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Projects

• Wake County History & Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wake County NCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wake County, NC      (Source: American Local History Network)
• Wake NC GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Bible Records

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

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

• Historical Raleigh  With Sketches of Wake County (from 1771) and Its Important Towns     (Source: Google Book Search)
• Index to the Dictionary of North Carolina Biography, Olivia Raney Library  Wake County Biographies
• Raleigh GEDCOM Index 
• Wake County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wake County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Wake County GEDCOM Index 
• Wake County Letters      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Cemeteries (25)

Census Records and Indexes (22)

Court and Legal Records

• Bastardy Bonds and Records  Wake Co, 1772-1878     (Source: Betty Camin's Home Page)
• Court Minutes, Books I-IX  1771-1816     ($)
• Wake County Court Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

Directories

• Raleigh City Directory, 1899-1  Wake County Libraries
• Raleigh, North Carolina 1930 City Directory      (Source: DistantCousin.com)
• Wake County Farmers & Landowners, 1891  Wake County Libraries

DNA Project

• Johnston/Wake County,NC DNA Project      (Source: Family Tree DNA)

Estate Records

• An Abstract of North Carolina Wills  includes Wake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 and 1800-1850      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Wake County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)

History (25)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Land Entries, 1778-1846      ($)
• Wake County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wake County Register of Deeds  Online Records Search

Libraries, Museums, Archives (20)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• The Old Orange County, N.C. Mailing List 
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Wake County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Wake County, NC Club      (Source: GenCircles)

• 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)

• NCWAKE-L Wake County genealogy

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

• NCWCGS-L Wake County Genealogical Society

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Bird's eye view of the city of Raleigh, North Carolina 1872      (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Maps of Raleigh, North Carolina  Broer Map Library
• Raleigh, North Carolina 1920      (Source: Perry-Castañeda Library)
• Raleigh, North Carolina 1951      (Source: Perry-Castañeda Library)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 
• Wake County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Wake County Post Offices 
• Wake County Postal Covers      ($)
• Wake County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Unlimited access to topo maps. Try it free!)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

  • Confederate Newspaper Project  Wake County, North Carolina

• Revolutionary War

  • Joel Lane, Pioneer and Patriot  A Biographical Sketch Including Notes About the Lane Family and the Colonial and Revolutionary History of Wake County, North Carolina     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Migrations through Wake County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Southern Claims Commission  Wake County, North Carolina     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Raligh County, North Carolina     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Wake and Orange County, North Carolina     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Wake and Gatham County, North Carolina     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Raleigh County, North Carolina     (Source: Footnote)
• Wake County Miscellaneous Records      (Source: USGenWeb North Carolina Archives)
• Wake County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Wake County Records      (Source: Find County Records)

Newspaper Records

• News Items & Marriage and Death Notices in Weekly Standard, 1859-1864  Browse the index for free     (Source: Myrtle's Genealogy Page)     ($)
• North-Carolina Minerva, Raleigh (11/26/1799 to 5/20/1800)  GenealogyBank     ($)
• Star, Raleigh (11/3/1808 to 5/12/1831)  GenealogyBank     ($)
• Wake County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (11)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (18)

School Records and Histories

• Agricultural & Mechanical College Board of Trustees, June 1907, Raleigh, North Carolina      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• North Carolina State University  The Agromeck     (Source: e-YearBook.com)     ($)
• North Carolina State University  Agromeck Yearbook     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• North Carolina State University History 
• Shaw University, Raleigh 
• St. Augustine's School, Raleigh 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• (Joel) Lane Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• (Sam) Brodie's Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Wake County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies (13)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (176)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Wake County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Wake County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records (22)

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