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Franklin County Research Information and Lookup Volunteers |
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| Here you will find a listing of Volunteers to do Lookups in certain books or records. In addition, there are also a number of Resources listed on our Research Links page as well as on each of our individual index pages reached from the Homepage which you may wish to check out, too. To request a lookup from any of the below references, click on the name of the Owner or Researcher. Please limit requests to two at a time, and be specific about what you need including a name and timeframe at the very least, also stating which Resource you wish to be checked, so as not to overwhelm our volunteers. Please note that our Lookup Volunteers cannot do your research for you, they can only check for one or two names for limited information from the referenced materials as indicated below and NOT as a general lookup service for your research. If you need Professional help, please check the Resources listed below. If you own or have easy access to any kind of reference material for Franklin County, and are willing to do lookups, please contact me and I will gladly add your name to this page. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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NEED PROFESSIONAL HELP? The following are some organizations which offer professional genealogy research for a fee; we are providing the names as a courtesy to our visitors only, you must contact the organizations directly to negotiate costs of their services: |
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Researching Information |
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| Are you new to researching and don't know how to get started? Check with our
Basic Steps for Starting Genealogy Research page for instructions. Do you need help in getting started in your African American research? Please visit our A Basic Guide to Start Researching Enslaved People. One of the best ways to help connect to other researchers, is to post messages on public forums. We suggest that you visit the Franklin County Message Board on Ancestry.com, and to any of the Surname Message Boards for the surnames you are researching. Ancestry Boards are free, the only requirement is to register for a free account in order to post and receive notification of responses to your posts. |
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| View the North Carolina archived messages. GenForum is no longer an active board for posting, but the archived messages still contains tremendous genealogical info for researchers. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Facebook is one of the popular ways to do research by posting & sharing on some of the many genealogy Groups of all kinds. By joining a group, you can post your research questions and get responses from others who are possibly researching the same families, or who can help you with tips and info that may be a resource you didn't have before. I suggest you look for groups for the Locations or Surnames you are researching. Some of these groups for Franklin County and neighboring Counties are below: | |||||||||||||||||||||
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NCGenWeb Project (all NC)
Halifax, Northampton, & Nash Counties
Genealogy |
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Tips on Posting Messages |
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| Remember that when posting a message to either a Message Board or on Facebook, you should be clear and concise as to what you are looking for. In the Subject line, or the opening statement on your Facebook post, you should always include the Name, Location, and a Time Frame at the very least, then in the Body of the message, a more detailed description of the individual and/or family saying what other records you have looked through and where, will better enable others to help you in your research. It's very important to include dates, either a birth or death, and include any Census years you may have found them in. Never ask for "all the records that you have..." or similar wording when requesting research help, one should always be specific and courteous in any message posted on a public forum, and you will get much better results because researchers are more likely to read through a well-worded message than one that gives little or no details. | |||||||||||||||||||||
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You may also benefit, especially when posting on Facebook, by reading this article: |
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Obtaining Copies of Historical Documents |
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| The North Carolina State Archives has copies of Franklin County records
starting from its establishment in 1779, to see a complete listing of the records available for
each County visit the
Guide to Research Materials in the North Carolina State
Archives, and select the County of your
choice. The Archives currently
charges $20 for Requests from non-residents,
please visit their
Requesting Records by Mail page for full details. The Franklin County Register of Deeds and the Franklin County Court Clerk also have a number of records available to the public from their offices and should be contacted to verify which records they have and what their prices are for obtaining them. Note that most of the originals of the older records have been transferred to the State Archives and that the records contained at the County level are usually hand copied into the County Books. Generally, it is much more cost effective to get documents on the County level rather than through the Archives, so you may want to first check with the County Registrar or County Court Clerk for the records you are in search of. Remember to always be as specific as possible when requesting information from any of these locations, this will give you a better chance of locating the document that you are looking for with the least chance of wasting their time and your money. |
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These records are available from: |
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| Please Read: Contacting the North Carolina State Archives | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Family History Centers are located throughout the United States to help researchers where a number of genealogical resources including records on microfilm & microfiche, CDs, published reference sources for the area of interest, genealogies, histories, gazetteers, atlases & maps, etc. are available for using in the facility. The Centers are free to visitors and some of the smaller centers require that you make an appointment since they have limited staff who are all volunteers. You may also want to read about some of their online courses and see what kinds of records are available by visiting their online Learning Center. Find a FamilySearch Center near you by clicking here. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Keep in mind, too, that many of these records are now available online for researchers. FamilySearch has free images of North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930, North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994, North Carolina Marriages 1762-1979, as well as transcribed Indexes for other Vital Records Collections; Check here for current links to these Collections. Images of Probate (Wills) Records and Estate Records are also available from FamilySearch. |
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ADDRESSES and LINKS to State and County Websites mentioned above: |
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