North Carolina Genealogy

The Asheville Citizen-Times is reporting on a project by the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians to compile a book focusing on the Cherokee Elders.

A gathering in Virginia was attended by a few hundred people celebrating their Native American Indian heritage in Virginia according to the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

The Observer-Reporter has an article on a great project recording the memories of World War II veterans. The project was spurred by an initiative in North Carolina. This is a very interesting read at a project dedicated to preserving oral histories while it’s still possible.

I ran across this article out of the Tuscaloosa News. About a confederate veteran William Riley Moore that has finally got a grave marker. The grave was previously marked with just a fieldstone, but through the efforts of a great-great-daughter there is now an official marker.

I ran across this article out of a paper in Rome Georgia. It essentially talks about private groups working to raise funds and volunteers to help maintain community cemeteries.

The Charlotte Museum of History gives tours of the Historic Hezekiah Alexander homesite “10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, homesite tours 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. weekdays, 1:15, 2:15 and 3:15 p.m. weekends. 3500 Shamrock Drive.” According to The Charlotte Observer.

I saw this neat article at Random Genealogy. Of course, you may already be familiar with the Wikipedia, a global, publicly collaberated encyclopedia. I find it a useful source for many of the detailed historical references here and if I had a comfortable way to just sit and read for hours, I would. Anyway, along […]

The New Burn Sun Journal gives more detail on the excavation of 2 caskets in Kinston. The caskets are to be sent to the Smithsonian for study and will be filmed by the History channel. One of the people involved is a scientist that identified the remains onboard the H.L. Hunley He is also involved […]

Another interesting tip from the Charlotte Observer. Saturday, August 6th from 10AM through 3 PM, re-enactors from the NC 6th Regiment will hold a Revolutionary War re-enactment. (Unclear if a specific battle, or just general camp-life, what a Revolutionary engagement would look like.) Also, Vernon Herron, an African-American genealogy lecturer will present two topics on […]

According to the Charlotte Observer, the Rosedale Plantation will host a family reunion August 14th, 2005, from 1-4PM. The family invited are descendants of the Caldwell, Davidson, Frew, and Hutchison families and any descendants of slaves and laborers who worked on the farm. The event is open to the public and free of charge, for […]