Online North Carolina Death Records & Indexes

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Online North Carolina Death Indexes, Obituaries and Cemetery Burials

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 Records 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 Death Records and Indexes from FamilySearch part of their genealogy records search; includes...
- North Carolina Deaths 1906-1930 (with digitized images of the death records)
- North Carolina Deaths 1931-1994 (index only)

North Carolina Obituaries Archive - Recent (you can obtain copies of individual obituaries online for a fee) includes...
- Asheboro Courier-Tribune (4/6/2010-Current)
- 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)
- Greenville Daily Reflector (8/30/2004-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 about 60 more NC newspapers

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
Charlotte - see the Mecklenburg County section below
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 1751-1927 and 1968-Recent some other years also included, but not complete
Craven County Death Index 1914-2007 also includes indexes for births & marriages (coverage varies)
Cumberland County: for Fayetteville Observer Obituaries 1/18/1988-present, see the North Carolina obituaries archive above
Davidson County: Lexington Dispatch Obituaries Indexes from the Davidson County Public Library
Guilford County Marriage & Death Records 1771-1899 also has Greensboro Municipal Cemetery burials and other items
Harnett County Public Library Obituary and Cemetery Burials Search
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)
Madison County Newspaper Obituaries from the Early 1900s circa 1910-1930s (not complete)
Mecklenburg County...
- Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds includes a death certificates search 1991-present, plus some older records
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Genealogy Indexes - Cemetery Burials & Early Death Notices includes some burial records and early Mecklenburg County newspaper abstracts (marriage & death notices)
Moore County Death Records Index 1987-present also has indexes for births and marriages
New Hanover County: Oakdale Cemetery Burials in Wilmington, North Carolina
New Hanover County Register of Deeds - Death Certificates Index also has indexes for Birth Certificates and Marriage Records
Onslow County Death Index 1982-2008 also has indexes for births 1976-recent, marriages 1962-recent, and more
Raleigh - see the Wake County section below
Randolph County: Asheboro Courier and Courier-Tribune Newspapers - Obituaries Index 1903-1985 from the Randolph County Public Library
Union County Public Library Obituary Indexes for Monroe and Marshville Newspapers (various years)
Wake County and Raleigh...
- Wake County: North Carolina Family Records Online (may be temporarily offline) includes Marriage and Death Notices from the Raleigh Register, the North Carolina State Gazette and other newspapers 1799-1893; some family Bible records; and some photographs from the Raleigh Hebrew Cemetery and the Old Hebrew section of Historic Oakwood Cemetery; (from the State Library and State Archives of North Carolina)
- Wake County: Historic Oakwood Cemetery Burials in Raleigh, NC
- Raleigh City Cemeteries Burial Databases for City Cemetery, Mt. Hope 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)
Wayne County Death Index 1995-2009

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

County Records in the North Carolina State Archives includes estate indexes for: Avery, Clay, Columbus, Gaston, Polk, Sampson, Swain, and Washington counties; and wills indexes for Ashe, Avery, Buncombe, Cherokee, Cumberland, Davidson, Forsyth, Greene, Haywood, Hyde, Jackson, Mecklenburg, Pamlico, Richmond, Rowan, Stokes, and Wilkes counties (coverage varies by county)

North Carolina Baptist Historical Collection - Biblical Recorder Search 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 Vital Records by Mail (requires payment; restrictions apply)

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

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