Top Genealogy Websites: North Carolina Genealogy Resources for Records

It’s exciting to see the daily growth of North Carolina newspapers and genealogical resources going online.

Here are two key websites you need to be familiar with and rely upon for family history information from the “Tar Heel State”: GenealogyBank and FamilySearch.

GenealogyBank’s North Carolina Newspapers Collection

GenealogyBank has North Carolina newspapers covered from 1787 to Today.

Our North Carolina newspaper archives contain more than 130 newspapers to cover the history of the Southern state and its people (see the complete list at the end of this article).

Access the North Carolina newspapers with these two links:

Search North Carolina Newspaper Archives (1787 – 1993)

Search North Carolina Recent Obituaries (1988 – Current)

You can also use the nifty map below. Just click on the dots in your NC area of interest to get a popup containing the listing information for that title. Click the hyperlink in the listing to go directly to the newspaper search page. You can also get the full screen version of the map.

Searching through these North Carolina newspapers, you can pull up a news article giving all of the details about special family occasions, such as a wedding. You’ll find information about your family tree that just can’t be found anywhere else.

This 1911 wedding announcement is a good example. It gives a detailed, personal story of the couple’s wedding, as reported that day by the family to the press.

We can learn about their wedding and celebrate it, now that it’s preserved online.

North Carolina Marriage Registers at FamilySearch

FamilySearch is adding to the celebration by putting up the old North Carolina marriage registers from 1762-1979 online. See: https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1726957

According to FamilySearch’s website, this collection contains the “name index and images of marriage records from North Carolina county courthouses. These records include licenses, marriage applications, marriage bonds, marriage certificates, marriage packets and cohabitation registers. Currently, portions of the following counties are represented in this collection: Alamance, Alexander, Anson, Ashe, Beaufort, Bladen, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Caswell, Catawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Chowan, Cleveland, Columbus, Craven, Cumberland, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Duplin, Durham, Edgecombe, Forsyth, Franklin, Gaston, Gates, Granville, Halifax, Hanover, Hyde, Johnston, Lincoln, Macon, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Montgomery, Northampton, Pitt, Richmond, Rowan, Surry, Wilkes. This collection is 46% complete. Additional records will be added as they are completed.”

These online NC newspapers and marriage registers are powerful genealogy research tools.

It is a great day for North Carolina genealogy!

Here is the complete list of all 133 North Carolina newspapers in GenealogyBank’s online collection.

Discover a variety of genealogy records and news stories in these 26 North Carolina newspapers:

• Charlotte Observer (Charlotte) 3/13/1892 – 12/31/1922
• Charlotte News (Charlotte) 12/11/1888 – 9/29/1922
• Carolina Israelite (Charlotte) 2/1/1944 – 12/1/1958
• Charlotte Semi-Weekly Observer (Charlotte) 12/15/1916 – 12/15/1916
• Africo-American Presbyterian (Charlotte) 12/21/1899 – 12/21/1899
• Carolina Observer (Fayetteville) 12/9/1824 – 2/23/1863
• American (Fayetteville) 4/26/1816 – 4/11/1827
• Greensboro Daily News (Greensboro) 1/3/1906 – 12/30/1982
• Greensboro Record (Greensboro) 3/17/1906 – 3/16/1984
• Greensboro News and Record (Greensboro) 3/19/1984 – 11/9/1989
• North-Carolina Journal (Halifax) 8/1/1792 – 9/11/1797
• Hillsborough Recorder (Hillsborough) 3/10/1824 – 5/10/1865
• True Reformer (Littleton) 7/25/1900 – 7/25/1900
• Newbern Sentinel (New Bern) 3/21/1818 – 6/12/1828
• Carolina Federal Republican (New Bern) 1/12/1809 – 4/25/1818
• North Carolina Sentinel (New Bern) 1/13/1827 – 12/21/1836
• True Republican (New Bern) 4/2/1810 – 8/7/1811
• State Gazette of North Carolina (New Bern) 8/9/1787 – 2/20/1799
• Newbern Herald (New Bern) 1/20/1809 – 2/26/1810
• Morning Herald (New Bern) 9/17/1807 – 12/30/1808
• Star (Raleigh) 11/3/1808 – 5/12/1831
• Gazette (Raleigh) 12/16/1893 – 2/19/1898
• Semi-Weekly Standard (Raleigh) 8/10/1861 – 3/8/1868
• Dispatch (Raleigh) 12/21/1991 – 4/10/1993
• North-Carolina Minerva (Raleigh) 11/26/1799 – 5/20/1800
• Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem) 8/30/1898 – 12/30/1929

Search recent obituary records for your relatives in these 107 North Carolina newspapers:

• Stanly News and Press (Albemarle) 1/2/2007 – Current
• Apex Herald (Apex) 1/4/2007 – Current
• Southwest Wake News (Apex & Holly Springs) 6/1/2011 – Current
• Randolph Guide (Asheboro) 4/6/2008 – Current
• Courier-Tribune (Asheboro) 4/6/2010 – Current
• Beaufort-Hyde News (Belhaven) 7/27/2011 – Current
• Blowing Rocket (Blowing Rock) 5/6/2011 – Current
• Watauga Democrat (Boone) 9/5/2010 – Current
• Mountain Times (Boone) 2/4/2011 – Current
• Pender-Topsail Post & Voice (Burgaw) 11/10/2010 – Current
• Pender Chronicle (Burgaw) 10/28/2009 – Current
• Cary News (Cary) 2/13/2011 – Current
• Chapel Hill Herald (Chapel Hill) 1/1/2002 – Current
• Chapel Hill News (Chapel Hill) 5/3/2000 – Current
• Charlotte Post (Charlotte) 2/3/2011 – Current
• Charlotte Observer, The: Blogs (Charlotte) 11/9/2006 – Current
• Charlotte Observer (Charlotte) 1/1/1992 – Current
• Clayton News-Star (Clayton) 8/10/2011 – Current
• Cleveland Post (Cleveland) 1/18/2007 – 5/2/2013
• Sampson Independent (Clinton) 7/7/2010 – Current
• Stokes News (Danbury) 12/20/2007 – Current
• Herald-Sun (Durham) 1/1/2002 – Current
• Chronicle (Durham) 1/25/1994 – Current
• Durham News (Durham) 9/3/2005 – Current
• Chowan Herald (Edenton) 7/12/2011 – Current
• Daily Advance (Elizabeth City) Recent Obituaries
• Bladen Journal (Elizabethtown) 2/23/2007 – Current
• Tribune (Elkin) 9/19/2007 – Current
• Farmville Enterprise (Farmville) 7/13/2011 – Current
• Fayetteville Observer (Fayetteville) 1/18/1988 – Current
• Daily Courier (Forest City) 1/1/2005 – Current
• Wayne-Wilson News Leader (Fremont) 7/6/2006 – Current
• Fuquay-Varina Independent (Fuquay-Varina) 10/14/2009 – Current
• Garner News (Garner) 10/21/2009 – Current
• Garner-Cleveland Record (Garner & Cleveland) 1/5/2011 – Current
• News & Record (Greensboro) 1/1/1990 – Current
• News & Record: Blogs (Greensboro) 1/24/2005 – Current
• Daily Reflector (Greenville) 8/30/2004 – Current
• Times-Leader (Grifton) 7/20/2011 – Current
• Topsail Voice (Hampstead) 9/10/2008 – 3/28/2012
• Daily Dispatch (Henderson) 4/10/2002 – Current
• Perquimans Weekly (Hertford) 7/13/2011 – Current
• Hickory Daily Record (Hickory) 2/10/2011 – Current
• High Point Enterprise (High Point) 4/14/2007 – Current
• Highlander (Highlands) 2/28/2013 – Current
• Holly Springs Sun (Holly Springs) 7/10/2008 – 5/16/2013
• Kannapolis Citizen (Kannapolis) 4/1/2008 – 5/12/2009
• Independent Tribune (Kannapolis) 5/27/2010 – Current
• Duplin Today – Pink Hill Review (Kenansville) 3/8/2012 – Current
• Duplin Times (Kenansville) 9/29/2011 – Current
• Laurinburg Exchange (Laurinburg) 1/2/2006 – Current
• News-Topic (Lenoir) 11/12/2008 – Current
• Franklin Times (Louisburg) 10/3/2009 – Current
• Robesonian (Lumberton) 1/1/2004 – Current
• McDowell News (Marion) 2/12/2011 – Current
• Enquirer-Journal (Monroe) 10/1/2009 – Current
• Mooresville Tribune (Mooresville) 2/16/2011 – Current
• Carteret County News-Times (Morehead City) 4/16/2008 – Current
• News Herald (Morganton) 1/12/2008 – Current
• Mount Olive Tribune (Mount Olive) 10/6/2011 – Current
• Mt. Airy News (Mt. Airy) 11/2/2010 – Current
• Nashville Graphic (Nashville) 1/6/2009 – Current
• Observer News Enterprise (Newton) 9/6/2008 – Current
• Pilot (Pilot Mountain) 2/20/2008 – Current
• Princeton News-Leader (Princeton) 5/30/2007 – Current
• Midtown Raleigh News (Raleigh) 1/16/2011 – Current
• News & Observer, The: Blogs (Raleigh) 12/7/2009 – Current
• Raleigh Extra (Raleigh) 6/18/1995 – Current
• News & Observer (Raleigh) 1/1/1991 – Current
• News & Observer, The: Web Edition Articles (Raleigh) 5/6/2004 – Current
• North Raleigh News (Raleigh) 7/21/2006 – Current
• Red Springs Citizen (Red Springs) 7/10/2008 – Current
• Reidsville Review (Reidsville) 3/25/2008 – Current
• Eden Daily News (Reidsville) 2/13/2013 – Current
• Richlands-Beulaville Advertiser News (Richlands) 10/28/2009 – 7/12/2011
• Daily Herald (Roanoke Rapids) 9/2/2003 – Current
• Richmond County Daily Journal (Rockingham) 5/5/2003 – Current
• Rocky Mount Telegram (Rocky Mount) 9/3/2002 – Current
• Courier-Times (Roxboro) 11/22/2006 – Current
• St. Pauls Review (Saint Pauls) 9/4/2008 – Current
• Salisbury Post (Salisbury) 12/1/1998 – Current
• Sanford Herald (Sanford) 2/17/2007 – Current
• Brunswick Beacon (Shallotte) 5/18/2010 – Current
• Smithfield Herald (Smithfield) 1/19/2011 – Current
• Standard Laconic (Snow Hill) 7/13/2011 – Current
• Pilot (Southern Pines) 10/8/2009 – Current
• Spring Hope Enterprise & The Bailey News (Spring Hope) 8/3/2006 – Current
• Statesville Record & Landmark (Statesville) 2/6/2011 – Current
• Tideland News (Swansboro) 9/3/2008 – Current
• Sylva Herald & Ruralite (Sylva) 10/21/1999 – Current
• Tabor-Loris Tribune (Tabor City) 3/14/2007 – Current
• Daily Southerner (Tarboro) 1/23/2007 – Current
• Thomasville Times (Thomasville) 1/1/2011 – Current
• Tryon Daily Bulletin (Tryon) 5/14/2007 – Current
• Anson Record (Wadesboro) 6/19/2003 – Current
• Wallace Enterprise (Wallace) 1/6/2010 – 8/12/2011
• Warsaw-Faison News (Warsaw) 1/6/2010 – 9/8/2011
• Weaverville Tribune (Weaverville) 4/30/2008 – Current
• Jefferson Post (West Jefferson) 9/25/2007 – Current
• News Reporter (Whiteville) 4/22/2004 – Current
• Martin County Enterprise and Weekly Herald (Williamston) 7/14/2011 – Current
• StarNews (Wilmington) 1/31/2002 – Current
• Wilson Daily Times (Wilson) 10/10/2010 – Current
• Bertie Ledger-Advance (Windsor) 7/13/2011 – Current
• Winston-Salem Journal (Winston-Salem) 11/14/1997 – Current
• Yadkin Ripple (Yadkinville) 9/19/2007 – Current
• Eastern Wake News (Zebulon) 11/12/2009 – Current

Click on the image below to download a printable list of the North Carolina Newspapers in GenealogyBank for your future reference. You can save to your desktop and click the individual titles to go directly to your newspaper of interest. Simply go to the file tab and click print.

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