Onslow County, North Carolina:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Carteret County, NC  to the east
• Duplin County, NC  to the west
• Jones County, NC  to the north
• Pender County, NC  to the west

Bible Records

• Onslow 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  Onslow County Biographies
• Onslow Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Onslow County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Onslow County GEDCOM Index 
• Onslow County Letters      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Onslow County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Coastal Carolina State Veterans Cemetery, NC  included in the VA's Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• Onslow County  North Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Onslow County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Onslow County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Onslow County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Onslow County Cemetery Listings      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Onslow County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (36)

Church Records

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

Court and Legal Records

• Jacksonville Police Department  1965     (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Jacksonville Police Department  1959     (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Onslow County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

DNA Project

• East Carolina Roots DNA Project      (Source: Family Tree DNA)

Estate Records

• An Abstract of North Carolina Wills  includes Onslow County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina Probate Records, 1735-1970      (Source: Family History Library)
• Onslow County Will Abstracts      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Onslow County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

History (27)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Onslow County  Eastern North Carolina Digital Library
• Onslow County  North Carolina County Collection, UNC University Libraries
• Onslow County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Onslow County Museum 
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Onslow County, North Carolina     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Tucker Littleton Room  Onslow County Public Library
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• NCONSLOW-L Onslow County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Onslow County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Onslow County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Onslow County Maps      (Source: North Carolina Maps)
• Onslow County Post Offices 
• Onslow County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Onslow County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• 'Prometheus'  First steamboat made in N.C. Built in 1818 by Otway Burns, privateer in War of 1812. Shipyard located 350 feet S.W     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Onslow County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Onslow County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Onslow County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Onslow County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Onslow County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Huggins Island Fort  Confederate 6-gun fort guarding the entrance to Bogue Inlet; burned by Union troops, Aug. 19, 1862. Remains, 1 mi. S.W     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Onslow Raid  Federal gunboat Ellis attacked this town Nov. 23, 1862, then ran aground downstream. It was abandoned under Confederate crossfire     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Onslow County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Onslow County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Camp Davis  Army Coast Artillery Training Center, World War II. Named for Richmond P. Davis, native of Statesville     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Camp Lejeune  Established 1 May 1941 by the U.S. Marine Corps for amphibious training. Named for Lt. Gen. John A. Lejeune, USMC, 13th Commandant, 1920-1929     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Montford Point  Recruit training depot for black Marines, 1942-1949. In 1974 renamed Camp Johnson for Sgt. Gilbert Johnson, drill instructor. One mi. SE     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Onslow County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)
  • Veterans Killed in World War II      (Source: Wayback Machine)
  • Women Marines  During World War II, 20,000 women trained for non-combat roles in the U.S. Marine Corps at facilities 4 1/2 mi. S     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Onslow County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Onslow County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Onslow County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Onslow County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Onslow County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Jacksonville Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Onslow County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Onslow County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Onslow County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Daily News  Jacksonville     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jacksonville Daily News 
• Jacksonville Daily News  Jacksonville, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Onslow County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Richlands, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Swansboro, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Tideland News  Swansboro, North Carolina
• Tideland News  Swansboro     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Onslow County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• North Carolina--Onslow County--Camp Lejeune.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• North Carolina--Onslow County--New River.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Onslow County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Onslow County Photos      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Onslow County Postcards 
• Onslow County Postcards  North Carolina Collection, Univeristy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

School Records and Histories

• Jacksonville High School, 1923      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Swansboro School      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Swansboro School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• (The) Great Neck Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Onslow County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Cox Farm      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Manner Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Middle Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Onslow County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Onslow County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• General Lewis A. Armistead Camp 1302, Jacksonville      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Otway Burns Chapter  Swansboro     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (44)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790. Volume 2  includes records from Onslow County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786  includes records from Onslow County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Onslow County Taxes      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Onslow County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• First Post Road  The road from New England to Charleston, over which mail was first carried regularly in North Carolina, 1738-39, passed near this spot     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Onslow County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (12)

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