Michele Doyle

  • I am passionate about Family History. I believe it is important that we tell our family stories. My goal is to help others tell their family stories and stitch together their families.
  • North Carolina, United States
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About Me

I have been exploring family history for over 30 years and have an MSLS in Library Science with a sub specialty in Archival work. I attend national conferences such as NGS and Rootstech. I also attend regional conferences. I keep up to date with Webinars and keep an eye on the literature. I attended ProGen17 and several other professional study groups.

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Services

Archivist
Genealogist
Instructor
Lecturer/Seminars
Librarian
Project Management

Locations Researched

North Carolina (US)
Pennsylvania (US)

Time Periods

1600
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2000

Specialties

American Civil War

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Court Records

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The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR)

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Latter-Day Saints

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Archives & Location

Nearby Archives

North Carolina Government and Heritage Library (United States)
Established in 1812, the State Library of North Carolina (SLNC) provides exceptional library service and exceptional service to libraries. We enrich the lives of North Carolinians through access to information resources; we strengthen communities through exceptional library services; and we inspire and support literacy and lifelong learning for all North Carolinians. The State Library is a division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.
State Archives of North Carolina (United States)
The State Archives of North Carolina, located in Raleigh, houses over 50,000 feet of materials pertaining to the history of the State.
Dickerson Chapel (NC) (United States)
Dickerson Chapel is a historic chapel in Hillsborough, North Carolina. Built in 1790, the chapel originally served as the courthouse for Orange County until 1844. It housed a Baptist congregation from 1845 until 1862, when it was purchased by a group of Quakers to serve as a school for African-American children.
Lee County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Lee County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Register of Deeds has birth records from 1913; delayed birth, marriage, death from 1908; deeds from 1908; military discharges; probate records from 1906, and court records.
Ashe County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Ashe County is located in the upper Northwest corner of North Carolina and shares borders with Tennessee and Virginia. It was named for Samuel Ashe, Governor of North Carolina from 1795 to 1798. Register of Deeds has birth records from 1913, marriage records from 1853, divorce records from 1750 and court records from 1770.
Clay County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Clay County is located in the southwest portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Georgia. It was named for Henry Clay (1777-1852), a U.S. congressional leader and presidential candidate from Kentucky. Register of Deeds has birth, death and military records from 1913, marriage records from 1879 and land records from 1870.
Dare County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Dare County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and was named in honor of Virginia Dare, the first English child born in America. Registrar of Deed has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1870 and land records. Clerk Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1870.
Hoke County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Hoke County is located in the south-central portion of North Carolina and was named for prominent Confederate general and railroad president Robert F. Hoke. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records, and land records from 1911. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1911.
Hyde County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Hyde County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Edward Hyde, to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, death and burial records from 1913, marriage records from 1850, land records from 1736, marriage bonds 1735-1867 and delayed birth records from late 1800s. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1868, probate records from 1774.
Nash County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Nash County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Revolutionary War General Francis Nash. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 and marriage records from 1872. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records 1876.
Pitt County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Pitt County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1866 and land records from 1762. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1885.
Polk County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Polk County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for Revolutionary War Colonel William Polk. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1932, probate and court records from 1872. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records.
Wake County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Wake County was named in honor of Margaret Wake, wife of colonial Governor William Tryon. The county is located in the north central area of the state. Registrar of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk of Superior Court has probate records.
Anson County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Anson County is located in the Southern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for George Anson, 1st Baron Anson, a British Admiral, who circumnavigated the globe from 1740 to 1744, and later became First Lord of the Admiralty. Death & Register of Deeds has birth records from 1913, marriage records from 1869 and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce from 1868, probate records from 1750 & court records from 1770.
Avery County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Avery County is located in the northwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for Col. Waightstill Avery, a Revolutionary War officer and the first attorney general of North Carolina. Register of Deeds has marriage and death records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate, court and land records from 1911.
Burke County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Burke County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and was named for Thomas Burke, delegate to the Continental Congress and governor of the state 1781-1782. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 marriage, land and military discharge records from 1865. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1865.
Davie County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Davie County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for William R. Davie, Governor from 1798-1799 and founder of the University of North Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1834, probate records from 1837.
Gates County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Gates County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for General Horatio Gates, an American brigadier general in the Revolutionary War. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1780.
Jones County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Jones County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for radical Revolutionary War leader and Anti-Federalist Willie Jones. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1850, land records from 1779 and military discharge records. Clerk of the Court has probate records from 1779, court and divorce records.
Macon County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Macon County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Georgia. It was named for Nathaniel Macon, an early nineteenth-century North Carolina political leader who served as both a U.S. Senator and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.
Moore County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Moore County is located in the south-central portion of North Carolina and is bounded by Harnett, Hoke, Scotland, Richmond, Montgomery, Randolph, Chatham, and Lee counties. The county was named for Alfred Moore, a Revolutionary War captain who later served as a U.S. Supreme Court justice. Clerk of Superior Court has wills, estate records, and estate settlement records starting from 1783. Register of Deeds has land records starting from 1787, and birth, death, and marriage records.
Rowan County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Rowan County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Matthew Rowan, Governor of North Carolina at the time. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1881, probate and court records.
Surry County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Surry County is located in the northwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for either the English County of Surrey (birthplace of Royal Governor William Tryon) or the Saura (Cheraw) Indians who populated the area. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage death, burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce court and probate records from 1771.
Swain County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Swain County is located in the western portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for David Lowry Swain, Governor of North Carolina and president of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1907 and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1900 and probate records.
Union County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Union County is geographically located in the southwestern-Piedmont region of North Carolina (NC). Union County, N.C., borders both Lancaster and Chesterfield counties of South Carolina. Register of Deeds has land and marriage records starting from 1842, birth and death records from 1913, and burial records. Clerk Superior Court has probate records from 1837, court records from 1843, divorce, military, naturalization and land records; some records may have been transferred to the NC State Archives.
Vance County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Vance County was formed in 1881 from parts of Franklin County, Granville County, and Warren County. The county was named after the U.S. Senator Zebulon Baird Vance. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records.
Wayne County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Wayne County is named after Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne (1745-1796). It is located in the east central area of the state. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.
Bertie County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Bertie County is located in the Northeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for James and Henry Bertie to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1869 and probate records from 1763.
Bladen County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Bladen County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named after Martin Bladen, English commissioner of trade and plantations. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1914, marriage records from 1893 and land records from 1734. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1893 and probate records from 1734.
Camden County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Camden County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Sir Charles Pratt, Earl of Camden, in gratitude for the support he gave to the colonists. Clerk Superior Court has divorce Court records from 1896 and Probate Records from 1912.
Chowan County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Chowan County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and was originally called Shaftesbury Precinct of Albemarle County. It was renamed Chowan Precinct around 1681 for the Chowan River, itself named for the Chowanoac Indians who inhabited the region. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.
Craven County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Craven County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named in honor of the Earl of Craven to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth and death from 1914, marriage and land records from 1700. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1915. City Clerk has burial records.
Duplin County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Duplin County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Thomas Hay, Lord Duplin, a member of the English Board of Trade and Plantations. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1749, maps and land records from 1749, and business records from 1899. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.
Durham County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Durham County is located in central North Carolina and was named for Dr. Bartlett Durham who sold 4 acres of land to create the Town of Durham, County seat of Durham, North Carolina. County Health Department has birth, death and burial records. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1881.
Gaston County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Gaston County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for William Gaston, member of the U.S. House of Representatives and justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records from 1913, land records from 1847. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records.
Graham County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Graham County is located in the far western portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for William A. Graham, U.S. senator and Governor of North Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, death records from 1913, marriage, land records from 1873. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court, probate records, from 1872.
Greene County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Greene County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Revolutionary War commander Nathanael Greene. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, and land records from 1876. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, court and probate records from 1876.
Lenoir County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Lenoir County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for General William Lenoir, a prominent Revolutionary War hero, Speaker of the State Senate, and trustee of the University of North Carolina. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1880. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records.
Martin County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Martin County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Josiah Martin, the last Royal Governor of North Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1800s and and probate records from 1700s.
Onslow County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Onslow County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Arthur Onslow, Speaker of the House of Commons in the British Parliament. Register of Deeds has birth and death from 1914, marriage records from 1893, and land records from 1734. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from from 1915.
Pender County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Pender County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean and New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Bladen, Sampson, Duplin and Onslow counties. The land area is 870.76 square miles (2,255.3 km2). The county was named for William D. Pender of Edgecombe County, a Confederate General mortally wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. Registrar of deeds has birth, marriage and death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.
Person County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Person County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Revolutionary War General Thomas Person. The Registers office has copies of birth, marriage and death records as well as land records.
Stanly County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Stanly County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for John Stanly, a Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons and, later, a U.S. Congressman. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate records.
Stokes County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Stokes County is located in the northwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Captain John Stokes, a Revolutionary War officer and a member of the North Carolina House of Commons. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate records.
Warren County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
The county was named for Joseph Warren of Massachusetts, a physician and general in the American Revolutionary War who was killed at the Battle of Bunker Hill. It is located on the north central border of the state. Register of deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage and land records from 1764. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate records from 1764 and court records from 1968.
Wilkes County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Wilkes County was named for the English political radical John Wilkes, who lost his position as Lord Mayor of the City of London due to his support for the colonists during the American Revolution. It is located in the northwestern area of the state. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, military and land records from 1778.
Wilson County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
The county was named for Colonel Louis D. Wilson, U.S. Volunteers, who died of fever while on leave from the state senate during the Mexican–American War. It is located in the north central area of the state. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records. Clerk of Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1868 and probate records from 1855.
Yadkin County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
The county was named from the Yadkin River. It is located in the northwestern area of the state. Register Deeds has birth and death from 1913, marriage and land records from 1850. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records, probate records from 1850.
Yancey County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Yancey County was named in honor of a most distinguished statesmen, Bartlett Yancey, of Caswell County. It is located in the northwest area of the state. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and burial records. Clerk of Superior Court has divorce records from 1875, prpbate, court, land records from 1870.
Caswell County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Caswell County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Richard Caswell, the first Governor of North Carolina. Register of Deeds has land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.
Catawba County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Catawba County is located in the western portion of North Carolina and was named for the Catawba Indians. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1843. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records.
Chatham County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Chatham County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, who defended American rights in the British Parliament. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage and land records from 1771. Clerk of Superior Court has divorce records from 1913, probate records from 1771 and court records from 1869.
Forsyth County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Forsyth County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Colonel Benjamin Forsyth, a state legislator who fought and died in the War of 1812. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1849.
Halifax County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Halifax County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and its name was derived from George Montague, Second Earl of Halifax and president of the British Board of Trade and Plantations. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1867, divorce, probate records from 1868, court records from 1893, land records from 1729 and military discharge records from 1918.
Harnett County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Harnett County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Cornelius Harnett, Revolutionary War patriot and delegate to the Continental Congress. Register of deeds has birth, marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1920.
Haywood County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Haywood County is located in the far western portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for John Haywood, the state treasurer at the time. Register of Deeds has birth, death, marriage, and land records. Clerk of Superior Court has probate and court records.
Iredell County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Iredell County is located in the western portion of North Carolina and was named for James Iredell, North Carolina attorney general during the Revolution and delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention who was later appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President George Washington. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death, burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1820 and court records from 1788.
Jackson County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Jackson County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for President Andrew Jackson (1767-1845). Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1851.
Lincoln County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Lincoln County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and was named for Revolutionary War general Benjamin Lincoln, who was appointed by George Washington to receive Lord Charles Cornwallis sword when the British commander surrendered at Yorktown. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1920, and probate records from 1869.
Madison County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Madison County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for President James Madison. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1851.
Pamlico County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Pamlico County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for the Pamlico Sound, which in turn, was named for the Pamlico Indians. Registrar of Deeds has birth records from 1913, marriage and death and land records from 1872. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate and court records from 1872.
Robeson County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Robeson County is located in the south-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for Revolutionary War Colonel Thomas Robeson. Register of Deeds has been recorded from 1913, marriage records from 1787, death records from 1915, brand land records from 1799. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1920 and probate records from 1868.
Sampson County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Sampson County is located in the Southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Colonel John Sampson, a member of the North Carolina House of Commons. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate records.
Tyrrell County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Tyrrell County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Sir John Tyrrell to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913 marriage records 1862 and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records, probate records from 1730 and court records from 1900.
Watauga County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
The county was named for the Watauga River, whose name is said to be a Native American word, the translations that range from among them, beautiful water, whispering waters, village of many springs, and river of islands. It is located in the northwestern corner of the state. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1914, marriage records from 1872 and land records. Clerk of Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1872.
Alamance County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Alamance County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and is called after the creek by the same name, Alamance - a Native American word describing the blue-colored mud found in the creekbed. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate records from 1832, and court records from 1849. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records.
Beaufort County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Beaufort County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and it took its present name from Henry Somerset, Duke of Beaufort to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called Carolina. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate Records.
Buncombe County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Buncombe County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and was named for Edward Buncombe, a Revolutionary War colonel. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records. Clark Superior Court has divorce and probate records from 1832 and Court Records.
Cabarrus County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Cabarrus County is located in the South-Central Piedmont portion of North Carolina and was named for Stephen Cabarrus, then Speaker of the North Carolina House of Commons. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, Marriage and land records from 1792, Military discharge records from 1919. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.
Caldwell County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Caldwell County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and was named for Joseph Caldwell, the first president of the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, Court and Probate Records.
Carteret County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Carteret County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for John Carteret to whom King Charles II granted tracts of land in the New World called Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, Probate and court records.
Cherokee County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Cherokee County is located in the extreme Southwest corner of North Carolina and shares borders with Georgia and Tennessee. It was named for the Cherokee Indians who inhabited its land before European settlement began. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records. Registrar of Deeds has land records.
Columbus County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Columbus County is located in the south-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for explorer Christopher Columbus. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1867 and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1868, probate records from 1817.
Davidson County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Davidson County is located in the Central portion of North Carolina and was named for William Lee Davidson, a Revolutionary War general. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and burial land records from 1823. Clerk Superior Court has divorce probate and court records from 1823.
Franklin County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Franklin County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and was named for Benjamin Franklin. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1869, land records from 1779. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records. Marriage bonds from 1779 are located at the NC Archives.
Guilford County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Guilford County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Francis North, First Earl of Guilford and father of the prime minister of Great Britain at the time. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, and a limited list of slave deeds. Clerk of the Superior Court has divorce records.
Hertford County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Hertford County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Francis Seymour Conway, Earl and later Marquis of Hertford. Register of Deeds has birth and death records and burial records from 1913, marriage records from 1884 and land records from 1866. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records from 1883, and probate records from 1869.
Johnston County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Johnston County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Royal Governor of North Carolina Gabriel Johnston. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.
McDowell County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
McDowell County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and was named for Revolutionary War Colonel Joseph McDowell. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1842.
Mitchell County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Mitchell County is located in the far western portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Tennessee. It was named for University of North Carolina professor Elisha Mitchell, who died exploring the famous mountain peak in western North Carolina that now bears his name (Mount Mitchell). Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate records from 1861, and court records from 1912.
Randolph County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Randolph County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and was named for Peyton Randolph, the first president of the Continental Congress. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1800 and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and court records, and probate records from 1786.
Richmond County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Richmond County is located in the south-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for Charles Lennox, the Third Duke of Richmond. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1870 and land records from 1784. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1913 and probate records from 1782.
Scotland County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Scotland County is located in the south-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for the ancestral home of many of its inhabitants. Register of Deeds has birth records from 1913, marriage, death and burial records from 1899, and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1899.
Alexander County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Alexander County is located in the Western portion of North Carolina and was named in honor of the Alexander family who were leaders in Colonial North Carolina. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, land records; Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate court records from 1865.
Alleghany County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Alleghany County is located in the northwest portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for an Indian tribe, and the name is derived from a corruption of the Delaware Indian name for the Allegheny River and is said to have meant a fine stream. Clerk Superior Court has birth death records from 1914. Court records from 1869 & land records from 1860.
Brunswick County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Brunswick County is located in the Southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named for King George I, who was also the Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburg. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death, burial and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1900, probate records from 1858 and court records from 1882.
Cleveland County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
The county was named for Benjamin Cleveland, a colonel in the American Revolutionary War, who took part in the Battle of Kings Mountain. Cleveland County is located in the western area of the state.
Currituck County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Currituck County is located in the Eastern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. Its name was taken from an Indian word meaning land of the wild geese. Registrar of Deeds has birth, marriage, death records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce and probate records.
Edgecombe County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Edgecombe County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for Baron Richard Edgecombe, English member of Parliament and lord of the treasury, who became 1st Baron Edgcumbe in 1742. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.
Granville County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Granville County is located in the central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for John Lord Carteret, second Earl Granville, who was granted the land of the Granville District by King George II. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and land records.
Henderson County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Henderson County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for Leonard Henderson, chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1829-1833. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1914, marriage records from 1800 and records from 1837. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1841.
Cumberland County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Cumberland County is located in the South-Central portion of North Carolina and its name was derived from the title of Prince William Augustus, the Duke of Cumberland, the son of King George II. Register of Deeds has birth marriage, death and burial records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1930, probate records from 1850 and court records from 1900.
Montgomery County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Located in the south section of the State of North Carolina, Montgomery County is bounded by Moore, Richmond, Stanly, Davidson and Randolph Counties. When Montgomery County was formed in 1779 from Anson County, it was named in honor of General Richard Montgomery, a Revolutionary War brigadier who in 1775 lost his life at the battle of Quebec in the attempt to conquer Canada. Clerk of the Superior Court has probate records starting from 1785. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1779, and deeds, deeds of trust, maps, military discharge records, notary public records.
Old Orange County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Orange County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and was named for William V of Orange, the infant grandson of King George III of England. Registrar of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage and land records from 1754, divorce records from 1869, probate records from 1756 and court records from 1865.
Pasquotank County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Pasquotank County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named after the Pasquotank Indians; the Indian word pásk-etan-ki means where the current divides or forks. The county is bounded by Albemarle Sound and Perquimans, Gates, and Camden Counties. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records. Registrar of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1867 and land records from from 1700s.
Perquimans County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Perquimans County is located in the eastern portion of North Carolina and was named for the Perquimans Indians of the area. Register of Deeds has marriage and land records. Clerk Superior Court has probate and court records.
Rockingham County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Rockingham County is located in the north-central portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for Charles Watson-Wentworth, Second Marquis of Rockingham, the British prime minister at the time of the repeal of the Stamp Act and a supporter of American independence. Register of Deeds has marriage records from 1868, birth and death records from 1913. Clerk Superior Court has probate records from 1804, marriage records 1741-1868, and copies of wills and estate records starting from 1772.
Rutherford County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Rutherford County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It was named for Revolutionary War General Griffith Rutherford, a member of the North Carolina Provincial Congress. Clerk Superior Court has birth records from 1917, death records from 1913, marriage, divorce, probate court and land records from 1779, tax lists and voter registration.
Washington County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
The county was named for George Washington. Washington County was formed in 1799 from the western third of Tyrrell County. It is located in the Northeast corner of the state. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1851 and land records from 1799. Clerk of Superior Court has divorce records from 1871, probate and court records from 1873.
Mecklenburg County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Mecklenburg County is located in the southern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. It took its name from the German duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, home of the wife of King George III, Charlotte Sophia. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage records from 1850 and land records from 1763. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records from 1930.
New Hanover County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
New Hanover County is located in the southeastern portion of North Carolina and was named in honor of King George I of the House of Hanover. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage, death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.
Northampton County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Northampton County is located in the northeastern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with Virginia. It was named for James Compton, Earl of Northampton. Register of Deeds has birth, marriage and death and land records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce records from 1800, probate and court records from 1761.
Transylvania County Courthouse (NC) (United States)
Transylvania County is located in the southwestern portion of North Carolina and shares a border with South Carolina. Representative Joseph P. Jordan, who was born on a farm in Transylvania, introduced a bill to the North Carolina House of Commons to establish a new county and he chose the name Transylvania from Latin words meaning over the trees or across the woods. Register of Deeds has birth and death records from 1913, marriage and land records from 1861 and military records. Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records.

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