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Member Appreciation Day 2022
FREE to registered members – MEMBER APPRECIATION DAY and Annual Meeting. October 15, 2022 at 10:30 am ET. Diana Elder, AG® will be presenting 4 virtual lectures. Click the event title link above for more details.
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Live Webinar with Craig Roberts Scott
The North Carolina Genealogical Society is delighted to present Craig Roberts Scott, CG®, FUGA “Pre-Revolutionary War Records”. This live Webinar will be available to NCGS Members on Wednesday, 7 Dec 2022, at 7 pm ET.
Upcoming Webinars
- Subscription to quarterly NCGS Journal and free access to all past issues
- Unlimited access to recorded NCGS webinars
- Discounts on NCGS Workshops and on items in the NCGS Bookstore
- Exclusive website content and partner discounts
NCGS Featured Journal
“Platting Land Grants and Deeds”, “Some Land Grant Alterations”, “Some ‘Lost’ Warren County, NC Deeds 1800-1803”, and more. Now available online, free to members, and in print.
Volunteer Opportunities
Transcribers Needed for the NCGS Journal
Aside from transcription, there are a host of activitites you can participate in that will benefit researchers everywhere, now and in the future. You do not have to be a resident of NC! And for the full range of volunteer opportunities, please visit our Volunteer page
NCGS Featured Publication
North Carolina Headrights: A List of Names, 1663-1744
Headright land grants in North Carolina were based on the number of persons the grantee brought into the colony. A ‘headright’ was a method of granting land and may be the only record of an ancestor’s existence in colonial North Carolina. (312 pages.)
Tools of the Trade
Starting at a Post Oak: Genealogical Gems Among the Rocks and Streams
Some of the first records kept in an area were land records. And they can blast holes in research brick walls.
Award Winners
The Awards Committee is pleased to present the winners of its 2019 NCGS Awards that honor outstanding contributions to the North Carolina genealogical community.
New at the NC Archives
County records, state records, private collections, and much more…