marriage and the Law 6.Other resources
7.Digital Public Library of America
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1.Family Records 2.Alien Registration & Naturalization
Records 3.War of 1812 Pay Vouchers 4.State Publications (Government
Documents) 5.Women, Marriage and the Law 6.Other resources
7.Digital Public Library of America
Bible records State Archives began collecting in 1967 2,000+
Bibles Mostly 1800s (dates from 1485 to 2012) Each has at least one
person who lived in or was born in NC at least one birth or death
dating to 1913 or earlier
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Family trees Births Deaths Marriages Baptisms Slaves Historic
events Bullard Family Bible Records John Bullard - born 1485
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William Graham of Rowan County, List of Slaves Record of Slave
Births
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Marriage & Death Notices 6-volume Marriage and Death
Notices 1799 to 1893 Raleigh Register, North Carolina State
Gazette, Daily Sentinel, Raleigh Observer and News &
Observer.
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Cemetery Records Photographs of headstones Hebrew Cemetery in
Historic Oakwood Cemetery, Raleigh WPA cemetery survey 97 counties,
survey done c.1937
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Transcribed Vertical Files
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Genealogy Books
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1.Family Records 2.Alien Registration & Naturalization
Records 3.War of 1812 Pay Vouchers 4.State Publications (Government
Documents) 5.Women, Marriage and the Law 6.Other resources
7.Digital Public Library of America
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Alien Registration and Naturalization
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Put a Face to Your Family History CDC: Specific Types of
Records
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1.Family Records 2.Alien Registration & Naturalization
Records 3.War of 1812 Pay Vouchers 4.State Publications (Government
Documents) 5.Women, Marriage and the Law 6.Other resources
7.Digital Public Library of America
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War of 1812 Pay Vouchers
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What information is included on a pay voucher? The certificates
are on preprinted forms with the blanks filled in for: Voucher
number Date of issue The soldier's name and rank His captain's name
and county The amount due.
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1.Family Records 2.Alien Registration & Naturalization
Records 3.War of 1812 Pay Vouchers 4.State Publications (Government
Documents) 5.Women, Marriage and the Law 6.Other resources
7.Digital Public Library of America
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www.ncgovdocs.org
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Session Laws 1817-2009 Includes Public- Local Laws, Public
Laws, Private Laws All ratified bills and resolutions
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Laws & Resolutions of the State of North Carolina, 1881
Laws of North Carolina, 1818
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Public Documents Also known as the Executive and Legislative
Documents 1831-1919 Annual/biennial reports to the governor,
correspondence Contents vary over the years
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1.Family Records 2.Alien Registration & Naturalization
Records 3.War of 1812 Pay Vouchers 4.State Publications (Government
Documents) 5.Women, Marriage and the Law 6.Other resources
7.Digital Public Library of America
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Women, Marriage and the Law
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To the Honorable, the General Assembly of the State of North
Carolina Petition to the General Assembly (State Legislature) from
Eilzabeth Bently for divorce from James Bently. Session, Nov.
1838-Jan. 1839.
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Not All Petitioners Were Women Petition from Samuel Love, a
Freedman, to legitimize his son, Samuel, for inheritance purposes.
November to December Session, 1819.
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A Few Other Resources Catalogs Blogs North Carolina Newspaper
Locator Copyrighted Vertical File Database Vertical File
Transcription Project (Accessible through Flickr or from the NC
Family Records Online homepage) NC ECHO NC Digital Heritage
Center
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1.Family Records 2.Alien Registration & Naturalization
Records 3.War of 1812 Pay Vouchers 4.State Publications (Government
Documents) 5.Women, Marriage and the Law 6.Other resources
7.Digital Public Library of America
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A PORTAL FOR DISCOVERY A PLATFORM TO BUILD UPON A STRONG PUBLIC
OPTION
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A PORTAL FOR DISCOVERY
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EXPLORE THROUGH TIME
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BROWSE BY PLACE
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BROWSE BY VIRTUAL BOOKSHELF
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EXPLORE CURATED EXHIBITS
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Thanks! Thanks! Questions: [email protected] Website:
www.digital.ncdcr.govwww.digital.ncdcr.gov NC Dept of Cultural
Resources www.ncdcr.gov State Archives of NC:
www.ncdcr.gov/archives State Library of NC:
www.statelibrary.ncdcr.gov