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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 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

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www.statelibrary.ncdcr.gov/digital/ncfamilyrecords/

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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: digital.info@ncdcr.gov 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