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Online North Carolina Death Records & Indexes

A Genealogy Records Guide

Online North Carolina Death Indexes

North Carolina Death Index 1908-2004 covers all counties from 1968-2004; partial coverage from 1908-1967 (requires payment) a subscription also includes...
- 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 3 databases are included in a single subscription at Ancestry

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)
- Raleigh News & Observer (1/1/1991-Current)
- Winston-Salem Journal (11/1/1997-Current)
- And others

Buncombe County Register of Deeds Index Search includes deaths 1913-recent (requires registration)
Caldwell County Death Records 1900-present - also includes births & marriages 1800-present (requires registration)
Catawba County...
Columbus County Newspaper Indexes
Craven County: New Bern Obituary Index 1752-1872 & 1968-2002
Craven County Death Index 1914-2005 also includes births (1914-2005) & marriages (1964-recent)
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
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
Wake County Cemeteries
Washington County: Death Records Index 1913-1980
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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