{"id":4,"date":"2011-12-10T14:42:05","date_gmt":"2011-12-10T19:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2014-04-10T18:06:17","modified_gmt":"2014-04-10T22:06:17","slug":"records","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/records\/","title":{"rendered":"Records"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Indexers often make the mistake of interpreting the 1800 census records of &#8220;Hillsborough District&#8221; in Orange and neighboring counties as referring to residents of the town of Hillsborough. It actually means that the person lived in a section of his county which was under the jurisdiction of Hillsborough District Court in that time period.<\/p>\n<p>Hillsborough District was not part of Orange (or ________) County. Instead, counties were a part of the Hillsborough District. In 1755 NC created five District Superior Courts throughout the state. The District Superior Courts were discontinued in 1806 when individual counties were allowed to have Superior Courts.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.archives.ncdcr.gov\/\">The North Carolina State Archives<\/a> has an online catalog called <a href=\"http:\/\/mars.archives.ncdcr.gov\/BasicSearch.aspx\">MARS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.familysearch.org\/\">Family Search<\/a> is bringing more and more records online every week.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bibles<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangebible.htm\">Bible Records in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biographies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangebios.html\">Biographies in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Births &amp; Deaths<\/strong> &#8212; see Vital Records below<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cemeteries<\/strong> &#8212; see Cemeteries link in menu above<\/p>\n<p><strong>Census &amp; Tax Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangecensus.htm\">Census Records in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.us-census.org\/states\/northcarolina\/o-nc.htm#Orange\">Orange Census Records in USGW Census Transcription Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/files.usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/census\/oran1790.txt\">1790 Census Replacement, Index, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/files.usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/census\/oran1790b.txt\">1790 Census Replacement, Index, Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/files.usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/census\/earlytax.txt\">Orange County Tax Lists, Part 1<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/files.usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/census\/earlytax2.txt\">Orange County Tax Lists, Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Court Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangecourt.htm\">Court Records in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Deaths<\/strong>\u00a0&#8212; see Vital Records below<\/p>\n<p><strong>Deeds<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangedeed.htm\">Deeds in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Education <\/strong>&#8212; see page on <a href=\"\/nc\/orange\/education-schools\/\">\u200eEducation &amp; Schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Epidemics<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/nc\/orange\/influenza-epidemic-1918\/\">Influenza Epidemic of 1918<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>History<\/strong> &#8212; see History link in menu above<\/p>\n<p><strong>Letters<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangeletters.html\">Letters in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Marriages <\/strong>&#8212; see page for <a href=\"\/nc\/orange\/marriages\/ \">Marriages<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Military <\/strong>&#8212; see Military link in menu above<\/p>\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/petition\/\">Petition Requesting a New County be Created from the Northern Half of Orange County, about 1776<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Newspapers &amp; Magazines<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lib.unc.edu\/ncc\/ref\/clip\/orange75.html\">Index to Orange County Clippings from Newspapers &amp; Magazines through 1975<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/nc\/orange\/newspaper-quotes\/\">Newspaper Quotes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangenews.html\">Newspaper Records in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Orange County newspaper sites<\/span>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chapelhillnews.com\/\">Chapel Hill News<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailytarheel.com\/\">Daily Tar Heel<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aconews.com\/\">The News of Orange County<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heraldsun.com\/\">Durham Herald Sun<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Obituaries <\/strong>&#8212; please submit new data directly to Archives<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangeobit.htm\">Obituaries in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Photos &amp; Post Cards<\/strong> &#8212; see History page above, as well as relevant pages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/postcards\/ppcs-orange.html\">USGW Archives, Orange County Penny Post Cards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Schools <\/strong>&#8212; see page on <a href=\"\/nc\/orange\/education-schools\/\">\u200eEducation &amp; Schools<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Vital Records<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/vitalrecords.nc.gov\/vitalrecords\/\">North Carolina Vital Records<\/a> &#8212; state website<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/usgwarchives.net\/nc\/orange\/orangevitals.html\">Vital Records in Orange NCGenWeb Archives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerley-family.com\/birthcertificates\/\">Birth Certificates on Kerley website<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/nc\/orange\/marriages\/\">Marriages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kerley-family.com\/deathcertificates\/\">Death Certificates on Kerley website<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Wills<\/strong> &#8212; see &#8220;Wills&#8221; under &#8220;Records&#8221; in the menu above<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/divide18.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-658\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/divide18.gif\" width=\"349\" height=\"15\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/divide18.gif 349w, https:\/\/ncgenweb.us\/orange\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/divide18-300x12.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepastwhispers.com\/Orange_County_NC.html\">Orange County Records on the Past Whispers website by Nancy Brister<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indexers often make the mistake of interpreting the 1800 census records of &#8220;Hillsborough District&#8221; in Orange and neighboring counties as referring to residents of the town of Hillsborough. 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