Finding Free Online Genealogy Collections in North Carolina

If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.

However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.

• A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
• Access Genealogy – North Carolina
• Alamance County Public Libraries
• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• American History & Genealogy Project – North Carolina
• Ancestry Free Index Collections
• Appalachian State University Digital Collections
• Bennett College Digital Collections
• Campbell University Digital Collections
• Catawba County Library
• Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
• Chronicling America – North Carolina
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Cumberland County Library
• Cyndi’s List – North Carolina
• Dare County Library
• David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
• Davidson College Digital Collections
• Davidson County Public Library
• Davie County Public Library
• Dead Fred
• Death Indexes – North Carolina
• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Durham
• Digital Library of Appalachia
• Digital Public Library of America – North Carolina
• DigitalNC – North Carolina Digital Heritage Center
• Documenting the American South
• Duke University Digital Collections
• East Carolina University Digital Collections
• Elon University Digital Collections
• FamilySearch
• FamilySearch – North Carolina Online Genealogy Records
• FamilySearch Catalog
• FamilySearch Wiki – North Carolina
• Fayetteville State University Digital Collections
• FindAGrave
• Forsyth County Public Library
• Freedmen’s Bureau Online – North Carolina
• Gaston County Public Library
• Genealogy Trails – North Carolina
• Google
• Google Books – North Carolina
• Granville County Genealogical Society
• Greensboro Public Library
• HathiTrust – North Carolina
• Henderson County Public Library
• Hickory, Patrick Beaver Memorial Library
• I Dream of Genealogy
• Interment.net – North Carolina
• Internet Archive – North Carolina
• Iredell County Public Library
• John Hope Franklin Research Center For African And African American History & Culture
• Johnston County Heritage Center
• LDS Genealogy – North Carolina
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Linkpendium – North Carolina
• Mecklenburg Genealogical Society
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Archives at Atlanta
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• National Archives Resources for Genealogists
• Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• NCpedia
• New Hanover County Public Library
• New Horizons Genealogy – North Carolina
• North Carolina A&T State University Digital Collections
• North Carolina Central University Digital Collections
• North Carolina Digital Collections
• North Carolina School of the Arts Digital Collections
• North Carolina State Archives
• North Carolina State University Digital Collections
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Pender County Library
• Rowan Public Library – Local History
• Sanborn Maps – North Carolina
• Smithsonian Digital Library
• State Library of North Carolina
• The Official Land Records Site
• The SNCC Digital Gateway
• Transylvania County Library
• UNC Wilson Library – Southern Historical Collection
• United States Social Security Death Index
• University of North Carolina – Asheville Digital Collections
• University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, Digital Collections
• University of North Carolina – Charlotte Digital Collections
• University of North Carolina – Greensboro, Digital Collections
• University of North Carolina – Pembroke Digital Collections
• University of North Carolina – Wilmington, Digital Collections
• US GenWeb – North Carolina
• US GenWeb Archives – North Carolina
• Wake County Genealogical Society
• Wake Forest University Digital Collections
• Western Carolina University Digital Collections
• Winston-Salem State University Digital Collections

Here is the list of over 12,120 curated North Carolina genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:

• Newspapers
• Yearbooks
• Births
• Marriages
• Deaths
• Alumni Records
• Cemetery Records
• Church Records
• Coroner Records
• Criminal Records
• Directories
• Divorce Records
• Immigration Records
• Institutional Records
• Military Records
• Mortuary Records
• Naturalizations
• Obituaries
• Photos
• Probate and Wills
• School Records
• Tax Records
• Voter Records

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!