BIOGRAPHIES
- Wake County Biographies @ NCPedia.org
- Individual Biographies
- Brown, Joseph Gill (1854-1927) – of the Citizens National Bank
- Cooper, Anna J. (1854-1964) – the 4th African-American woman in the US to earn a doctoral degree
- Edwards, Gaston Alonzo (1875-1943) – first black architect licensed in North Carolina
- Fearn, Robbie (1959 – ) — the Outer Banks History Center has the papers of this Raleigh-raised actor
- Johnson, Edward A. (1860-1944) – African-American lawyer, author & scholar
- Lane, Joel (c. 1740s – 1795) – early prominent Raleigh resident
- Lane, Lunsford (1803-?) – famous for his slave narrative. Lunsford was a servant of the Sherwood Haywood family of Raleigh.
- Smedes, Reverend Aldert (1810-1877) – photo of the founder of St. Mary’s College
- Smedes, Reverend Bennett – photo of Aldert Smedes’ son, also rector of St. Mary’s College
BIRTHS
BUSINESSES
- Dughi Store – photos from the NC State Archives
- Jolly Jewelry & Optomology
- Sir Raleigh Hotel – photos from the NC State Archives
CEMETERIES
- Oakwood Cemetery
- Oakwood Cemetery photos @ BillionGraves.com
- Confederates buried in the cemetery
- cemetery burials – contributed to the NC State Library; includes individual tombstone photos
- the present-day cemetery website
- Raleigh Hebrew Cemetery – founded in 1912
- cemetery burials – contributed to the NC State Library; includes individual tombstone photos
- current website
- Raleigh Memorial Park – photos at BillionGraves.com
- Cemetery Census – close to 300 Wake County cemeteries transcribed on this website. Includes Google Maps w/ all the cemeteries located.
- Find-A-Grave – browse volunteer-submitted burial information for Wake county
- Search Wake County cemeteries listed on Find-A-Grave — go to the search box in “Step 2″
- Internment.net Wake County cemetery listings – close to 200 cemeteries listed with at least partial records
- Cemetery listings on the Wake County Archives — A-L & M-Z
- Historical Records Survey. Pre-1914 Cemetery Inscriptions, Wake County. FHL Microfilm 882940 Item 9 [view film details]
CENSUS
- 1790 census (part 1 & part 2)
- 1800 census
- 1807 Raleigh census
- 1810 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- War of 1812 Muster Rolls Index
- 1820 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1830 index
- 1840 index
- 1850 index *(& more on the Archives page)
- 1850 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1850 US Census (Mortality Schedule) – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1850 USCensus (Slave Schedule) – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1860 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1870 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1880 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1890 Veterans Index
- 1900 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1910 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1920 US Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1930 Census – search the index for free at FamilySearch.org
- 1940 Census – search index for free at FamilySearch.org; includes images
CHURCHES
- Clyde’s Chapel Baptist Church (Wendell)
- Hephzibah Baptist Church (Wendell)
- Pullen Memorial Baptist Church (Raleigh)
- History of the Church – on the current church website
- Papers of Edwin McNeill Poteat, pastor from 1929-1937 & 1948-1955
- Wikipedia entry
- Crook, Roger H. Our Heritage and Our Hope: A History of Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1884-1984. Raleigh, N.C.: History Committee, Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, 1985. [Find in a Library]
COUNTY HISTORY
DEATHS/OBITUARIES
- Wake County Deaths during the Korean War: 1950-1957
- Miscellaneous Wake County obituaries – dates vary
- Obituaries @ the Wake County NCGenWeb archives – date ranges vary
- 1898-1994 North Carolina Deaths and Burials – index from Family Record Search
- 1900-1909 Death Certificates from Wake County Health Department
- 1906-1930 NC Death Certificates – free from Family Record Search; includes microfilm images of death certificates
- Social Security Death Index – free at FamilySearch and GenealogyBank
- Bridges, Myrtle N. News Items & Death Notices in Weekly Standard, a Newspaper Printed in Raleigh, North Carolina, 1859-1864. Angier, NC: M.N. Bridges, 2003. [Index Available Free Online or Find in a Library]
- Neal, Lois S., A. T. Skeen, Elizabeth E. Ross, and Frances Holloway Wynne.Abstracts of Vital Records from Raleigh, North Carolina, Newspapers. Spartanburg, S.C.: Reprint Co, 1979. [Find in a Library]
DEEDS
- 1885-present – search at the Wake County Register of Deeds website
- Misc. deeds in the Wake County, NC USGenWeb Archives
- Watson, Joseph W. Abstracts of the Early Deeds of Wake County, North Carolina, 1785-1802. Rocky Mount, N.C.: Watson, 1978 – [Find this book in a library]
DIRECTORIES
EDUCATION
- School records and resources for Wake County
- Holly Springs High School Catalog (1908)
- NCGenWeb NC Yearbook Index – search for Wake County students in yearbooks from across the state
FAMILIES
MAPS
- 1792 – Plan of Raleigh
- 1872 – Raleigh Panoramic map
- 1888 – Shaffer’s Outline map of Raleigh
- 1920 – Raleigh map
- 1951 – Raleigh map
- Wake County maps at NC Maps online collection
MARRIAGES
- Marriages at the NCGenWeb Archives
- North Carolina Marriages 1759-1979 – from Family Record Search
- Wake County, North Carolina marriage bonds, Part 2 (1943) – this PDF file may take awhile to download
- 1799-1893 NC Marriage Records — full-text of Carrie Broughton’s Marriages from the NC Raleigh Register & Gazette series of books. Files are PDF files available for viewing online or for downloading. This work includes marriages from all over the state. I am presently working on an index of Wake county-specific marriages to post to this site.
- 1770-1868 Marriages – book by Brent Holcomb [Find in a Library]
- 1770-1868 Marriages – on microfilm at NC State Archives or through the Family History Library
- 1830-1958 Marriage Records – on microfilm at NC State Archives or through the Family History Library
- Divorce Records 1831-1952 – Wake County Genealogical Society [Find in a Library]
- Divorce Records 1831-1952 A-M – can be purchased from the Wake County Genealogical Society
MILITARY
NEWSPAPERS
- St. Augustine Student Newspaper – issues from 1930-2000 digitized and available online
- Wake County Newspapers at Chronicling America – historical issues available in full-text online. Titles include the North Carolina Standard and the Progressive Farmer & Cotton Plant.
PUBLICATIONS
- Index to Wake County Genealogical Society’s Journal – Wake Treasures – available on the society website
WILLS & ESTATE RECORDS
- Wake County NC Loose Estates Index, 1663-1979
- Look at the index for the book “Wake County, North Carolina Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Settlements of Estates: 1771-1802” published in 1984 by Frances Holloway Wynne. Also includes aslave index. If you see a will that you are more interested in, look for this book at a local library or contact me for a lookup. – View Index
- List of wills submitted to the NCGenWeb Archives — there are more than 100 wills listed!