Online North Carolina Death Records & Indexes

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Online North Carolina Death Indexes

North Carolina Death Certificates 1909-1975 (indexed) includes scanned images of the death certificates (requires payment) a subscription also includes...
- North Carolina Death Index 1908-2004 covers all counties from 1968-2004; partial coverage from 1908-1967 (requires payment)
- North Carolina Birth Index 1913-2000 (requires payment) coverage varies by county - also has some pre-1913 births
- North Carolina Marriage Collection 1741-2004 (requires payment) coverage varies by county
The above 4 databases are included in a subscription to Ancestry's US genealogy records collection

North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930 from FamilySearch Labs (includes digitized images of the death records) this is currently being tested so there may be errors, missing data or occasional downtime

North Carolina Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Chapel Hill Herald (1/1/2002-Current)
- Chapel Hill News (5/3/2000-Current)
- Charlotte Observer (1/1/1992-Current)
- Durham Herald-Sun (1/1/2002-Current)
- Fayetteville Observer (1/18/1988-Current)
- Greensboro News & Record (1/1/1990-Current)
- High Point Enterprise (4/14/2007-Current)
- Raleigh News & Observer (1/1/1991-Current)
- Wilmington Star-News (1/31/2002-Current)
- Winston-Salem Journal (11/1/1997-Current)
- And others

Buncombe County Register of Deeds Index Search includes deaths 1913-recent
Buncombe County: Index of Obituaries in the Asheville Citizen-Times and other area Newspapers 1977-1989 PDF file
Caldwell County Death Records 1900-present - also includes births & marriages 1800-present (requires registration)
Catawba County...
- Index of Obituaries in the Hickory Daily Record 1915-1989 and Records from the Shuford Funeral Home 1908-1957 (Hickory, North Carolina)
- Index of Obituaries in the Hickory Daily Record and Observer News Enterprise 1993-2005
- Catawba County Cemeteries
Cherokee County Genealogy Records includes some cemetery burials and a death index 1913-1927
Columbus County Newspaper Indexes
Craven County: New Bern Obituaries and Death Notices Index 1751-1891, 1914-1926 & 1968-2008 some other years also included
Craven County Death Index 1914-2007 also includes indexes for births & marriages (coverage varies)
Cumberland County: Fayetteville Observer Obituaries 1988-present
Guilford County Marriage & Death Records 1771-1899
Hyde County Death Certificate Index 1913-1991
Johnston County: Smithfield Herald Obituaries 1885-present
Lenoir County: Kinston Free Press Newspaper Index 1895-1928 (indexes births, marriages, deaths)
Macon County...
- Macon County Death Index 1913-1978
- Macon County Cemeteries
- Assorted Macon County Obituaries 1920-present over 10,000 obituaries (also has a link to some cemetery photos)
Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds includes a death certificates search 1991-present, plus some older records
Mecklenburg County: Known Cemeteries & Burial Records of Mecklenburg County
Moore County Death Records Index 1987-present also has indexes for births and marriages
New Hanover County: Oakdale Cemetery Burials in Wilmington, North Carolina
Onslow County Death Index 1982-2008 also has indexes for births 1976-recent, marriages 1962-recent, and more
Wake County and Raleigh...
- Wake County: North Carolina Family Records Online includes "Marriage and Death Notices from the Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette: 1799-1893" and 220 family Bible records (from the State Library and State Archives of North Carolina)
- Raleigh Register and North Carolina State Gazette Death Notices Index 1799-1867 listed by year
- Wake County: Historic Oakwood Cemetery Burials in Raleigh, NC
- Raleigh City Cemeteries Burial Databases for City Cemetery and O'Rorke Cemetery (PDF files)
- Wake County Wills Index 1771-1802
Washington County: Death Records Index 1913-1980
Washington County: Roanoke Beacon Newspaper Index 1889-1899 (indexes births, marriages, deaths)
Wayne County Obituary Abstracts 1869-1903 PDF file (obituaries are from the Carolina Messenger, Goldsboro Messenger & Goldsboro Headlight)

Cemeteries of Some North Carolina Counties includes some cemeteries in Alamance County, Caswell County, Chatham County, Durham County, Granville County, Person County, Sampson County, Surry County, Vance County and Wake County

North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection - Biblical Recorder Search 1834-1993 The Biblical Recorder is the official journal of the North Carolina Baptist State Convention (includes some obituaries)

Ordering North Carolina Vital Records

Order North Carolina Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Certificates Online from Vitalchek (requires payment; restrictions apply) for birth certificates from 1913 to April 30, 2006; marriage certificates 1962 to December 31, 2005; divorce certificates 1958 to December 31, 2005; death certificates 1930 to April 30, 2006 (Mecklenburg County death certificates from 1913 to present)
Order North Carolina Vital Records by Mail (requires payment; restrictions apply)

Also Helpful...

North Carolina Genealogy Databases at Ancestry (requires payment)
includes census, military & vital records, plus newspapers & city directories

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