A Southern Genealogy Research Network (NC + SC, then TN & VA)
North Carolina research rarely stays inside one state. Families crossed the Pee Dee and Catawba, followed the Great Wagon Road, left for Tennessee land, and reappear in Virginia tax lists a generation earlier. That is why this site is built as part of a Southern research network—same county-hub template, same jurisdiction-first method.
Live today
- North Carolina Genealogy — 100 counties, record matrices, DigitalNC title ranges, guides, queries
- South Carolina Genealogy — sister hub for border and migration research
Coming on the same template
- Tennessee — after NC depth targets (parent chains west of the mountains)
- Virginia — after NC depth targets (Albemarle and Piedmont origins)
How to use the network
- Fix the event year and the correct county then.
- Open the matching state hub for that year.
- Follow parent/daughter and border links deliberately—one neighbor at a time.
- Log negatives; free stacks (Archives, DigitalNC/Digital Library of SC, FamilySearch) before paid databases.
Free tools: checklist & packs · Method: Start here · Institutions: For libraries & societies.