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Vance County Register of Deeds North Carolina State Archives
122 Young Street 109 E. Jones Street

Mailing Address:

Henderson, NC  27536 Raleigh, NC 27601 4614 Mail Service Center
(252) 738-2110 (919) 814-6840 Raleigh, NC 27699-4614
For copies of Birth, Death & Marriage, & Deed Records                
   
Register of Deeds Remote Access Portal~ North Carolina Office of Archives & History
Search for Deeds online North Carolina Dept. of Cultural Resources
  State Library Online Newspaper Resources
     Includes listing of all newspapers on microfilm-past & present
Vance County Court Telephone Directory  
Vance County Clerk of the Court State Library Instructions pages:
156 Church Street, Suite 101 Getting Started in Genealogy
Henderson, NC 27536 Finding Records of Enslaved People
(252) 430-5100  
For copies of Wills, Estates & associated records  North Carolina Digital Collection - records of all kinds
  North Carolina Newspapers - historical; free on DigitalNC
   
Vance County Flag and History Basic Steps for Starting Genealogy Research
National Register of Historic Sites- Vance County A Basic Guide to Start Researching Enslaved People
   
 
   
Vance County Cemeteries North Carolina Obituary Search - Henderson Co. is actually the city
From Allen Dew's Cemetery Census website North Carolina Vital Records
Plank Chapel Cemetery      from Interment.com  
Find-A-Grave: Vance County Vance County Postcards: UNC CH Collection
Churches & Cemeteries in Vance Co. Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina
Ashland Plantation

Oldest home in Vance Co., built 1740 by Samuel Henderson (1695-1783), grandfather of city founder, Leonard Henderson

 
  NCGenWeb Military Pages - Records & Resources
North Carolina Genealogical Society, Inc. Virtual Wall Memorial-Vietnam Casualty List for NC
P. O. Box 30815 Center for Civil War Photography
Raleigh, NC 27622-0815 The American Civil War Museum
H. Leslie Perry Memorial Library
205 Breckenridge Street African American Research:
Henderson, NC 27536 Afrigeneas.com - the premier website for Af-Am researchers
(252) 438- 3316 Christine's African Genealogy Website
John Hope Franklin Research Center
Resources for North Carolina Research: Early Black Fire Fighters of North Carolina
See our NCGenWeb Statewide Information site Free African Americans - Paul Heinegg's extensive historical research
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives From Federal Writers Project 1936-1938
Contributions of Vance County People of Color, by Ruth A. Hawkins Hughes
African American Newspapers in North Carolina - DigitalNC
Genealogy Encyclopedia from RAOGK NCGenWeb Statewide African American Pages
Family Records Collections - from NC Digital Records NCGenWeb African American Special Projects
Plantations of North Carolina - Slavery research
Can't read those old Death Certificates or understand what
those illnesses were? Check out these websites: Native American Research:
Old Medical Ailments NCGenWeb Native American page
International Classification of Diseases - codes used on deaths Tuscarora Indian War - Detailed account of relationship between early Indians and North Carolinians
  Cherokee History - Includes research & links
  Search the Chapman Rolls - Eastern Band of the Cherokee
Glossary of Old Occupations Cherokee by Blood -info on Indian research, including Rolls
If you like old photos, check out this collection: Native American Genealogy - on AccessGenealogy
Hugh Mangum Photo Collections,1890-1922  
   
  Books with Vance Co. or North Carolina material can be found:
  Ancestral Tracks Includes all Vance Co. wills as well as other NC County documents & services; Records of Wills 1923-1948 lookup service also available; contact for details
Bible Records Online -thousands of bibles online

Golden West Marketing

Matching up Nicknames With Given Names Barnetta McGhee White -Publications
Female Nicknames & Family Naming Patterns Heritage Books
The Inflation Calculator  -converts old currency values UNC Press - the University of NC has a number of publications
Perpetual Calendar -find a calendar any year, past/present North Carolina Historical Publications
  Zeb's Black Baby, Vance Co. North Carolina, A short history
   
   
Websites with Vance County Family Pages: Epidemics & Other Health History in North Carolina:
Falkner Families List of Epidemics in World History
Reavis Family of Vance County Epidemics in U.S., 1633-1952
Ealie Grissom Family of Kittrell, NC Influenza Outbreak of 1918-1919
   
 
FamilySearch Vital Records Databases~Searchable free databases: Maps:
NC Birth Index 1800-2000   1895 North Carolina - State & County Maps
NC County Birth Records 1913-1922 - images North Carolina County Formation - 1700-1912
NC Deaths & Burials 1898-1994 1910 Map of North Carolina
NC Death Certificates 1906-1930includes images 1911 Map of Vance County
NC Death Records 1931-1994 - includes images North Carolina Maps - State Library

NC Marriages 1759-1979

NC Map with County Seats
NC County Marriages 1762-1979 - includes images Historical Granville-Bute-Warren-Franklin-Vance Counties
NC Probate Records 1735-1970 -unindexed, includes images Map of Vance, Warren, Franklin & Granville-1927
NC Estate Records - Searchable with Images Map of Colonial Families in Granville, with Vance Co. overlay

See all North Carolina Records Collections

Vance County Maps - DigitalNC
  Local Newspapers:
Henderson Daily Dispatch
The Warren Record
The News-Observer

Durham Herald Sun
The Franklin Times
 

 


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