North Carolina vital
records are one of the most valuable sources of North Carolina genealogical
information. They become especially helpful when they enable you to
find a copy of a birth record, death record, or marriage certificate which can
uncover other related names and localities. These North Carolina vital
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Edgecombe County, North Carolina was formed in 1741 from Bertie
County. The county seat is Tarboro. Parts of Edgecombe were later divided into
Nash, Halifax, Wilson, and Martin counties, and thus are valuable to researchers
of those areas.
Carved out of the much larger Edgecombe County in 1777, Nash
County, North Carolina is nestled in the northeast corner of the state. In 1909
a local genealogical group published a series of county histories for the
northeastern region of the state. This database is a distillation of vital
records from the history of Nash County.
This database contains death records for over 90,000 residents
of the state of North Carolina. Provided by the state Department of Health and
Human Services, this information covers persons who died between January 1968
and December 1969.
This large database contains death records for over 200,000
residents of the state of North Carolina.
North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868
When planning to marry, the prospective groom took out a bond
from the clerk of the court in the county where the bride had her usual
residence as surety that there was no legal obstacle to the proposed marriage.
On file in the North Carolina State Archives are 170,000 marriage bonds,
covering the years 1741-1868.
The first permanent English settlers in North Carolina were
Virginians who heard reports of fertile bottom lands, abundant timber resources,
and an excellent climate. This database is an index to marriage records that
took place in North Carolina between 1842 and 1900.