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Families, Land & Genealogy

Families, deeds, cemeteries, marriages, wills, and land records.

874 works in the index name this theme.

Context

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In the index

Works across North Carolina libraries and archives whose catalog description names this theme. Each links to the institution that holds or provides it.

Freedom's Howl

Heyes, Eileen · 2025 · Historical Research and Publications Office, Office of Archives and History, Department of Natural and Cultural Resources

"Eno River Valley, North Carolina, 1776. In a cozy, sheltered den in the woods, four red wolf puppies are born. Their parents and older brothers will nurture and teach them through the summer and fall, as they learn to …

Tar Heel Bred

Whisnant, Scott · 2025 · Bearface Publishing

For millions who grew up in ACC territory humming "Sail With The Pilot" and distilling their self-worth down to a three-day tournament in Greensboro, Tar Heel Bred will serve as a warm, poignant and humorous recollectio…

Sheer Resilience : An Untold Story of A Free Community of Color in Orange County, N.C

Scarlett, Beverly A. · 2024

Family History of William Walter Hawkins and Lottie Rountree Hawkins of Orange County, North Carolina, and Their Jones, Murphy, and Wheeley, Compton Ancestors and Descendants

Hawkins, Frederick A · 2020

Legendborn

Deonn, Tracy · 2020 · Margaret K. McElderry Books

The Harris Family of Orange County, North Carolina

Scarlett, Beverly A. · 2019 · Lulu Publishing

Lunsfords of Granville, Person, Caswell, Orange, Warren & Franklin Couties, North Carolina, 1762 to present

Blalock, Betty Adcock · 2017 · Betty Adcock Blalock

Hannah Clark Of Orange County North Carolina And Family

Robinson, John · 2016

A legacy that endures: The story of my Biddix ancestors of Western North Carolina

Biddix, Randy · 2016 · Randy Biddix

A son of Pittsylvania County joins the confederacy (and other adventures): the letters and diaries of James A. Womack (1854-1863)

2016 · Cryptic Pub.

Hillsborough, North Carolina History of Town Lots

Dunaway, Stewart E. · 2015 · [Stewart E. Dunaway]

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