Guilford County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Guilford County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Guilford County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Guilford County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)

Adjacent counties

• Alamance County, NC  to the east
• Davidson County, NC  to the southwest
• Forsyth County, NC  to the west
• Randolph County, NC  to the south
• Rockingham County, NC  to the north
• Stokes County, NC  to the northwest

Bible Records

• Guilford County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Greensboro GEDCOM Index 
• Guilford Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Guilford County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Guilford County GEDCOM Index 
• High Point GEDCOM Index 
• The History of Guilford County, North Carolina  1902     (Source: Google Books)
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Guilford County Biographies

Blogs

• The Guilford Genealogist Blog 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (39)

Church Records

• Bethel Presbyterian Church, McLeansville  Family History & Genealogy Research Page
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I  includes New Garden, Dover, Hopewell, Greensboro, Center, Deep River, Springfield and High Point Monthly Meetings     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I  Supplement     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Friedens Lutheran Church Family History & Genealogy Research Page 
• Guilford County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Guilford County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Guilford County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Greensboro City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Guilford County City Directories      (Source: DigitalNC)
• Guilford County, North Carolina City, Town, and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• High Point City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Online Greensboro Historic City Directories  Greensboro Public Library

Estate Records

• Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 and 1800-1850      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Guilford County Will Abstracts      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Guilford County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• Greensboro's African-American Population in 1887 

History (47)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Guilford County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (21)

Lookups

• Guilford County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (28)

Maps and Gazetteers (13)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Guilford County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Greensboro, NC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Guilford County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Guilford County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Guilford County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Guilford County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Cedar Hill Foundry and Machine Shop  Operated by Clapp, Gates and Company. Made rifles and military supplies for N.C. and the Confederacy, 1861-64. Site 1/4 mi. E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Confederate Cabinet  Members of the cabinet, fleeing south, occupied a railroad car near this spot, Apr. 11-15, 1865     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Confederate Hospital  Set up in the First Presbyterian Church to receive wounded from battle of Bentonville, 1865, was here     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Confederate Newspaper Project  Guilford County, North Carolina
  • Piedmont Railroad  Railroad line between Greensboro and Danville. Constructed, 1862-1864, for the Confederacy. Its terminus was nearby     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Guilford County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Guilford County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Guilford Courthouse  Important battle of the Revolution between armies of Greene and Cornwallis. U.S. military park     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Weitzel's Mill  Site of a skirmish between American forces under Col. O. H. Williams and British troops under Col. James Webster, Mar. 6, 1781, is 6 mi. E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Guilford County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Greensboro O.R.D.  World War II training camp and overseas replacement depot, 1943-1946. Over 330,000 servicemen were processed here. This is center of 652 acre site     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Greensboro World War II Military Base Newspaper  1943-1946     (Source: DigitalNC)
  • Guilford County Men & Women Who Served in World War II  Greensboro Public Library
  • Guilford County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Diary of Johann Gottfied Arends  1740-1807, Annotated Transcriptions     ($)
• Guilford County Health Department  Established in 1911, it was the first county health department in N.C. and second in U.S. Now two blocks north     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Guilford County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Guilford County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Guilford County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Masonic Home  Established in 1912 by Grand Lodge of Masons and Order of Eastern Star for their aged     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Migrations through Guilford County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Model Farm  Established by Quakers 1867 to stem westward migration by promoting improved agricultural practices. Tract, sold in 1891, was 1/2 mi. E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Sit-ins  Launched the national drive for integrated lunch counters, Feb. 1, 1960, in Woolworth store 2 blocks south     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Guilford County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Guilford County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Guilford County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project
• The High Point Enterprise (High Point, North Carolina)  1960-1977     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Historical High Point Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical High Point Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Search Greensboro Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (13)

School Records and Histories (122)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Guilford County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Guilford County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• N.C. Manumission Society  Antislavery organization formed by Quakers in central N.C. First met at Centre, July 1816. Disbanded in 1834     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Slavery As We've Heard It 
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Guilford County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Guilford County Genealogical Society 
• Preservation Greensboro Incorporated 
• Rachel Caldwell Chapter  Greensboro     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Summerfield Historical Committee 

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Transportation and Industry (16)

Vital Records (18)

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