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down Subject: [NC-SC] N.C. Genealogy Society Research Tapes
down Subject: [NC-SC] Alamance Co, NC mailing list
down Subject: [NC-SC] N.C. Civil War Soldiers Book
down Original Orange County Records held in the N.C. Archives.
down Original Caswell County Records held in the N.C. Archives
down Subject: Re: North Carolina Research
 

Subject: [NC-SC] N.C. Genealogy Society Research Tapes
The North Carolina Genealogical Society has research cassette tapes that they are selling. If you are unable to travel to the County Courthouses or the N.C. Archives, this is a good way to further your research. Tapes are done by well known genealogy speakers and book writers of North Carolina. 

  • The New River, by William D. Bennett
  • Early Federal Court Records, by William D. Bennett .
  • All Coming---Some Going, by C. Ross
  • East Meets West, by C. Ross Valdese and the Waldesians, by White
  • Resources in Watauga County by Olsen Research in Hertford County, by Winslow
  • Problem County By-pass--Hertford County, by Helen F.M. Leary

To order any of the above tapes, send your name, address, and payment ($5.00 per tape, plus $1.00 postage per tape). NC residents please include 6% sales tax, to:

    North Carolina Genealogical Society
    P.O. Box 1492
    Raleigh, NC 27602-1492

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Subject: [NC-SC] Alamance Co, NC mailing list
There is a new mailing list on RootsWeb for Alamance Co, NC. You are invited to subscribe to this list by sending E-mail to:

NCALAMAN-L-request@rootsweb.com for individual messages or NCALAMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com for the digest mode.

Just type the word "subscribe" in the body of the message. Do not use a signature line in the message. Subject line is not necessary.
 

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Subject: [NC-SC] N.C. Civil War Soldiers Book
For those of you that had ancestors who fought in the North Carolina Troops, there is a wonderful book that many folks are not aware of, it has pictures and the history of many of our Tar Heel men. More volumes will be published later as the writer obtains more histories and pictures.

  • State Troops And Volunteers  - A Photographic Record Of N.C. Civil War Soldiers, Volume 1, by Greg Mast (1995)

Greg Mast can be reached at:

    P.O. Box 72033
    Durham, NC 27722-2033

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Original Orange County Records held in the N.C. Archives.

  • ESTATE RECORDS....C.R. 073.500.xxx
  • Administrator's Bonds, 1868-1913; 7 volumes
  • Estates Records, no date, 1754-1944; 135 fiberdex boxes
  • Guardians' Accounts, 1819-1910; 4 volumes
  • Guardians' Bonds, 1868-1899; 2 volumes
  • Guardians' Records, 1782-1941; 26 fiberdex boxes
  • Inventories, Sales, and Accounts of Estates, 1758-1785, 1800-1912; 24 volumes
  • MARRIAGE, DIVORCE, and VITAL STATISTICS...C.R. 073.600.xxx
  • Marriage Bonds, 1779-1868; 35 fiberdex boxes
  • Marriage License Applications, 1929-1930; 1 volume
  • Marriage Records, 1860-1861, 1866-1867; 1 volume
  • Negro Cohabitation, 1866-1868; 1 volume
  • Divorce Records, 1824-1908; 3 fiberdex boxes
  • WILLS... Wills, 1753-1937; 17 fiberdex boxes
     

Original Caswell County Records held in the N.C. Archives.
Caswell County established in 1777 from Orange County. Some records were said to have been destroyed during occupation by militia troops during
Reconstruction.

  • C.R. 020.xxx.xxx
  • Bonds
  • Apprentice Bonds, 1777-1921; 2 volumes, 2 fiberdex boxes
  • Bastardy Bonds, 1785-1905, 1877-1878; 1 volume, 2 fiberdex boxes
  • Officials Bonds, 1777-1866, 1868-1907: 1 volume, 3 fiberdex boxes
  • Tavern Bonds, 1777-1868

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Court Records

  • County Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions Minutes, 1777-1868; 17 volumes
  • Appearance Docket, 1843-1849; 1 volume
  • Execution Dockets, 1778-1868; 9 volumes
  • State Dockets, 1804-1868; 5 volumes
  • Trial Dockets, 1777-1868; 10 volumes
  • Orders of Allowance, 1808-1832; 1 volume
  • Record of Court Costs, 1822-1845; 1 volume
  • Writs Issued, 1783-1805; 1 volume

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Superior Court

  • Minutes 1807-1826. 1868-1869, 1888-1908; 5 volumes
  • Equity Minutes 1807-1868; 3 volumes
  • Equity Execution Docket 1840-1848; 1 volume
  • Equity Trial Docket 1856-1868; 1 volume
  • Execution Dockets 1823-1854; 3 volumes
  • State Docket 1823-1868; 3 volumes
  • Trial Dockets, 1834-1867; 2 volumes
  • Civil Action Papers 1767-1944; 6 fiberdex boxes
  • Civil Action Papers Concerning Land, 1778-1927; 5 fiberdex boxes
  • Criminal Action Papers 1777-1911; 42 fiberdex boxes
  • Clerk's Fee Book, 1901-1821; 1 volume
  • Clerk's Receipt Book, 1849-1867; 1 volume
     

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Subject: Re: North Carolina Research
If you are doing research in North Carolina try:

     Department of Cultural Resources
     State Library of North Carolina
     Genealogical Services
     109 East Jones Street
     Raleigh, NC 27601-2807

If they have any record in book form they will copy it for 20 cents a copy, minimum fee of $1.00.  The State library has books , the archives has records, will only do one name at a time.

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