{"id":116,"date":"2009-07-17T16:42:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T20:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.taneya-kalonji.com\/onslowcotest\/?page_id=116"},"modified":"2025-09-14T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T03:35:28","slug":"introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/north-carolina-state-archives\/3002089347\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1322\" style=\"border: 2px solid black;\" src=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hotelmedium.jpg\" alt=\"hotelmedium\" width=\"495\" height=\"139\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hotelmedium.jpg 495w, https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hotelmedium-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hotelmedium-240x67.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 495px) 85vw, 495px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the Onslow County NCGenWeb site, a part of the national <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgenweb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">USGenWeb Project<\/a>. \u00a0Onslow County was formed in 1734 from New Hanover County and was named for Sir Arthur Onslow, speaker of the House of Commons in the British Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Onslow County is located in the southeastern part of the state and the county seat is Jacksonville. The neighboring counties are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/carteret\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carteret<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/craven\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Craven<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/jones\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jones<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/duplin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Duplin<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/pender\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pender<\/a>. On this site you will find a variety of information &amp; records that will hopefully assist you in your family history research.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Contact\" href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/contact\/\">Taneya Koonce<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0is your county coordinator but this site would not be possible without YOUR submissions. Please consider contributing to the site.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the items available on this site include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/cemeteries\">cemetery records<\/a> and headstones picture galleries (for some) &#8211; thanks to our contributors<\/li>\n<li>a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/research-guide\">research guide<\/a> to help you through the genealogical maze<\/li>\n<li>a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/bibliography\">bibliography<\/a> of Onslow county related materials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Overall, this site relies on <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">YOUR<\/span><\/strong> contributions, \u00a0so please do contribute if you can.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><strong><em>Photo Credit<\/em><\/strong>: Farrell, Charles A. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Richlands, NC, ca.1939. Hotel at Richlands<\/span>. Digital image. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">North Carolina State Archives Flickr Collection<\/span>. 4 Nov. 2008. North Carolina State Archives.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Onslow County NCGenWeb site, a part of the national USGenWeb Project. \u00a0Onslow County was formed in 1734 from New Hanover County and was named for Sir Arthur Onslow, speaker of the House of Commons in the British Parliament. Onslow County is located in the southeastern part of the state and the county &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Introduction&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1759,"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/116\/revisions\/1759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/onslow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}