Just a quick note… Found this on the NC Genealogy Facebook page and felt it was worth sharing here. It also has won an award from the North Carolina Genealogical Society for Excellence in Web Presence. Kudos to David M. McCorkle and his website.
Here is a snippet from the NC Land Grant Website (NCLandGrants.com) and what he has is on his website.
“WHAT’S HERE
* Searchable data for 216,000 land grants including names, dates and locations for years 1663 through 1960.
* Included in the total are 10,000 grants issued by North Carolina in what is now Tennessee
* Images of all 205 existing Land Patent Books with complete metes and bounds for each patent
* Images of loose documents (surveys, warrants, receipts) for Caswell, Mecklenburg, Orange, Person, Wake, and Wilkes Counties”
Go Here to North Carolina LAND GRANTS
BOOKS ONLINE
Book Randolph County, 1779-1979 is on the Internet Archive located here. For this one, I recommend going to the index in the back of the book to find your surnames indexed. This navigates just like a book.
Excellent Book “Reminiscences of Randolph County,” by J.A. Blair in 1890.
People
Nannie Watson Winslow Henley – A Gold Star Mother
Places
Back Creek Monthly Meeting Cemetery Images
LAND RECORDS ONLINE
Randolph County Registrar of Deeds
Older Land Records – Before searching this site, make sure to click on the Old Index Books tab in the upper right corner. It takes a little practice to figure out how the index works, but once you figure it out, you can drill into the actual images, if they’re available for the year you are researching.
MAPS
Soil Survey Map from 1915 overlay on modern day map.
National Register of Historic Places listings in Randolph County, North Carolina
Also see Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness for Randolph County.
NC HISTORIES ONLINE See the Digital NC Blog
MILITARY RECORDS for men from Randolph County… Be sure to check out the FamilySearch Wiki for Randolph County… scroll down and find Confederate units from Randolph County.
EXCELLENT LIST OF RESOURCE FOR ALL TYPES OF RANDOLPH COUNTY RECORDS AT FamilySearch Wiki.
The Hearts of the People – An Oral History of Tarboro and Edgecombe County, North Carolina. This video is a celebration of 200 years of the Blount-Bridgers House.
This video was produced in 2008 by Farrar Martin & Maureen O’Neill.
A film directed and edited by Jeremy Dean
Music composed and performed by Arnold Worsley

Learn how to research the “Friends” records for your family history. Quaker Genealogy is some of the most rewarding research. If you have found Quakers in your family tree, this is a must-see video. Learn where to find the records online and what is not online. Guest Elizabeth Saunders, staff member at Guilford College in Greensboro, NC, talks about the various types of records & the best ones for genealogy. This is a “footnotes” episode as part of a Genealogy TV series.
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Hey everyone… the Board for Certification of Genealogist has updated the GPS Standards book. GPS for those who aren’t aware, is the Genealogical Proof Standards that all genealogists should be working to maintain for all family research. The GPS was developed to help all genealogist have the same set of standards and improve the quality of family history research for both professionals and hobbyist. These are just good habits to get into from the start. Hot off the press, this little book is affordable at $14.95. Click the image to get your copy.