Genealogy Websites
Cyndi’s List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet
A comprehensive list of genealogical resources available on the Internet.
Family Search
A free online resource that provides access to the world’s largest collection of genealogical and historical records.
State Library of North Carolina
Basic guidelines to starting genealogical research.
National Genealogical Society
A national organization focusing on genealogy and family history and providing educational resources such as conferences, publications and online courses.
North Carolina Genealogical Society
An organization focusing on researching genealogy and family history within North Carolina.
NCLIVE.org Genealogical Resources
ArchiveGrid
Features a list and map locator of archival repositories around the world and provides collection and contact information for each location.
DigitalNC
Provides online access to historically significant materials pertaining to North Carolina.
Digital Public Library of America
The DPLA provides free access to a wide variety of resources including oral histories, photographs, books, and artifacts, belonging to libraries, museums, and archives throughout the United States. The link above directs you to the DPLA’s Family Research Guide, which would be a good place to start your genealogical research within this site.
HeritageQuest
Powered by Ancestry.com, the site provides a variety of genealogical resources including, US Census Records, US Indian Census Rolls, 1850 and 1860 Slave Schedules, and Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-Current.
Accessible with your OCPL library card
Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection
Provides access to the North Carolina Newspaper Collection of Newspapers.com.
Accessible with your OCPL library card
Sanborn Maps North Carolina
Provides access to Sanborn fire insurance maps of North Carolina.
Accessible with your OCPL library card
Onslow County Museum Research Room
The museum houses its own collection of genealogical and local history resources.
Onslow County Register of Deeds Index Search
Conduct an online search for Onslow County records by clicking on the tab – Online Records Search.
Swansboro Historical Association Heritage Center
The Heritage Center of the Swansboro Historical Association provides valuable resources within their research room for local historians and genealogists interested in the history and culture of Swansboro and its surrounding areas.
Montford Point Marines Museum
The Montford Point Marines Museum has the largest collection of photographs, documents and papers preserving the history and heritage of the African American Marines that served during and after WWII from 1942 to 1949.
Daughters of the American Revolution Chapters
Onslow County has two chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution. If you know or believe you have a patriot ancestor a DAR chapter is a great starting point in the process towards membership.
Joseph Montfort Chapter (Jacksonville)
Otway Burns Chapter (Swansboro)
State Library of North Carolina
The State Library provides information of what is available online and on site towards conducting North Carolina genealogical research.
State Archives of North Carolina
The State Archives provides helpful information within their blog, History For All the People, for utilizing their resources for genealogical research.
North Carolina Land Grant Images and Data
A valuable resource for North Carolina research. The site has searchable data for 216,000 North Carolina land grants between the years 1663-1960 as well as 10,000 grants issued by North Carolina to land that is now Tennessee. There is a significant selection of digitized images of the North Carolina land grants, 205 Land Patent Books, and loose documents of Caswell, Mecklenburg, Orange, Person, Wake, and Wilkes Counties.
Library of Congress
Provides information on utilizing the collections within the Library of Congress to conduct genealogical research.
U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Provides information on conducting genealogical research by utilizing NARA’s records, including census, military and immigration records. Their genealogy page can be found by clicking on Research Our Records, followed by Research Your Ancestry.
American Family Immigration History Center: Ellis Island Records
The History Center provides online access to immigrant arrival records.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Information to conduct genealogical research to find evidence of a patriot ancestor.
Mayflower History
Provides various resources toward conducting genealogical research of Mayflower ancestors.
Atlas of Historical County Boundaries
An interactive tool that allows the user to select their State of interest and discover how it developed and changed over time. The user may select a date within the list provided to view how the State appeared at the time of a border change. By scrolling over a region of interest, one may learn the County/Region, Effective Dates, and Description of Border Change. This project was developed by the William M. Scholl Center for American History and Culture at The Newberry Library in Chicago, IL.
Library and Archives Canada
Helpful information to start genealogy research and how to utilize their online and on site resources.
The National Archives (United Kingdom
The Archives does not have a designated web page specifically for genealogy, but they do provide a web page of family history research guides. Narrow the research guide results for those records that can be viewed online by clicking on the box next to Show only guides with all records online.
National Library of Ireland
Provides helpful information toward conducting genealogical research, including tips on getting started, resources available within their repository, and links to helpful online resources.
The National Archives of Ireland
Helpful information toward conducting genealogical research of Irish ancestors. The archives also possesses a genealogy website, which contains searchable records including censuses and will registers. The link to the archives’ genealogy website is accessible from the link above, under Genealogy website.
National Library of Scotland
Provides information for starting genealogical research as well as the resources they have available on site and online.
The National Records of Scotland
Provides information pertaining to the resources available through their repository and other suggested entities to conducting family history research of Scottish ancestors. On the homepage, click on the Research tab. The resulting page will provide information about their available resources, two of which, Family History and Learning, will be very helpful with your genealogy research.
The National Library of Wales
Information pertaining to conducting genealogical research, including getting started and what library resources are available on site and online.
Genealogical Publishing Company
A publisher of genealogy and family history resources in book and CD format.
Heritage Books
A large variety of genealogical and family history resources.
Southern Historical Press
A publisher of genealogical and historical materials pertaining to those States within the Southern region of the U.S.
Cemetery/Grave Sites
Find a Grave
Search through over 150 million grave records to find an ancestor’s final resting place.
BillionGraves
Provides access to the GPS coordinates of an ancestor’s tombstone.
Onslow County Geographical Information Services - Cemeteries Mapping Application
Find and record cemeteries in Onslow County and surrounding areas.
Professional Genealogist Sites
You may consider contracting with a professional researcher, particularly if your research interest is of an extensive or intensive nature. The library does not endorse those listed at the links below; we only provide this information as a service.
Association of Professional Genealogists
Book Repair and Preservation
HF Group ECS Conservation
Provides conservation and preservation services for book, paper, and photographic collections. Their site also provides a Resources tab with helpful information such as Terminology, Video and Online Resources, and Conservation Organizations and Suppliers. They are located outside of Greensboro, NC.
The Soleil Bookbindery
Specializing in book repair, binding and restoration/conservation services. The bookbindery is located in Chapel, Hill, NC.
Light of Day Bindery
Provides book repair, restoration, and conservation services. Also provides bookbinding classes. The bindery is located in Asheville, NC.
Wentworth & Leggett Rare Books
The site of an antiquarian bookshop in Durham, NC lists the contact information of companies within North Carolina and Virginia that provide book repair services.