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North Carolina has 100 counties. Each hub includes history notes, a record matrix, towns, neighbors, and research starting points—built for jurisdiction-first genealogy.

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Featured resources

DigitalNC
Digitized historical materials from NC institutions.
FamilySearch North Carolina
FamilySearch wiki guide for NC research.
NCGenWeb
North Carolina GenWeb project county resources.
North Carolina Digital Collections
State-hosted digitized manuscripts, photos, and records.
State Archives of North Carolina
Official state archives for historical and genealogical research.
State Library of North Carolina
State library resources and digital collections.
USGenWeb NC Archives
Transcribed records and archives for North Carolina.
Chronicling America
Historic newspapers including NC titles.

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This week August 17–23, 2026

This week in North Carolina history

1862 Mon Aug 17

Second Manassas campaign approaches today
Virginia campaign intensifies.
1587 Tue Aug 18

Virginia Dare born on Roanoke Island
First English child born in America (Roanoke colony).

Dare County
1692 Wed Aug 19

Salem witch trials executions peak era (colonial context)
1692 New England crisis is colonial-era context in Atlantic world history.
1619 Thu Aug 20

First recorded Africans in Virginia (broader South context)
1619 arrival is a landmark in American slavery history.
1863 Fri Aug 21

Lawrence/Quantrill raid news (border war context)
Western border war news appears in eastern papers the same week.
1862 Sat Aug 22

Lincoln Greeley war-aims letter
Public war-aims letter.

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On this day August 17

This day in North Carolina history

1862
Second Manassas campaign approaches
Virginia campaign intensifies.

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