North Carolina Genealogical Society
Celebrating 50 years of supporting North Carolina family history research
Emails to all America 250 registrants are in the process of going out today, 15 May 2023. This email has your remote attendance information, a link to the syllabus, and a link to a parking map for in-person attendees. If you purchased a ticket for America 250 and do not receive an email by mid-day … Read more . . .
As there seems to have been a glitch with registering for the webinar “Cherokee Genealogy: The Basics”, the free-play weekend has been extended for 24 hours. Please try registering again. Go directly to Registration Page. This webinar will be available any time during the day, June 6th. Upon registration, you should receive an email with … Read more . . .
The NGS Conference is coming to Raleigh in 2017! The NGS conference, which will be held in Raleigh in May 2017, is right around the corner. Although its over a year away, from a planning perspective it is right around the corner. We are soliciting volunteers for the event. We have a rough idea of the … Read more . . .
Although the weather may not be particularly nice this weekend, the Annual Conference and Workshop on Oct 3rd is scheduled to go on as planned. We hope all who made reservations will be able to attend. Drive safely!
Recently, a member brought to our attention that the member benefit for magazine discounts no longer worked. (Thank you!) We discovered that this past spring, Family Chronicle Magazine had changed its name to Your Genealogy Today. In doing so, this apparently also changed their website links, which in turn broke our links to the discounts … Read more . . .
The latest NCGS Journal, Vol. XLI No. 2, is now available in the Member’s section of the website. Hardcopy should mail out within the next two weeks.
It appears the link sent in the registration email was somewhat scrambled, and clicking on the link in some cases results in an error message. Copying the link and pasting it into a new browser window works for most people. Those registering from this point forward should have no trouble. If you have already registered, … Read more . . .
We recently experienced an issue with DNS name servers pointing incorrectly, which in effect meant the addressing to our site was broken. The problem was identified and corrected, and we’re back. We apologize for any inconvenience. This has also affected our email – it may take a few days before we are able to receive/respond … Read more . . .
Notice This Web site is undergoing maintenance and repairs and will go off-line at 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, 10 January 2014 and will resume operation at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, 12 January 2014. We are apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
As an aid to researchers, a new project is underway to index the names found in the “North Carolina Estate Files, 1663-1978”. These can be found by clicking on the Loose Estates Index tab, under the Resources tab on the main menu bar. The master name index is statewide, and each county index provides a list of … Read more . . .