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9292 – Norfolk County
Virginia Death Certificates June 1912 – December 1917
Over 1700 deaths including many from NC.
These records start with the statewide collection of death
information in Virginia. Although a large number of these people were
born in NC, the certificate doesn’t identify where they were born as the form
just asks for the state. The data abstracted is name, place of death,
date of death, age, race, sex, status, place of birth, date of birth, parents,
occupation and where they are buried. All of the information is not available
on all of the certificates. By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney (2012), 168 pages indexed.
$30
2011 – September
9290. NORFOLK COUNTY VA LOST WILLS 1744-1903
Only a little over 80 wills but they are wills
missed by most researchers as they are not listed in the Norfolk County Will
Books. These wills were recorded in Superior Court or Circuit Court
minutes and in some cases not recorded at all. Rejected wills are also
included as well as wills that were lodged waiting for an additional
witness. The book also contains a list of all the published wills for
Norfolk County including the date written (if available), the date proved (if
available), which book it was published in and if a loose will survives where
that loose will is found.
By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney (2011), 186 pages including index.
$30
2011 – June
9288.
BEECH SPRINGS COMMUNITY
PERQUIMANS COUNTY NC CIRCA 1800 TO 2010
Volume XIII of the “Balla-Hammer”
series, this book covers the Beech Springs Community – people, schools, houses,
farms and everyday life. As with other
community books which Louise and Doris have produced the book contains some
early pictures of the area and the people such as the Thach
School House which closed in the early 1920s.
by Louise J. Dail
and Doris J. McGue (2011), 146 pages
$35
The
last of this series which the authors intend to do, this book contains over 250
wills which mention lands and relatives in northeastern NC. As a
neighboring county to many of our northeastern NC counties the same surnames we
search in northeastern NC are found in these wills – Baxter, Cherry, Creekmore, Halstead, Hodges, McCoy, McPherson, Whitehurst
and more. Never fear this is not the
last
$20
2011 – February
This
will book is smaller than previous will books at only 83 pages with index but
has 155 wills which mention lands and relatives in northeastern NC. As a
neighboring county to many of our northeastern NC counties the same surnames we
search in northeastern NC are found in these wills – Bateman, Casson, Cherry, Creekmore,
Halstead, Hodges, McCoy, McPherson and more. By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney (2011) Indexed.
$20
A
larger than the previous will book this one has 105 pages with index and 184
wills with references to land and relatives in neighboring counties. As a
neighboring county to many of our northeastern NC counties the same surnames we
search in northeastern NC are found in these wills – Ballard, Berryman, Dozier,
Etheridge, Hall, McCoy, Old and more. By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney (2011) Indexed.
$20
2010 – December
9283.
Ballahack
School and Community Perquimans County
NC Circa 1897-2010
Volume XI of the “Balla-Hammer”
series, this book covers the Ballchack Community –
people, schools, houses, farms and everyday life. As with other community books which Louise
and Doris have produced the book contains some early pictures of the area and
the people such as the 1915 picture of the class on the cover of the book.
by Louise J. Dail
and Doris J. McGue (2010), 121 pages
$35
9284. Ballahack Branches Perquimans County NC Circa 1897-2010
This family history contains a variety of surnames – Dail, Evans, Goodwin, Harrell, Haskett,
Baker, Elliott, Hollowell, Lane, White, Roberson,
Perry, Moore, Mansfield and Rogerson
by Louise J. Dail and Doris J. McGue (2010), 157 pages
$35
2010 – October
9282 – It’s My Birthday !! Volume 1 Northeastern
North Carolina Area Births 1653-1899
232 pages of birth data which occurred prior to
birth registration in NC. Birth information is available for many of our
ancestors, just not in the form of a “birth certificate.” This collection
shows the scope of the data which is out there for the taking. Celeste
Beavers has collected these names and dates from Pasquotank and Camden death
records, Pasquotank and Camden delayed birth records, Pasquotank and Camden
marriage indexes, microfilm of Old Albemarle records for the Pasquotank and
Perquimans Precinct, minutes from assorted church records and Bible
records. Some just give year or month while some give complete data
including place of birth such as George Annah
(Walker) Boyd who was born 13 Mar 1870 in Summerville SC. Ms. Beavers
gives parents and spouse where documented and the best part – she tells you
exactly where she found the data so you can get the data from the primary source
if you desire. This is a great addition to the few vital records which
survive for the area and she has more books of this type in the works.
By Celeste G. Beavers (2010), indexed.
$40
2010 – July
9281.
Camden County Will Book D September
1854-1868
A
small book only containing 32 pages, but reflecting the 61 wills recorded in
Camden County between Will Books C and E.
By
Sharon Rea Gable (2010), indexed
$10
2010 – May
9279. Some of the Ancestors and Descendants of Delwin Hayden Eure and
Leona Mae Umphlett of Perquimans County, North Carolina
At 242 pages this family book has a lot of
great information. Being a very experienced genealogist Ray starts by
explaining what all genealogist need to know about names, dates, places,
etc. Since this book spans 400 years, all of the variants come into play
as well as multiple counties. The book is well researched, well written
and like all genealogist should do, well documented. Ray has over 400
footnotes explaining sources and customs as well as listing references for all
the sections in his book. The reader can also find little gems like the
family tradition that Elisha Umphlett shot
“Stonewall” Jackson as Ray puts his ancestors in the context of the times. By Raymond A. Winslow, Jr. (2010) Indexed
$30
9280. NORFOLK COUNTY VIRGINIA WILL BOOK 6 MAY 1836-NOVEMBER 1868
The book has 266 pages with index and contains over 440 wills which mention lands and relatives in northeastern NC. In addition to deaths on U.S. Navy ships, as a neighboring county to many of our northeastern NC counties the same surnames we search in northeastern NC are found in these wills – Butt, Holstead, Etheridge, Ferebee, Wilson, Grimes, Nosay, Culpepper, Whitehurst, McPherson, Nash, Creekmur, Sivells and more. By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney (2010) Indexed.
$30
2010 – February
9277. Chowan
County North Carolina Taxables 1772 to 1779
A
Compilation of Chowan County Tax Lists for 1772, 1775 1777, 1778 and 1779. 1778 & 1779 tax lists are interesting as
they give the assessment and individual item valuation.
Transcribed
and compiled by David and Janet Searles Barrett
(2010), 170 pages, Indexed.
$30
AVAILABLE NOW
9278. Chowan
County North Carolina Taxables 1782 to 1826
A
Compilation of Chowan County Tax Lists for 1782, 1784, 1787, 1790, 1795, 1800,
1801, 1810, 1814 and a jail tax for 1826.
Transcribed
and compiled by David and Janet Searles Barrett
(2010), 144 pages, Indexed.
$30
AVAILABLE NOW
2009 – December
9276. CAMDEN COUNTY WILL BOOK C
Over 270 abstracts of Camden County wills proved between the May term of 1822 and the March term of 1854. This is the earliest existing will book for Camden County since Will Book A and B have been lost. The originals are housed in Raleigh which makes this even harder to access for those out of state. With a full name abstract including surrounding land owners this book reaches into the depths of early Camden County families. Compiled by Sharon Gable (2009), Indexed
$30 Available Now
2009 – November
The
book has 200 pages and contains over 350 wills which mention lands and
relatives in northeastern NC. In addition to deaths on U.S. Navy ships or
in the U.S. Naval hospital the book also has the Camden County wills of Joshua
Campbell (1800) and William Burgess (1792) which would have been in the two
lost will books of Camden County. As a neighboring county to many of our
northeastern NC counties the same surnames we search in northeastern NC are
found in these wills – Butt, Holstead, Etheridge, Ferebee, Wilson, Grimes, Nosay,
Culpeper, Whitehurst, McPherson, Nash, Creekmur,
Sexton, Powell and more. By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney
(2009) Indexed.
$30.00
9274. Volume XVIII 2009 Four Quarterlies.............. $20
2009 – October
New Webmaster Allum S. Williams – Please bear with
me while I’m learning the ropes. ;)
2009 – August
The book has 204 pages plus index and contains over
370 wills which mention lands and relatives in northeastern NC. Also
found in these wills are seaman getting ready to leave for the uncertain life
of a sailor as well as military men writing their wills at Gosport
or
2009 – April
NEW
INDEX: Chowan county Will Abstacts 1707-1850 – Edenton Tea Party Chapter NSDAR
(1976); The original book has a separate
index after each Will book, three indexes in total. In April of 2009, Janet Searles
Barrett re-indexed the book into one index.
[Chowan Co Will Abtracts 1707-1850 Index]
9272.
9271. PERQUIMANS COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA CEMETERIES VOLUME II
This
books contains the
Compiled
by Eula W. Willey-Chappell
Edited
by Raymond A. Winslow, Jr (2009)
78
pages, Indexed
$25 Available Now!
2009 – March
9270. NORFOLK COUNTY VIRGINIA DEATH RECORDS 1904-1910
compiled from Death Register & Extant Burial Permits Compiled by Sharon Gable and Truitt
M. Bonney (2009) 207 pages, Indexed $30
Available Now!
Like
NC,
Some
entries document burial in NC, but a lot of NC families moved permanently to
southeastern VA for the jobs. They chose to be buried in southeastern
VA. In the collection of over 2400 death records almost 500 records list
NC as their place of birth. Since the book contains parents where known
it’s a great value to researchers in the days before death certificates.
March 28th
“Tell me about it” with John Philip Colletta
For more information click here
We have just finished a full name index for our Journal,
over 39,000 names! Carolina
Trees & Branches Index 1992-2008
2009 – February
WHAT
A FIND! The
We were able to get a copy and it’s
currently in our library.
The
Table of content for CT&B issues 1992-2008 are now all on our website click here
The
1770 alphabetic tax list for Chowan county has been transcribed by FRS
volunteers – Chowan
County 1770 Tax List
2009 – January
9268. PASQUOTANK COUNTY NORTH
CAROLINA MARRIAGES 1867-1890 including Cohabitation Records
Compilation of
2,704 Pasquotank county licenses and marriages of
brides and grooms from Pasquotank and surrounding counties. This
book is sorted by
grooms with the brides and parents listed in the index.
Compiled by Sharon Gable (2009) 204 pages, Indexed (perfect
bound) $30 Available
NOW!
2008
2008 – November
Member Anne B Jennings has created a wonderful
painting of the old Currituck
Courthouse.
2008 – October
Index for the 1977 version of Historical Highlights of Camden County 1777-1977 by Camden
Historical Society. Available free on the web. [Highlights of Camden Co - Index]
9267. HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF
CAMDEN COUNTY 1777-1977
9266.
Over 3200 Administrator Bonds issued from 1711
through 1850 for
$30 Available Now
2008 – August
9265.
This book contains 3,292 entries covering
$25 Available Now
2008 – July
9263. NORTHEASTERN
A
collection of records from 114 bibles of ancestors of northeastern North
Carolina, which Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina has been
collecting for 15 years. Compiled by Family Research Society of Northeastern North
Carolina (2008) 130 pages, Indexed
$25 Available Now
9264.
Over 200 abstracts of Camden County wills proved
between 8 January 1869 and 28 August 1920, including a few wills from North Carolina
counties of Currituck, Pasquotank, Granville and Virginia locations of Norfolk
County, Norfolk (city) , Nansemond County, Princess Anne County VA, and the
city of Portsmouth. One will was from
$30 Available Now
2008 – June
The full name index to Pasquotank County
Cemeteries Vol I & Vol
II compiled by Susan Whitlow Lilly Jones has been
completed. Available free on the
web. [Pasquotank
County Cemeteries Index]
Volunteers have been working on compiling donated
bible records into a published book. We
are hoping to have it completed for the August meeting.
9261.
2,559 licenses and 325 cohabitations. Marriages of brides and grooms from Chowan and surrounding counties.
Janet and David Barrett (2008) 202 pages,
Indexed $30 Available
Now
2008 - March
The index to Abstracts of Land-grants, Tax Lists,
Orphans Dockets, Inventories and Other Records Currituck and Dare Counties
North Carolina (1666-1831) compiled by Gordon C Jones (1982) was just
completed. Available free on the
web. [Land-grants
- Currituck and Dare]
9262.
2,355 Chowan county
licenses and marriages of brides and grooms from Chowan and surrounding
counties.
Compiled Janet and David Barrett (2008) 184 pages,
Indexed $30 Available
Now
9260.
2008 - January
9257.
Lassiter’s of
9258.
2007 – August
9256.
2007 - May
May 16-19 –
2007 - April
April 28th –History Fest
in
For more information
click here
9252. SACRED
TO THEIR MEMORY, DARE COUNTY, NC CEMETERIES $42.00
Lois
Meekins (2001) 491 pages, Indexed Available Now
9253. DARE COUNTY,
NC MARRIAGE REGISTER, VOL. 1, 1870-1915
$25.00
Lois
Meekins (1998) 190 pages, Indexed Available Now
9254.
Lois
Meekins (1999) 236 pages, Indexed Available Now
9255. DARE
COUNTY, NC MARRIAGE REGISTER VOL 2, 1915-1956 $25.00
Lois
Meekins (2007) Available Now
9231. MEMORIES
AND RECORDS OF
History and genealogy of Eastern North Carolina,
with emphasis on
and the
Weeks and Lambeth familes;
by Mary Weeks Lambeth
1957 reprinted 2007 Lambeth p.252 $40.00 Available Now
2007 - March
March 24
The
Family Research Society of Northeastern North Carolina Genealogy Fair.
For
more information click here
During the Fair the FRS Library will be open
additional hours.
Friday March 23rd 5pm-8pm
Saturday March 24th
10am-3pm (normal hours)
Sunday March 25th
9am-2pm
March 31
Exploring Some Genealogical Techniques on the
Internet
For
more information click here
3/22/2007
Visit our Publications page to see a full list New Publications
3/16/2007
Visit our Publications page to see a full list New Publications Available
Now
3/16/2007
9234.
This book is larger than the first volume with 6292
marriages which were reported on licenses or returns most all of which have
place of birth and parents for the parties being married. There are also 540 marriages on “index cards”
where the marriage license/return has been lost over the years. Of the 6292 which report a place of birth 10%
of the males and 10% of the females have reported a place of birth in one of
the counties which FRS covers. As with Volume I, other NC counties are also
well represented.
By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney 2007 534 pages Indexed $50 Available
Now
2007 – February
2/18/2007
9235. Getting to
This book traces the lives of Joseph Baum (born
1780) and his family in
328 pages and pictures of the Baums
1910-1915
By Elizabeth
Baum Hanbury (2006)
$20 Available
Now
2/4/2007 – Added to County resources.
2007 - January
9228.
Society of Friends; Perquimans County in the
Nineties; Obituaries; Minutes of Perquimans Precinct Court 1689-1693; etc
(Reprint
2007)
$25
Available Now
9229.
The
George Catchmaid’s Land
Grants and Will; Francis Godfrey Will and Inventory; 1717-1719 Tax List;
Misplaced Marriages
1790-1824; Missing Marriages 1809-1814
(Reprint
2007)
$25
Available Now
9230. TOMBSTONES AND EPITAPHS OF
Consisting of Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Currituck,
Gates, Hyde, Pasquotank, Perquimans and Washington Counties.
by Wilma Cartwright Spence 1973 Reprint 2007 323
pages.
$45 Available
Now
9232.
The book has 4003 marriages which were reported on
licenses or returns most all of which have place of birth
and parents for the parties being married. There are also 1196 marriages on “index
cards” where the marriage
license/return has been lost over the years. Of the 4003 which report a place of birth 12%
of the males and 10%
of the females have reported a place of birth in
one of the counties which FRS covers.
Other NC counties represented include Bertie, Hertford,
By Sharon Rea Gable and Truitt M. Bonney
365 pages Indexed
$50 Available Now