North Carolina Genealogy

Here is a brief summary of the American Revolution from my old site layout. The U.S. War of Independence, or American Revolution came to blows in 1775 after years of growing tensions in the colonies. George Washington was made commander-in-chief of the American forces in 1775 by the Second Continental Congress. The Declaration of Indepence […]

I’ve spent a bit of time this evening adding some information for the Buncombe County Page in the appropriate area. I’ve also added a good overview of the American Revolution from the Wikipedia. It’s almost too lengthy for what I was looking, but I may include a brief version later. The next item on the […]

The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen North American colonies. The war, which eventually widened far beyond British North America, resulted in the overthrow of British rule in the thirteen colonies and the establishment of the United […]

I just thought I’d put a quick update. I’ve just added a link to All Census. in the Research links list. I’ve bought a few census cd’s from them before. I’ve found them to be reasonably priced and decent quality and several times have scouted for more discs there. The selection for some areas can […]

I’ve made a link in the right hand sidebar to the new North Carolina Genealogy forum. It’s quite empty at the moment, just a couple of areas, but hopefully will pick back up before too long. The areas current in the forum are for General Statewide Queries, discussion on reference sites and an Announcements board. […]

It seems that historians look at wars as somewhat convenient bookmarks to note the transitions from one epoch to another. Truth be told, they are usually transforming events for the nations involved. They are certainly transforming events for the people involved. I can’t think of the Revolutionary War without remembering the name and drawing a […]

This is the second layout that I’ve used to “redesign” the old NorthCarolinaGenealogy.net site, the first redesign started about 1-2 years ago and stalled. I’ve got links up on the right hand side to various parts of the old site. I intend to archive the old queries and forum posts as long as possible and […]

Transcription of the Declaration of Independance, plus links to the Declaration at the National Archives. This document, writted originally by Thomas Jefferson in June of 1776 documents the greivances that the colonists had against King George and asserts our right to be an independant state. IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776. The unanimous Declaration of the […]

Here you will find the United States Presidents listed in chronological order. The years of their Presidency is also listed. Odds are your ancestor wasn’t on this list, but it is a little interesting to have that historical perspective. Many times children were named in some way for a popular President, this list might help […]