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Infrastructure Records of North Carolina and their use in Genealogical Research Webinar Replay

Plank Road Company share certificate

Stewart Dunaway

Infrastructure records consist of roads, bridges, ferry, ordinary and mill records which define the necessary infrastructure to migrate across North Carolina and surrounding states. These records include petitions, reports, and contracts. Within the petition or reports, descriptions of landowners and neighbors can be provided. Reasons for their need or discontinuance are well described thereby providing insight to the area development and migration paths, perhaps answering why a relative moved from one location to another.
This presentation will cover the record types and what genealogy information can be found within them. Throughout the presentation actual documents and examples are included.

(Image source: “Share certificate from the Fayetteville and Western Plank Road”, Public Domain, via NCPedia.)

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