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- On the Road Again: Are Your Ancestors Hiding in Road Records?
— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Roads were built and maintained by the local community, thus the members of the road crews were appointed by the county court. The records provide incredible insight … at a time when few other records were being created. - Online Resources are Key to Successful Research into North Carolinian Ancestry— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Whether devising a research plan for an in-person visit or determining what records are extant and how you can access them, some Internet-based homework will prove valuable.
- Orphans and Scholars: Genealogical Records Concerning Children— Presented by Victor T. Jones, Jr — This webinar discusses the four major categories of North Carolina records that focus on children: apprenticeships, guardianships, school records, and bastardy records.
- Plundering for Genealogical Treasures at East Carolina University— Presented by Jennifer Crowder Daugherty — This talk covers the types of resources found in the North Carolina Collection and the East Carolina Manuscripts Collection including family histories, county record abstracts and transcriptions, maps, diaries, letters, personal papers, and more.
- Post Office Records: Geography, Politics, Religion— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Most talks on post offices focus on them as employers — for those seeking to document family members who worked for the post office. Post offices aren’t just about employees or even the mail. Post offices used to define communities and people used their location to ...
- Pre-1913 Vital Records – Challenging and Elusive and Not Necessarily Impossible to Find— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Though North Carolina didn’t start officially requiring Birth Certificates and Death Certificates until 1913 (and full compliance wasn’t fully achieved until as late as WWII), it doesn’t mean that you cannot determine when and where earlier birth, marriage, and death events occurred.
- Pre-Revolutionary Wars and Records— Presented by Craig R. Scott, CG®, FUGA — This webinar places the research in context from the period of the French and Indian War up to the Revolutionary War. It also discusses strategies for successful research from literature review through free and subscription websites relating to this time period.
- Probate Records: Wills and a Whole Lot More— Presented by Annette Burke Lyttle — Probate records can be some of the richest genealogical resources. Yes, they can contain wills, but often the best information comes from the other records in the packets – and our ancestors didn’t even have to die to make an appearance in a probate action. Learn about ...
- Proving Parentage with Probate Records: North Carolina Inheritance Laws and Customs— Presented by Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, FNGS — This webinar details where to look for land records and why they are important. North Carolina inheritance law and probate are explained. Analysis of the evidence found in these documents can yield clues to your ancestor’s prior location ...
- Quaker Records and Migration— Presented by Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA — This webinar will examine the creation of Quaker records and their meaning for the researcher. The reasons for migration and migration patterns before and after the Revolutionary War will also be explored.
