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Historical and Cultural Links

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Craven County Seal Designed and Adopted in 1981.
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The First Earl of Craven (1608-1697), Wikipedia.org
Craven County, North Carolina

was originally named Archdale in 1705 when it was formed from Bath County
and its name later changed to Craven 
in 1712 and named for
​William Craven, The First Earl of Craven (1608-1697),
one of the eight Carolina Lord Proprietors.

A listing of the Craven County Daughter Counties
and the ​Formation of North Carolina Counties.


The Craven County Seal was designed and adopted in 1981
​and is based upon the coat of arms of The Earl of Craven.

The seal motto “Virtus In Actione Consistit”
​means “Virtue Consists In Action.”
 
Craven County

Craven County Ancestry.com Message Board

Craven County & Surrounding Counties Obituary Index (Kellenberger Room)

Craven County Arts Council

Craven County Cemeteries at FindAGrave

Craven County Clerk of Superior Court

Craven County Community College

Craven County Community Foundation

​Craven County Cooperative Extension

Craven County Genealogical Society Facebook

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Craven County Genealogical Society Research Assistance

Craven County Genealogical Society Website

Craven County Genealogy at FamilySearch.org

Craven County Genforum Message Board (Inactive, but Searchable Archive)

Craven County Government GIS Maps

Craven County Government Main Website

Craven County Government Various Maps

​Craven County Highway Historical Markers

Craven County History NCGenWeb.org

Craven County History NCPedia.org

Craven County History Wikipedia.org

​Craven County History and Genealogy Facebook

Craven County Municipal City of Havelock

Craven County Municipal City of New Bern (County Seat)

Craven County Municipal
 Town of Bridgeton

​Craven County Municipal Town of Cove City

Craven County Municipal Town of Dover

Craven County Municipal Town of River Bend

Craven County Municipal Town of Trent Woods

Craven County Municipal Town of Vanceboro


Craven County National Register of Historic Places Listings

Craven County Register of Deeds Main Website

Craven County Register of Deeds:
Old Index Books, 1739-1983 & New Index Books, 1984-Present


Craven County Rootsweb Mailing List & Archives

Craven-Pamlico Regional Library

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DNA:  AncestryDNA.com

DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com


DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com Genetic Genealogy DNA Research Projects

​DNA:  GedMatch.com

​DNA:  MyHeritage.com

DNA:  23andMe.com


Family History Society of Eastern North Carolina Facebook

Family History Society of Eastern North Carolina Website

Havelock-Craven County Visitors Center and Aviation Museum

James City Historical Society Facebook Page:  Crockett-Miller Slave Quarters

​​Latter-Day Saints FamilySearch History Research Center, New Bern

National Forest:  Croatan National Forest

New Bern Civil War Battlefield

New Bern Farmers' Market

New Bern Firemen's Museum

New Bern Historic Trolley Tours

New Bern Historical Preservation Foundation

New Bern Historical Society

New Bern and Craven County Maps

New Bern-Craven County Public Library, Kellenberger Research Room

New Bern-Craven County Visitors Center History Links

​New Bern Mumfest

NewBernNow.com

Newspaper:  New Bern Sun Journal

NewspaperArchive.com via Kellenberger Room

Palatine Resources via Kellenberger Room

Swiss and German Palatines Who Settled New Bern in 1710

The Pepsi Store - The Birthplace of Pepsi!

Tryon Palace and The North Carolina History Center


Eastern North Carolina

Beaufort County Genealogcial Society

Beaufort County Register of Deeds

Beaufort, North Carolina Historical Association

Beaufort, North Carolina Maritime Museum

Carteret County Historical Society Museum and Research Library

Carteret County Register of Deeds

Carteret County Visitors Centers

CSS Neuse Museum & Gov. Caswell Memorial

CSS Neuse II Replica Gunboat

Core Sound Waterfowl Museum & Heritage Center

DNA:  AncestryDNA.com

DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com


DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com Genetic Genealogy DNA Research Projects

​DNA:  GedMatch.com

​DNA:  MyHeritage.com

DNA:  23andMe.com


Duplin County Public Library Genealogy Section

Duplin County Register of Deeds

Duplin County Visitors Center

East Carolina Roots

Eastern Carolina Village and Farm Museum (1840-1940)

Eastern North Carolina Genealogical Society Quarterly Review

Fort Macon State Park and Museum

Genealogical Records via NCLive.org (Free with NC Library Card)

Greene County Museum and Genealogical Society

Greene County Register of Deeds

Grifton Historical Museum & Catechna Indian Village Re-creation Facebook

Heritage Genealogical Society
of Greene, Jones, and Lenoir Counties Facebook


Heritage Genealogical Society of Greene, Jones, and Lenoir Counties Website (Jones County Cemetery Books)

Heritage Place Museum and Library at Lenoir Community College

Hyde County Historical and Genealogical Society

Hyde County Register of Deeds

John Lawson Legacy Days at the Grifton Historical Museum

Jones County African American Genealogy at NCGenWeb

Jones County Arts Council

Jones County Back In Time Museum

Jones County Cemeteries at FindAGrave.com

Jones County Community Foundation

Jones County Cooperative Extension

Jones County Genealogy at FamilySearch.org

Jones County Foscue Plantation


Jones County Friends of Brock's Mill Pond Facebook

Jones County Historical Society
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Jones County Government Main Site

Jones County Government GIS

Jones County Government Register of Deeds Main Site

Jones County Government Register of Deeds Online Search (~1779-1977)

Jones County Government Register of Deeds Online Search (1978-Present)

Jones County Heritage Festival

Jones County Highway Historical Markers

Jones County History NCGenWeb

Jones County History NCPedia.org

Jones County History Wikipedia

Jones County Maps

Jones County National Register of Historic Places Listings

Jones County Rootsweb Mailing List & Archives

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Jones County Things From Yesteryear Museum

Jones County Town of Maysville

Jones County Town of Pollocksville

Jones County Town of Trenton (County Seat)


Kinston-Lenoir County Chamber of Commerce

Kinston-Lenoir County Visitor Center & Civil War Museum

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Centers

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Center, Goldsboro

Latter-Day Saints History Research Center, Greenville

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Center, Harkers Island

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Center, Jacksonville

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Center, Kinston

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Center, Morehead City

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Center, Washington

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Center, Woodington

Lenoir County Historical Association at Harmony Hall Facebook

Lenoir County Register of Deeds

Liberty Hall Home & Museum, Kenansville, North Carolina

May Museum & Park, Farmville, North Carolina Facebook

May Museum & Park, Farmville, North Carolina Website

Native American Eastern North Carolina
at the Coastal Carolina Indian Center


Native American North Carolina Book,
The Tuscarora War, by Dr. David LaVere


Neuse Regional Library of Greene, Jones, and Lenoir Counties

New Hanover County Public Library, North Carolina Research Room

New Hanover County Register of Deeds

Newport Heritage Museum

Onslow County Museum and Research Room

Onslow County Public Library, Tucker Reed Littleton Research Room

Onslow County Register of Deeds

Onslow County Visitors Center

Old Dobbers (Glasgow-Greene, Lenoir, aka Dobbs County)

Pamlico County Heritage Center, Village, and Research Room Facebook

Pamlico County Heritage Center, Village, and Research Room Website

Pamlico County Register of Deeds

Pender County Poplar Grove Plantation Home & Musuem,
​Scotts Hill, North Carolina


Pender County Public Library, Carolina Heritage Research Center:
(The William Dallas Herring Collection)


Pender County Register of Deeds

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Pitt County Family Researchers

Pitt County Genealogical Quarterly

Pitt County Historical Society

Pitt County Register of Deeds

Sampson County Historical Society Facebook

Sampson County History Museum

Sampson County Register of Deeds

Swansboro Historical Association

Tryon Palace and the North Carolina History Center


North Carolina

African American Genealogy, North Carolina at FamilySearch.org

African American Genealogy, North Carolina at NC State Archives

African American (Free, Non-Enslaved) Genealogy, North Carolina

African American Special Projects, NCGenWeb

DNA:  AncestryDNA.com

DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com


DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com Genetic Genealogy DNA Research Projects

​DNA:  GedMatch.com

​DNA:  MyHeritage.com

DNA:  23andMe.com


East Carolina University Digital Collection

East Carolina University Joyner Library Manuscript and Rare Book Collection

East Carolina University Joyner Library Special Collections

Federation of North Carolina Historical Societies

Genealogical Records via NCLive.org (Free with NC Library Card)

The Huguenot Society of North Carolina

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Centers

Native American North Carolina Bureau of Indian Affairs
at the National Archive


Native American North Carolina Genealogy at FamilySearch.org

Native American North Carolina Tribes at NCPedia.org

North Carolina Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution

North Carolina Civil War History Center

North Carolina Collection at Ancestry.com

North Carolina Collection at FamilySearch.org

North Carolina Digital Heritage Center: Digital North Carolina Blog

North Carolina Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans

North Carolina Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy

North Carolina Genealogical Society

North Carolina Genforum Message Board (Inactive, but Searchable Archive)

North Carolina Museum of History

North Carolina NCPedia.org

North Carolina Rootsweb Mailing List and Archives

North Carolina Society, Daughters of the American Revolution

North Carolina Society of Historians

North Carolina State Historic Preservation Office (NCSHPO)

North Carolina NCGenWeb

Palatines to America German Genealogy Society, North Carolina Chapter

Preservation North Carolina

Scottish Heritage Society of Eastern North Carolina Facebook

Southern Historical Collection at UNC-Chapel Hill

State Archives of North Carolina

State Library of North Carolina

This Day In North Carolina History

VisitNC.com


United States of America

African American Genealogy, United States

American Ancestors:  New England Genealogical Society

American Battlefield Trust:  Revolutionary and Civil Wars

BillionGraves.com

Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database:  Confederate & Yankee

Dead Fred's Genealogy Photo Archive

DNA:  AncestryDNA.com

DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com


DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com Genetic Genealogy DNA Research Projects

​DNA:  GedMatch.com

​DNA:  MyHeritage.com

DNA:  23andMe.com


Documenting the American South at UNC-Chapel Hill

Latter Day Saints Family History Research Centers

Library of Congress

Military Records at Fold3.com

National Trust for Historic Preservation

Native American Genealogy at FamilySearch.org

New York Public Library Digital Collection, Waightstill Avery Letter, 1781

New York Public Library Digital Collection, Willie Jones Letter, 1781

Online Genealogy Links PDF by Mark West, 2016

Rootsweb Mailing Lists:  United States, International, Surnames, Etc.

Scotch-Irish Society of the United States of America

Swiss American Historical Society

Swiss Center of North America

Union Veterans of The Civil War:  Sons & Daughters

United States of America Collection at Ancestry.com

United States of America Collection at FamilySearch.org

United States Genforum Message Board (Inactive, but Searchable Archive)

United States USGenWeb


World

Africa Genealogy

DNA:  AncestryDNA.com

DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com

DNA:  FamilyTreeDNA.com Genetic Genealogy DNA Research Projects

​DNA:  GedMatch.com

​DNA:  MyHeritage.com

DNA:  23andMe.com

Dutch, The Netherlands Genealogy

Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter

French Genealogy

German Genealogy

All About German History, Genealogy, History & Immigration

Google.com

InternetArchive.org

Irish Genealogy

Jewish Genealogy

Latter-Day Saints Family History Research Centers

Lebanese Genealogy

Scandinavian Genealogy

Scottish Genealogy

Spanish Genealogy

Swiss Genealogy

The Legal Genealogist

United Kingdom National Archives

Welsh Genealogy

World Collection at Ancestry.com

World Collection at FamilySearch.org
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World Genforum Message Board (Inactive, but Searchable Archive)

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General Genealogy Research Links


Researching Your Family's History From Ships Passenger List

Using AI for Genealogical Research
These historical and cultural links are a work in progress
and are provided to assist you in your research.

Please let us know of any other historical or cultural resources
​by sending us an email.

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  • Welcome
  • About
    • History and Purpose
    • Current Officers and Board Members
    • Past Officers and Board Members
    • By Laws
    • Ethics Statement
    • Research Assistance
    • Members' Surnames List
  • Events
    • Monthly Programs
  • Kintracks
  • Blog
  • FSHC
  • Membership
    • Membership Info
    • Members' Surnames List
    • Research Assistance
  • Email List
  • Links
  • Contact