Orange County, North Carolina:
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Projects

• Orange County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Orange County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Orange County, North Carolina      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Orange County, North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Alamance County, NC  to the west
• Caswell County, NC  to the northwest
• Chatham County, NC  to the south
• Durham County, NC  to the east
• Person County, NC  to the north

Bible Records

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

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

• Biographical Sketches of some Old Orange County People 
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Orange County Biographies
• Orange Co, North Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Orange County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County Family Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (19)

Census Records and Indexes (35)

Church Records

• Accessions to the Presbytery of Orange  1760-1788     (Source: Awesome Genealogy)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I  includes Cane Creek and Spring Monthly Meetings     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I  Supplement     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Orange County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Court Minutes, Books I-VI  1752-1797     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Orange County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Orange County Court Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Orange County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Estate Records (12)

Ethnic

• Black Ink (Black Student Movement, UNC-Chapel Hill)  1969-2001     (Source: DigitalNC)
• Occaneechi  Village of Occaneechi Indians on the Great Trading Path. Inhabited ca. 1680-1710. Visited in 1701 by the explorer John Lawson. 1/2 mi. E     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

History (22)

Introduction and Guides (13)

Land Records

• Orange County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County Land Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Orange County, North Carolina, Deeds  May 1800 - August 1801, Volume 1     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Orange County, North Carolina, Deeds  February 1803 - May 1804, Volume 3     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Orange County, North Carolina, Deeds  May 1804 - August 1805, Volume 4     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Orange County, North Carolina, Deeds  August 1805 - February 1807, Volume 5     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (13)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• The Old Orange County, N.C. Mailing List 
• Orange County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Orange County NC Genealogy Queries  Forum for posting a Genealogy Query or Queries about ancestors in Orange County, North Carolina
• Orange County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NCDOGS-L Durham-Orange Genealogical Society

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

• NCORANGE-L Orange County genealogy (the area that became Orange County, North Carolina in 1752)

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

• NCTTMGUG-L NC Triangle TMG Users Group

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

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Orange County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Orange County, North Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Orange County Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Orange County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

• Civil War

  • Confederate Newspaper Project  Orange County, North Carolina
  • Southern Claims Commission  Orange County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Orange County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Hart's Mill  Grist mill. Site of key Regulator meeting, 1766, and skirmish in 1781 that boosted the Patriot cause. Stood 1/5 mile N     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
  • Regulators Hanged  After the Regulators were defeated at Alamance, May 16, 1771, six of their number were hanged, 1/4 mile east, June 19, 1771     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)

• World War I

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

• World War II

  • Orange County, North Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Hillsborough District Superior Court Minutes  Books I-IV, 1768-1803     ($)
• Migrations through Orange County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• North Carolina Society of the Cincinnati  Formed Oct. 23, 1783, in Hillsborough, by officers of the Continental Line. First President was General Jethro Sumner     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Orange County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Orange County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Orange County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Index to Orange County Clippings Through 1975 
• North Carolina Newspaper Digitization Project  includes North Carolina Gazette
• Orange County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Orange County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County, N.C. Newspapers  North Carolina Newspaper Project

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Chapel Hill News 
• Chapel Hill News  Chapel Hill, NC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Chapel Hill, North Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The News of Orange County 
• Orange County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (17)

School Records and Histories (92)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Orange County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Orange County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Orange County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough 
• The Chapel Hill Historical Society 
• Davie Poplar Chapter  Chapel Hill     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• The Durham-Orange Genealogical Society of North Carolina 
• The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (342)

Tax Lists

• 1755 Tax List      (Source: Jan Parsons Armstrong)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790. Volume 2  includes records from Orange County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786  includes records from Orange County     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Orange County Census and Tax List Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Orange County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• The Carolina Inn  Chapel Hill, North Carolina     (Source: Historic Hotels of America)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Orange County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Paper Mill  The first paper mill in North Carolina, built to relieve the paper shortage during the Revolution, was erected in this vicinity, 1777     (Source: North Carolina Highway Historical Marker Program)
• Patents  Orange County, North Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records (17)

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