Tag Archives: Genealogy

Babies, Bibles, and Modern Genealogy

RALEIGH – The identity of the first baby born in North Carolina in 2009 will probably be known before New Years’ Day breakfast. The identity of the first baby born in North Carolina in 1909 still probably is unknown. If a baby was lucky, someone recorded its birth in the family Bible, but it was [...]

New Online Map Site Shows State Routes of Old

Most complete collection of state maps now online
RALEIGH – From wagon routes to interstate highways, dating from the 1600s to the 1960s, maps that show where travelers were going in North Carolina are now online at www.lib.unc.edu/dc/ncmaps, the new North Carolina Maps web site. A collaboration among the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources State [...]

Archive Search Room Construction Continues

RALEIGH - Construction continues on the Search Room of the State Archives in the Office of Archives and History in Raleigh. The Search Room did not re-open on Oct. 23, as had been announced. Notice of the re-opening of the Search Room will be given when work is complete and it will be posted on [...]