http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net North Carolina Genealogy and History resources, links, information and articles Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:16:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I spent a good part of February and perhaps March over at the South Carolina Genealogy site expanding and revising the county pages to make them more of what I had envisioned from the outset and I'm starting the process here as well. I've toyed with the idea of ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/07/08/county-page-expansion-and-revision/ This Civil War Battle is remembered as the last Cavalry battle of the Civil War. It took place on what is now the present grounds of Fort Bragg (near Fayetteville). It took place on March 10, 1865 and involved mounted Confederate cavalry against dismounted Union Cavalry. About ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/07/01/battle-of-monroes-cross-roads-battle-of-fayetteville-road-kilpatricks-shirttail-skedaddle/ North Carolina has some wonderful historic sites, one of which is Somerset Place in Washington County. Somerset Place was one of the largest North Carolina Plantations before the Civil War. (The slave population was among the largest in NC). Through most of its existence it was operated ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/06/24/somerset-place-antebellum-north-carolina-plantation/ After the Last Wordpress Upgrade the Map page has stopped working and I haven't had a chance to investigate. I do hope to get it back in use as I really liked the idea of putting either Cemeteries or Historic Sites on the map where you could browse by ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/06/17/map-page-is-out-for-the-time-being-newsletter-starting-a-bit-later-in-the-summer/ I thought I'd take another sidetrip from the usual Genealogy and History content to talk about "the bugs" again. Back in May I saw the first of the 17 year cicadas (locusts) emerging and mentioned them here. Well, they're now probably at or just passing their peak for ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/06/10/western-north-carolina-cicada-locust-invasion-update/ This great news story crossed the wires over the weekend. Elfriede Wilde, who previously lived in Henderson County, NC (and before that had emigrated from Germany) has donated a 1686 Luther Bible to Mars Hill College. The Bible had been passed down to her from her Grandfather and ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/06/03/luther-bible-donated-to-mars-hill-college/ The Monroe Library in the Charlotte area will be having a workshop of sorts helping introduce people to the different methods of genealogy research online. The meeting/workshop will be at 6:30PM on June 2nd in the Griffin Room, considerable time will be spent using Heritage Quest's census records. ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/05/27/genealogy-web-workshop-in-charlotte-area-at-monroe-library-june-2/ Just a quick note to pass along a meeting this Saturday (the 24th) in Henderson County, NC. The meeting will be 10 AM until Noon. (From the Blue Ridge Now Community Calendar.) Western North Carolina Society of Genealogical Research will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/05/21/henderson-county-library-genealogy-meeting-saturday-may-24/ The Outer Banks along the coast of North Carolina are simply amazing. Barrier islands of sand that seem to shift and change with the very winds and seas. If you've ever visited the Outer Banks, you know what a feeling it is to know that ocean can lie ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/05/20/north-carolinas-outer-banks-true-frontier/ It's really amazing how many peoples ancestors passed through North Carolina. At one point in this countries history St. Louis was considered the jumping off point for points west. I've come to think of Western North Carolina as a similar "jumping off point" a bit earlier in this ... http://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/2008/05/13/tracing-your-family-history-through-north-carolina/