Description

You’ll love this if…

• You’re getting started tracing your ancestors in North Carolina
• You want new ideas and resources to get past a North Carolina brick wall
• Your genealogy search is focused mainly on North Carolina

Trace your North Carolina ancestors with the advice and resources in our State Research Guide! This four-page download includes:

• a how-to article detailing North Carolina’s history and records, with helpful advice on tracking your family there
• the best websites, books and other resources for North Carolina research, handpicked by our editors and experts
• listings of key libraries, archives and organizations that hold the records you need
• timeline of key events in the state’s history
• full-color map to put your research in geographical context

Here’s a sampling of the helpful tips you’ll get in the North Carolina guide:

• North Dakota was a public-land state, so records of its land boom are at the Bureau of Land Management’s office in Billings, Mont., and at NARA.
• Like many Southern states, North Carolina was tardy in adopting statewide vital records. State-level registration of births and deaths didn’t begin until 1913.

Plus, each guide contains active web links for one-click access to every recommended online resource. You can view this PDF on your computer and print pages for reference.