This data set is made up
of the indexed page images from eight books originally published by the Genealogical
Publishing Company. Comprehensive in its coverage of early North Carolina, this
unique collection of marriage records, death records, land records, historical
sketches, and biographies references approximately 200,000 individuals. While
the books focus on North Carolina genealogy and history, you'll often find records
of South Carolina ancestors.
Here, biographical sketches
and personal recollections combine with local histories to produce an overview
of North Carolina's early settlers. Among the unique resources collected here,
you'll find eleven volumes of the North Carolina Historical and Genealogical
Register. In nearly 2,000 pages, these volumes represent the most comprehensive
collection of source records ever collected for North Carolina's Old Albermarle
region. Other books include biographical sketches of early settlers and prominent
families as well as a comprehensive collection of marriage and death records
transcribed from the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette.
While the information that
you'll learn from this data set varies, you can often learn:
- Dates and details of
vital events;
- Names and ages of family
members;
- Personal characteristics;
- Occupation;
- Information on military
service (place of service, rank, etc.);
- Information on land held;
- Information on immigration.
