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North Carolina Genealogy is a free, continuously operated research hub (1997-origin) covering all 100 counties with record matrices, formation traps, DigitalNC newspaper year ranges, guides, and a moderated surname-query archive.

We welcome reciprocal links from libraries, societies, NCGenWeb county pages, classroom guides, and personal research sites. Deep links to county hubs are fine—please also link the homepage when you can.

Preferred homepage link

<a href="https://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/">North Carolina Genealogy</a> — free county research hubs for all 100 NC counties

Minimal version:

<a href="https://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/">North Carolina Genealogy</a>

County hub deep link (example)

<a href="https://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/counties/wake">Wake County genealogy research hub</a>

Pattern: https://www.northcarolinagenealogy.net/counties/{slug} (e.g. mecklenburg, new-hanover).

Suggested blurb for library / society pages

North Carolina Genealogy (northcarolinagenealogy.net) provides free county research hubs for all 100 counties—formation and parent-jurisdiction tips, record-availability notes (including courthouse-loss context), DigitalNC newspaper title year ranges, research guides, and a moderated surname query board. Continuously operated since the late 1990s.

Where a link helps most

  • County public library “Genealogy / Local history” resource lists
  • Genealogical & historical society link pages
  • NCGenWeb county pages (reciprocal when you host a county)
  • NCpedia external resources (editorial process applies)
  • Classroom / continuing-education genealogy syllabi

Sister network

Multi-state Southern research: South Carolina Genealogy is live; Tennessee and Virginia hubs are planned on the same template after NC depth targets.

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