Your North Carolina Family History Research Starts Here
An Introduction to Government & Heritage Collections and Resources Collection
by Kelly Agan
Wednesday, June 1, 2022 at 7:00PM
IN PERSON and ONLINE
Do you have ancestors from North Carolina but don’t know where to begin your research or what types of resources and records are available? Your research journey starts here! Please join us on Wednesday, June 1 at 7:00 PM to hear Kelly Agan present “Your North Carolina Family History Research Starts Here: An Introduction to Government & Heritage Collections and Resources”.
She will provide a comprehensive introduction to North Carolina family history research at the State Library of North Carolina Government & Heritage Library. Learn about the wide variety of records available for North Carolina, including state and county government records, newspapers, local heritage collections and publications, books on specific family histories, city directories, maps (and more) and where to find them, along with resources available in print and online from the Library.
IN PERSON
OWASA Community Center
400 Jones Ferry Rd
Carrboro, NC 27510
ONLINE USING ZOOM:
- Direct links will be emailed to D-OGS members prior to the meeting.
- Non-members may register for free up to the day of the meeting by clicking REGISTER HERE. The link will be emailed to you.
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D-OGS members may view recordings of our monthly meeting starting in late 2020, along with a few recorded prior to that. We are now recording all meetings for members to view, but note that some speakers will not allow us to record for various reasons and as expected there are sometime technical problems. To view these recordings, sign in under Members and select Meeting Videos on the left menu bar.
| MONTH |
TITLE |
SPEAKER |
| 2022 May |
Freedom, Hard Times, and Tall Tales: Local Stories from the WPA Slave Narratives |
Adrienne Berney |
| 2022 Apr |
Infamous Characters, Notorious Villains: History of the Melungeon People |
Heather Andolina |
| 2022 Mar |
Granville County Resources for Researchers |
Mark Pace |
| 2022 Feb |
Unlocking the Life of an English Rose |
Diane L. Richard |
| 2022 Jan |
Understanding Land Grants from Lord Granville |
David McCorkle |
| 2021 Dec |
D-OGS Annual Meeting & Birthday Party 2021 |
D-OGS Members |
| 2021 Nov |
Apprentices, Orphans and Bastards |
Mark Chilton |
| 2021 Oct |
Researching Military History |
Monica and Martin Fleming |
| 2021 Sep |
Why the Scots-Irish Immigrated to America |
John Miles |
| 2021 Aug |
D-OGS Member Show & Tell for 2021 |
D-OGS Members |
| 2021 Jul |
Stroll Through Ledgers and Explore Ancestors’ Everyday Lives |
Diane L. Richard |
| 2021 Jun |
Planting Roots: Building Online Family Trees and GPS-ing Family Graves |
Taneya Y. Koonce |
| 2021 Apr |
Making English Connections |
Bob Dawes |
| 2021 Mar |
Using City Directories as a Genealogical Aid |
Jeff Houser |
| 2021 Feb |
Family Legends and Stories: What to Believe |
Ken Thomas |
| 2020 Dec |
D-OGS Annual Meeting & Birthday Party 2020 |
D-OGS Members |
| 2020 Nov |
A British View of the American Revolution |
Dr. Hugh Dussek |
| 2020 Oct |
Using the State Archives of NC Discover Online Catalog (DOC) |
Lauren Murphree |
| 2020 May |
Genealogical Research on 18th and 19th Century Epidemics and Health |
Diane L. Richard |
| 2017 Feb |
Tales from a Genealogy Volunteer |
Reece Jones |
| 2016 Nov |
Preserving Your Family Documents |
Jennifer Blomberg |
| 2016 Aug |
D-OGS Member Show & Tell for 2016 |
D-OGS Members |
