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Tax List of 1813, Deep River District

Last night I added a page on the 1813 tax list.  As far as I know, only the Deep River District (southwest Guilford) survives from that list.  I do plan to get color images of the pages themselves, but the … Continue reading

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City Directories

A new link has been added to the Research Resources page, for a site mentioned in today’s issue of the Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter:  A Century of North Carolina City Directories, 1860-1963.  City directories are a great resource.

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Giants in the Land: NC Yearly Meeting Leaders (Quakers)

I received a notice of a new publication: Giants in the Land: North Carolina Yearly Meeting Leaders, by Billy M. Britt, published in Greensboro in 2012 by the NC Yearly Meeting of Friends. This book contains biographies of Mary Williams Chawner Woody, … Continue reading

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College & University Yearbooks

Links were added to yearbooks for five area colleges and universities — under Education on the Records page.

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Bastardy Bonds

As I continue work gathering marriage records for the website, I have added more bastardy bond images and information, and that work will continue over the coming weeks.  Most families have an illegitimate child or two in their ancestry, so … Continue reading

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Maxwell-Russell Bible Record

Information from a Maxwell-Russell Bible was posted on a new Bible Records page linked to the menu.  It has also been submitted to the NCGenWeb Archives for this site.

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Court Records 1781 – 1811

I stumbled across a set of transcriptions of early Guilford court records from 1781 to 1811.  The first ten years of Guilford court records were burned, lost, or stolen at the time of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse, so we … Continue reading

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Tax Lists

I just published a page on this site about Guilford tax lists, linked to the Records tab in the menu.  I have made available images of the 1815 Tax List, which is stored at the NC State Archives in Raleigh. … Continue reading

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Hughes Map Index

I added a list of early Guilford land owners shown on the Hughes map. There are two pages — surnames A-L and surnames M-Z. The Hughes map is available from the Guilford County Genealogical Society. It’s a great asset for … Continue reading

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Oakwood Cemetery CW burials & Pleasant Garden UMC

Some material from the old site has been converted to three new pages.  Information on Civil War burials in Oakwood Cemetery in High Point has been set up on its own page including pictures you can find in EyeEm for … Continue reading

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