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Projects

• Orange County      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Orange County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Orange County NCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Orange County, North Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Orange NC GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

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 County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Orange County Family Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (14)

Census Records and Indexes (21)

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     ($)
• Orange County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Estate Records

• An Abstract of North Carolina Wills  includes Orange County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 and 1800-1850      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Orange County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Orange County Wills, Vol. A 1752-1788  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Orange County Wills, Vol. B 1787-1795  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Orange County Wills, Vol. C 1794-1800  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Orange County Wills, Vol. D 1800-1822  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Orange County, North Carolina, Wills  May 1806 - October 1812, Volume 6     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Orange County, North Carolina, Wills  November 1812 - February 1818, Volume 7     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Ethnic

• Occaneechi Tribal History 

History (14)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of North Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Orange County  North Carolina ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online)
• Orange County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Orange County  www.northcarolinagenealogy.net
• Orange County North Carolina Genealogy  Resources for Family History Research     (Source: Kindred Trails)
• Orange County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Orange Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Orange County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• 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 (11)

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 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 Post Offices 
• Orange County Postal Covers      ($)
• Orange County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Unlimited access to topo maps. Try it free!)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Orange County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

• Civil War

  • Confederate Newspaper Project  Orange County, North Carolina

• 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 (12)

Newspaper Records

• Index to Orange County Clippings Through 1975 
• Orange County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Orange County Newspaper Articles      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Chapel Hill Herald (1/1/2002-Current)  GenealogyBank     ($)
• The Chapel Hill News 
• The Chapel Hill News (5/3/2000-Current)  GenealogyBank     ($)
• The News of Orange County 
• Orange County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (14)

School Records and Histories

• Beta Chapter, University of North Carolina  Page 117, Catalogue of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity     (Source: Google Book Search)
• A Brief History of the University of North Carolina 
• Burwell School Historic Site 
• Orange County School Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• University of North Carolina Sigma Nu Fraternity  1891-93 New Members     (Source: Genealogy Finds)
• University of North Carolina, Orange Co, NC, 1929      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Orange County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• The Alliance for Historic Hillsborough 
• Central Colony  North Carolina Mayflower Society
• The Chapel Hill Historical Society 
• Davie Poplar Chapter  Chapel Hill     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• The Durham-Orange Genealogical Society of North Carolina 
• Local Societies  North Carolina Genealogical Society
• The Preservation Society of Chapel Hill 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (305)

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Orange County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)

Vital Records (13)

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