British playwright William Shakespeare once mused "What's in a name?" For countless families, a name reflects their personal heritage and provides a direct link to their rich family history. Through this collection, the State Library of North Carolina and the North Carolina State Archives seek to harness the power of the name. North Carolina Family Records Online currently contains over 200 Bible Records (lists of birth, marriage, and death information recorded in North Carolina Bibles throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries). The collection also contains a six-volume index of marriage and death notices that appeared in five North Carolina newspapers from 1799-1893.
To learn more about the specific content and scope of the collection, please click here.
All the materials included here are full text searchable for increased access. Moreover, the collection incorporates the Web 2.0 functionalities tagging (allowing users to add their own descriptors to records), comments, and an interactive Google map.
Explore this website to browse all the items in the collection, search by topic, date, or location (using the interactive map), and learn more about North Carolina family history using the "Resources" section of the site. Join us on an exciting journey as we delve into 200+ years of North Carolina family history.
159 new records were added on November 12, 2009, bringing the total number of records in the database to 478. Browse the Family Name page to see if your family's been added.