Genealogy & Local History
Welcome to the Tucker Littleton Room
OCPL's dedicated genealogical and local history facility.
Genealogical assistance is usually available Mon, Weds, Thurs & Friday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Tues 12:00 pm to 9:00 pm.
Questions? Pleaseemail Kim Cowdreyor call 910.455.7350 x234.
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Monthly Genealogy Meeting.jpg "FamilyTree")
Jacksonville (Tucker Littleton Room) Second Tuesday Monthly, 10:00 am For more information, please email Kim Cowdrey or call 910.455.7350 ext. 234.
Genealogy 101 with Patrick Wyman
An informative seminar geared towards helping beginners get to the next step in their research and towards offering a refresher for more experienced researchers. Hints, tips and a few tricks to get you on the road to finding out more about your family and local history with hand outs, displays and hands-on research.
Swansboro: Thurs, July 15, 6:30 pm
Jacksonville: Sat, June 19, 2:00 pm
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Resources available inside the Library
Census Records
Federal Census Records for Onslow County (1790–1930)
Federal Census Records for all NC counties (CDs)
North Carolina Census Index 1790–1850/1870 (book)
Canadian Census Records available through interlibrary loan
Early Onslow County Records (microfilm)
Record of Deeds
We also have some of these records for Carteret, Craven, Duplin, Jones, Lenoir, New Hanover and Pender counties.
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Record of Wills
Marriage Bonds
Marriage Licenses
Birth Records
Death Records
Land Entries
Tax Lists
Court Minutes
Index to Military Discharges
Vertical Files
Family files are catalogued under the family name
and local history information.
Publications
Genealogical magazines
Everton’s Genealogical Helper 1950–1991 (microfiche)
Jacksonville Daily News, 1938 to present
Telephones books, 1957 to present
City directories, 1960 to present
Genealogical Reference Materials
Genealogical reference materials range from the history of Onslow County and Abstracts of Wills and Census to volumes concerning North Carolina Troops, the Colonial Records of North Carolina, and books to aid in research of foreign ancestry.
Surname Index
Rolodex card index file containing Surnames placed in the file
by library patrons. This contains the name and address
of the researcher. Sign in book also available for for the patrons
to write their address and ancestors being researched.
Family Bible Records
We will copy, free of charge, the historical pages of any family Bible for the patron, retaining a second copy for the library to be used for research purposes.
Genealogical Work Stations
The Tucker Littleton Room has two computer workstations with Internet access dedicated solely for genealogical research. Computer printouts cost $.20/page. Also available are a copy machine and two microfiche and microfilm reader/printers,
which cost $.10/page to print out.
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Onslow County Public Library
58 Doris Avenue East
Jacksonville, NC 28540
910.455.7350
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Renew items line
or by phone!
910.455.2212
910.455.0520
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