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Projects

• New Hanover County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• New Hanover County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Brunswick County, NC  to the west
• Pender County, NC  to the north

Bible Records

• New Hanover County Bibles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

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

• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  New Hanover County Biographies
• New Hanover County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• New Hanover County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Wilmington GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Church Records

• New Hanover County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Bastardy Bonds and Records  New Hanover Co, 1818-1879     (Source: Betty Camin's Home Page)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  New Hanover County Lawyers     (Source: Google Book Search)

Directories

• Haddock's Wilmington, N.C., directory, and general advertiser  1871     (Source: Internet Archive)
• New Hanover County, North Carolina City, County and Rural Directories      (Source: Online Historical Directories)
• Wilmington City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• An Abstract of North Carolina Wills  includes New Hanover County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• New Hanover County Will Abstracts      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• New Hanover County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

History (41)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of North Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• New Hanover County  North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online)
• New Hanover County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• New Hanover County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• New Hanover County  www.northcarolinagenealogy.net
• New Hanover County Records      (Source: The Records Project)
• New Hanover Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)
• NewHanover County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)

Land Records

• New Hanover County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (17)

Lookups

• New Hanover County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• New Hanover County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• New Hanover County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in New Hanover County, North Carolina
• New Hanover County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-L Scottish immigrants to the Cape Fear region of North Carolina prior to 1850

  • CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CAPE-FEAR-SCOTS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCNEWHAN-L New Hanover County genealogy

  • NCNEWHAN-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCNEWHAN-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NCNEWHAN-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• New Hanover County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• New Hanover County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• New Hanover County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• New Hanover County Post Offices 
• New Hanover County Postal Covers      ($)
• New Hanover County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 
• Wilmington, North Carolina 1919      (Source: Perry-Castañeda Library)

Military Records and Histories

• Fisher, Fort, NC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Fort Fisher State Recreation Area 
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  New Hanover County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)
• New Hanover County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• New Hanover County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wilmington, NC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War (10)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • New Hanover County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • North Carolina Shipbuilding CO.  Constructed 243 vessels at shipyard one mile west, 1941-1946. Its first Liberty Ship, the S.S. Zebulon B. Vance, launched Dec. 6, 1941     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • USS North Carolina  World War II battleship. Launched, June 13, 1940. Served in Pacific, 1942-1945. Decommissioned, 1947. Berthed here, 1961     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • World War II  through the eyes of Cape Fear

Miscellaneous Data (12)

Newspaper Records

• New Hanover County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• New Hanover County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project
• Search Wilmington Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (10)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (15)

School Records and Histories

• Gregory Normal Institute  School for blacks, 1868-1921. Founded by American Missionary Assoc. Named for benefactor James H. Gregory. Was 4 blocks E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• The Gregory Normal Institute, Wilmington 
• New Hanover County, North Carolina Schools Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• University of N.C. at Wilmington  Est. 1947 as Wilmington College. Moved here in 1961. A campus of The University of North Carolina since 1969     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  New Hanover County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• New Hanover County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)

Societies

• Lower Cape Fear Historical Society 
• Old New Hanover Genealogical Society 
• Stamp Defiance Chapter  Wilmington     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (119)

Tax Lists

• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786  includes records from New Hanover County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Transportation and Industry (10)

Vital Records (15)

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