Warren County NCGenWeb

About New Data Families DDeeds Query Search Wills Home

Useful Links for Warren County, North Carolina Researchers

These are links to help you in your genealogy research

Are you new to researching and don't know where to start? Check out our Basic Steps for Starting Genealogy Research

Warren County Register of Deeds
109 S. Main Street
PO Box 506
Warrenton, NC 27589
Phone: (252) 257 3265
Warren County Courthouse
109 S. Main Street
Warrenton, NC  27589
Clerk of Superior Court
252-257-3261
The Registry cannot do research for you but the following records are available to the public: Copies of Wills & Estate Records can be obtained from the Clerk of the Court
Birth & Death Records beginning 1914
Marriages since 1867 North Carolina State Archives  - kinds of records & availability
Real Estate since 1756 Informational: Contacting the State Archives
Warren County Online Deeds Search -currently starts March 1899
Warren County Memorial Library State Library of North Carolina - Getting Started in Genealogy
NC Probate Records 1735-1970 - FamilySearch copies of wills State Library of North Carolina Newspapers Project
Find-A-Grave: Warren County Cemeteries North Carolina Vital Records - Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Deaths
Dorothea Dix Hospital Cemetery - names from all Counties Library of Congress, Chronicling America - Extensive newspapers
Northeastern NC Stories -historical news stories featured in blog
Churches and Cemeteries website - listings for every State Warren Co. Naturalization Records -images from NC Digital Collection
North Carolina Genealogical Society
Neighboring County GenWeb Pages: Franklin Co., NC
Granville Co., NC
Halifax Co., NC
Nash Co., NC
Northampton Co., NC
Vance Co., NC
Brunswick Co., VA
Early Warren County  records - 1764-1779 Bute Co., NC GenWeb site
Personal Web Pages: Faulkner Families
  Deloris' North Carolina Roots -Family research, slave records, biographies
Pegram Family Album Includes many early Bute Co. families
Philemon Hawkins Descendants
Self Family -  Official website of Self, Selfe, Selph Families
FamilySearch.org - Offers free online records for all researchers, most include images
Historical Records Collections for NC- links to individual NC Databases on FamilySearch (sometimes need to click on "Title" on the page )
Basic Steps for Starting Genealogy Research - tutorial from NCGenWeb
African American Research Help:  
(See also our Index to African American Records on this site) Paul Heinegg's  site of Free African Americans
Digital Library on American Slavery - search slavery petitions for ancestors
Basic Guide to Researching Enslaved People - NCGenWeb tutorial
Black Loyalists: Index to Black Pioneer History - read about history
Black Loyalists: Institute of Black Loyalist Studies
Slave Voices from Duke University Special Collections
Duke University:Behind the Veil -African American audio collections
Plantations of North Carolina - NCGenWeb includes slave records
Native Americans of North Carolina: Patriot Chiefs & Loyal Braves -online book by Steven Pony Hill
Coastal Carolina Indian Center - resources for Native American research in North Carolina
Research the Chapman Rolls
Cherokee by Blood- research info & various Indian Rolls
Natives & Newcombers: North Carolina before 1770
The Tuscarora War from NCPedia
Native American Research - Research & Resources on NCGenWeb Statewide
Lots of Links for North Carolina Researchers: Consolidated List of North Carolina Resources
Naturalization Records - Betty Camin's abstracts of names
Colonial & State Records of NC - searchable, from the UNC Chapel Hill
GenDisasters: North Carolina
History Rambler - lovely photos of old Warren Co. homes
Introduction to North Carolina Loyalists Units
Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
Genealogical Terminology, Illnesses & Old Occupations
Sankofagen's Plantations - research & sources by County
Social Security Death Index - free
Maps: Historic Maps Overlays - Selected historic maps layered over current day road maps or satellite images

North Carolina Maps Collection  - from the NC State Library

North Carolina Map in 1780

Historical Map of Granville-Bute-Warren-Franklin, 1741-1930

Warren County Map 1850-1880 - roads, ferries, waterways,bridges

Warren County Township Map 1924

Warren County Road Survey Map 1930

Warren County Road Survey Map 1936

North Carolina Statistical Atlas -select a county or a city

The Virginia-North Carolina Boundary: A History  - extensive history of all of the boundary changes

Sources for Books with Warren Co. content:

Try searching WorldCat for any of these, too.

"Bute County, North Carolina: Minutes of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, 1767 - 1779" by Brent Holcomb.  Simply do a Google search since this book is available from a number of sources.
Bute County, North Carolina, Land Grant Plats and Land Entries
North Carolina Genealogical Societies
Newspapers Covering Warren County: The Warren Record
Henderson Daily Dispatch
Search Newspapers for Free
DigitalNC List of North Carolina Newspapers

If you have a personal web page with Warren Co. North Carolina related content, please let us know and we will be happy to add a link. Our only requirement is that the website must have Warren Co. related content.   Simply e-mail us with a brief description of your website and we will post it as soon as possible. 12/21/2023