Getting Started at NCGenWeb
List of county pages within NCGenWeb
There are currently exactly 100 counties in
North Carolina. The NCGenWeb project includes sites for each of these counties,
for several counties that are now defunct (Albemarle, Bath, Bute, Dobbs,
Glasgow, Tryon), and for the Cherokee Indian Reservation.
The history of formation of these counties is complicated, but is essential information for genealogists to have, since records for a specific community may be found in several different counties over time. The county formation map set may help you visualize these changes.
If you have no idea where in NC your ancestor came from, or if you need to look up the county for a town or community name, visit the Unknown NC County page.
If you're using records from the NC state archives, you may find the list of numerical codes for the counties to be helpful.
Additional useful links for NC Genealogy
For questions about specific families, please browse the web site and try the linked query boards and e-mail lists for your county of interest.
For general questions about North Carolina history and genealogical research, if you're unable to find an answer on the links above, please contact our NCGenWeb Help Line.
