2013 NCGS Award Winners

The 2013 NCGS Awards were presented at the NCGS annual meeting during the Fall Workshop on 9 November 2013 at the McKimmon Center in Raleigh. Three individuals and one society were recognized for outstanding published efforts and personal contributions to the North Carolina genealogical community.

 

“The award for excellence in periodical publishing for a newsletter published by a local North Carolina genealogical society” went to Lines & Pathways of Edgecombe, published by the Edgecombe County Genealogical Society and edited by Zora Drake-Richman. Accepting the award were Ms. Drake-Richman and Betty Cobb Batchelor. This polished, well laid out quarterly keeps its members up to date through calendars of events, membership information, publications lists, an ancestor exchange feature, and guidelines for submitting articles. A cross between a newsletter and a journal, it treats its readers to interesting, documented, member-submitted articles ranging from family research to historical subjects to abstracts of original records and local newspapers.

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Volunteer

(Image source: “Helping Hands” by Antonella Beccaria, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0)   VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES   PAYING IT FORWARD      Many times we benefit from friends, acquaintances, or even strangers, who do something special to help us out in one of those tough times we all experience. We desire to show our … Read more . . .

Loose Estate Records Index – Update Oct 2013

A few weeks ago, 5 more counties were added to the Index – Bertie, Brunswick, Bute, Camden, and Catawba. All 6796 decedent names from these records have now been incorporated into the Decedent Surname Index. The Decedent Surname Index has also been reconfigured from 50 or so surname groups to show 174 surname groups, by more … Read more . . .

NCGS News Editor Wins Excellence Award

Phyllis Matthews Ziller has been awarded first place in the Genealogy Newsletters category in the annual Excellence-In-Writing Competition, sponsored by the International Society of Family History Writers and Editors. Phyllis edits the NCGS News, the bimonthly newsletter of the North Carolina Genealogical Society, which is published electronically at www.ncgenealogy.org. The award was based on two … Read more . . .

Mapping Your Ancestors’ Land: How to Do It – And Why Bother Replay

Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, FNGS This webinar discusses how to collect the data you need to find your ancestors anywhere that metes and bounds are used as land boundaries. (Image source: “Young George Washington” , National Park Service, Public Domain via Wikimedia) Available in the NCGS online store is North Carolina Research … Read more . . .

Loose Estates Records Index Update Sep 2013

The Loose Estates Records Index has just been updated. Four new counties have been added – Alleghany, Anson, Avery, and Beaufort – for a total of an additional 2706 names. All decedent surname groups have additional names, many over fifty new names. Even the X-Y-Z group has 5 new names!

Indexing the North Carolina Estate Files

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 . . .

NCGS Webinars – Update

Watch this website and the September edition of the NCGS News for release date for the free viewing of the next NCGS webinar. SOON TO COME: Some of the upcoming speakers will be J. Mark Lowe, CG; Terry Moore, CG, Craig R. Scott, CG, MA, and three more lectures from Helen F.M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), … Read more . . .

UPDATE! NC Loose Estates – 3,371,321 Images!!!

The NC Loose Estates Records indexing project was just updated!  There are now 3,371,321 images that are indexed and freely available! As of January 29th, 68 out of 100 North Carolina counties have been indexed by decedent, in part or in whole! Currently, there are 138,899 individual estates that are indexed! Check out this valuable … Read more . . .

Two New CD Titles

The North Carolina Genealogical Society is proud to announce the release of two new titles in PDF format on computer CDs:  North Carolina Research: Genealogy and Local History, Helen F. M. Leary, CG (Emeritus), FASG, Editor, Second Edition. This is the revised second edition of the book that set the standard for state research guides … Read more . . .