I’m trying to find records that were most likely part of the North and South Carolina records that w

HansenAndreaRenee1

Anitra Whittle

Hello Andrea,

Here is a list of the Community Groups. https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/FamilySearch_Genealogy_Research_Groups#Specialty_Pages_and_Groups_Related_to_Genealogy

 

I'm going to tag your question for @North Carolina Research​ and @South Carolina Genealogy​ 

Enjoy,

Anitra

Dennis J Yancey

Im confused

how can you find them - if they were burned . . . . ??

 

 

M Hardee

You may want to try SC Digital Archives or NC Digital Archives - that's if the County building was burned after and if they sent records to State Level. Also, depending on what type of record you are looking for you may want to try state vital records or newspapers.

 

https://scdah.sc.gov/research-and-genealogy/online-research/digital-collections

https://archives.ncdcr.gov/researchers/digital-collections

 

LegacyUser

Are you researching Sampson County? The courthouse burned to the ground several times but I have found federal census, deeds and wills online.

 

Dennis J Yancey

the precise wording of your question is a big confusing.

The fact that such records were burned means that those records dont now exist.

I assume what you mean is what OTHER types of records can be used in their absence.

 

I faced similar challenges in the state of Virginia

Here is a page I wrote up - of supplemental record types that one can search.

http://yanceyfamilygenealogy.org/virginia_burned_record_counties.htm

 

much of what applies can apply very similarly to North Carolina.

 

LegacyUser

I found that some local records that were burned were in the State Archives!

Dennis J Yancey

Yes - in a few cases when records have been burned there were backups at the state archives.

But this was rare to be the case

in most cases - the records are just lost.

and in most cases - if there are replacment records at the state level - such is very well documented and has been known for quite a long time. [click expand post]

 

the status of BURNED RECORD counties - have been extensively researched across many years and what is and is not available and where it is located at is ususally pretty well documented.

 

here are some links of interest along those lines:

https://raogk.org/counties/northcarolina/

 

http://www.ncgenweb.us/ncstate/courthouse-status.htm