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Orange County Public Library
300 West Tryon Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: (919) 245-2525

Orange County North Carolina Archives
USGenWeb Archives

State Archives of Norh Carolina
North Carolina Office of Archives and History

National Archives Guide to Genealogical Research

Family History Centers
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Family History Center
Durham North Carolina
1050 Airport Road
Chapel Hill, NC
Phone: (919) 967-0988

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The Durham-Orange Genealogical Society of North Carolina
PO Box 4703
Chapel Hill, NC
27515-4703
(919) 967-4168 or
(919) 544-6242

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Orange County North Carolina Genealogy & Family History Resources
Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Chapel Hill, Hillsborough)

Established: March 31, 1852
Parent County: Bladen, Granville, Johnston
County Seat: Hillsborough

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North Carolina State Vital Records
North Carolina Vital Records
1903 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, Norh Carolina 27699-1903
Phone: (919) 733-3526

Orange County North Carolina Vital Records
Orange County Register of Deeds
208 S. Cameron St
Hillsborough, NC 27278
Phone: (919) 245-2675
Fax: (919) 644-3018
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Orange County, NC Vital Records
NCGenWeb Archives
Marriage and Death Notices in Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1846-1867 [2 vols. in 1]
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North Carolina Vital Records Marriages 1744-1900
(Selected Counties)
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North and South Carolina Marriage Records
From the Earliest Colonial Days to the Civil War
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Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. This file now contains over 89 million death records.

1790 Orange County Census
Hillsborough District, Orange County, North Carolina
NCGenWeb Archives
1790 Orange County Census
Caswell District, Orange County, North Carolina
NCGenWeb Archives
Orange County North Carolina Census Links
CensusLinks.com
Index to the 1920 Federal Census of Orange County, North Carolina
Durham-Orange Genealogical Society
Links to Online Census Records Orange Co., North Carolina
Census-Online.com
Orange County, North Carolina Census
Early Tax Records, 1755-1779
NCGenWeb Archives
Orange County, North Carolina Census Records
NCGenWeb Archives
Orange County, North Carolina Federal Census Index
US-Census.org
Orange County , North Carolina Tythables - 1755
NCGenWeb Archives
Search the United States Indian Census 1885-1940
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North Carolina Taxpayers, 1701-1786 Volume I
Genealogical Publishing Company
North Carolina Taxpayers, 1679-1790. Volume 2
Genealogical Publishing Company

Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in Orange County
The website that tells where the dead politicians are buried
Chavis & Parker Funeral Home
P. O. Box 1131
Hillsborough, NC 27278
( 919) 732-3976
Clement's Funeral Home
148 N. Churton Street
Hillsborough, NC 27278
(919) 732-8002
Hester-Whitted & Daye Funeral Home
P. O. Box 586
Hillsborough, NC 27278
( 919) 732-9929
Orange County North Carolina Cemeteries
Durham-Orange Genealogical Society
Orange County North Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project
Volunteers transcribe tombstone inscriptions and have that work archived for the future and made easily accessible to all.
Orange County, North Carolina Cemetery Transcriptions
NCGenWeb Archives
Walker's Funeral Home
P.O. Box 506
Hillsborough, NC 27278
( 919) 732-2121
Tar Heel Tombstones and the Tales They Tell
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Chapel Hill News
505 W. Franklin Street
P.O. Box 870
Chapel Hill, N.C. 27516
(919) 932-2000
Daily Tar Heel
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The News of Orange County
109 East King Street
PO Box 580
Hillsborough, NC 27278
(919) 732-2171
Herald Sun Newspaper
220 S Churton Street # B
Hillsborough, NC 27278
(919) 732-5325
Obituaries - Orange County, North Carolina
NCGenWeb Archives
Marriage and Death Notices in Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette, 1846-1867 [2 vols. in 1]
Genealogical Publishing Company
Obituary Collection
This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. ~ Ancestry.com
Read Historic Newspapers Online
Ancestry.com: Read history as it was happening in more than 16 million pages from over 1000 different newspapers across the US, U.K. and Canada dating back to the 1700's.

The Great Wagon Road: From Philadelphia to the South
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Map Guide to American Migration Routes, 1735-1815
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Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

Orange County, North Carolina World War II Casualties Army and Airforce
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Colonial Soldiers of the South, 1732-1774
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The Loyalists in North Carolina During the Revolution
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1895 Orange County, North Carolina Map
This atlas was originally printed in 1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation. ~ LivGenMi.com
Deeds and Land Records - Orange County, North Carolina
NCGenWeb Archives
North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina
Genealogical Publishing Company
Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants
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Awarded by State Governments
Original Land Owners Indexed in the Government Land Office Records Database
County by county, state by state maps for original settlers whose purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management database

Friedens Lutheran Church
Family History and Genealogy Research
George Paul Nichols and Mary Erwin Harris Nichols Family Bible
NCGenWeb Archives
Historical Sketch of the New Hope Church
Orange County, North Carolina
NCGenWeb Archives
Shelman Durham Family Bible
NCGenWeb Archives

Abstracts of Wills Recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800, and 1800-1850 (2 Volumes in 1)
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Court and Legislative Records
Orange County, North Carolina
NCGenWeb Archives
Wills and Estate Records Orange County, North Carolina
NCGenWeb Archives
North Carolina Wills: A Testator Index, 1665-1900
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City Directories: New England States, 1881-1902
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Orange County North Carolina GenWeb Project
Part of the North Carolina GenWeb Project
Orange County North Carolina Genealogy Resources
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Orange County North Carolina Genealogy Sites
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John Beverly of Orange County, North Carolina
Beverly Family Genealogy
Reminiscences and Memoirs of North Carolina and Eminent North Carolinians
Genealogical Publishing Company

Orange County, North Carolina Schools
NCGenWeb Archives

Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy
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Directory of Scots in The Carolinas, 1680-1830
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In Full Force and Virtue: North Carolina Emancipation Records, 1713-1860
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The Highland Scots of North Carolina, 1732-1776
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The Scots-Irish in the Carolinas
(Kennedy, Billy. Scots-Irish Chronicles.)
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Villany Often Goes Unpunished: Indian Records from the North Carolina General Assembly Session, 1675-1789
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Historic Places in Orange County North Carolina

Town of Hillsborough North Carolina Official Website

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Orange County North Carolina Genealogy & Family History Resources Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities: Chapel Hill, Hillsborough) Established: March 31, 1852 Parent County: Bladen, Granville, Johnston County Seat: Hillsborough

Orange County North Carolina Genealogy & Family History Resources
Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
Chapel Hill, Hillsborough)

Established: March 31, 1852
Parent County: Bladen, Granville, Johnston
County Seat: Hillsborough