LibGuides: Genealogy and Family History Resources: North Carolina

North Carolina Genealogy Resources

Recommended First Stop: #Everything NC - Genealogy

#EverythingNC: Genealogy (State Library of NC) Extensive guide with access/links to state resources, county / local libraries and genealogical societies, and other institutions around NC. From the State Library of NC - Government & Heritage Library.

Other NC Resources

Carolina Digital Collections (UNC)
Digital NC Explore original materials from 272 libraries, museums, and archives across North Carolina.

Digital Sanborn Maps, 1867-1970 This link opens in a new window Digital Sanborn Maps (1867-1970) for North Carolina delivers detailed property and land-use records that depict the grid of everyday life in 158 North Carolina towns and cities across a century of change.

Family Records Collection (NC Digital Collections) The Family Records Collection is comprised of North Carolina family history materials from the holdings of the State Archives of North Carolina and State Library of North Carolina. The searchable online collection currently contains bible records, marriage and death announcements, cemetery records, and more.
Links to NC Local & State Resources (NCGS) Links to North Carolina, regional, and national genealogical resources. Some entries may appear in more than one category.
NC Office of Archives and History
State Library of NC - Beginning Genealogy Digital collections and online resources.
State Library of NC - Govt. & Heritage Library LibGuide to resources in the NC Government and Heritage Library.
UNC Libraries - Genealogy Resources Guide to online and physical resources at UNC's Wilson Library in Chapel Hill.

Digital NC - NC Newspapers Includes 3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC newspapers.

Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection This link opens in a new window Includes 3.5 million pages of digitized content from over 1,000 NC newspapers.

NC Newspapers Digitized at the Library of Congress Part of the Chronicling America Historical Newspaper Collection at the Library of Congress
Online NC Newspapers List From Wikipedia, list of online newspapers, some free, some behind paywalls.
NC Genealogical Indexes & Abstracts of Newspapers This guide is a resource for finding indexes to genealogical information in contemporary and historical newspapers. These indexes are located in print in the N.C. Government & Heritage Library unless otherwise indicated. Please note this does note reflect the holdings of our newspaper collection.