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- 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. - Learning More About the Families and Records of the Moravian Church of North Carolina— Presented by J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA — Discusses the detailed and carefully-kept records of these religious Moravian people in Western Carolina along with their neighbors. These records begin in 1753 and reach far beyond the borders of North Carolina.
- Finding a North Carolina Revolutionary War Ancestor— Presented by Craig R. Scott, CG, FUGA — North Carolinians were active participants in the Revolutionary War, providing men, supplies, and support for the revolutionary cause. Records were created before, during, and after the war.
- 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.
- North Carolina Taxes: People, Places, Time & Delinquency— Presented by J. Mark Lowe, CG, FUGA — Discover the variety of North Carolina tax records, and how they can tell you more than the amount due. Learn where they are located, and when to look at alternate sources for information.
- Freedmen’s Bureau Records— Presented by Diane L. Richard, MEng, MBA — Are you seeking records for your southern ancestors in the immediate post Civil War time period (1865-1868)? Learn about this little known and used Federal record collection that is full of invaluable records for many ancestors, regardless of skin color or ...
- Cherokee Genealogy: The Basics— Presented by Anita Finger-Smith — This webinar will demonstrate how Cherokee genealogical research can separate fact from fiction, and will introduce you to basic tribal enrollment criteria, blood quantum requirements, and the documentary evidence available to conduct Cherokee genealogical research.
- 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.
- North Carolina Land Grants— Presented by Dr. A. Bruce Pruitt — Land grants in North Carolina were issued by the Virginia Governor, eight Lords Proprietor, King George II and III, the Earl of Granville, and the State. This lecture will discuss these grants that were issued between 1663 and 1960.
