John wesley rice sr. birth date

Introduction to North Carolina Vital Records

Vital records are official government records created about birth, marriage, and death.

Due to privacy restrictions we are not able to publish the images associated with these indexes at this time.

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North Carolina, Marriage Records, 1741-2011. They are filed separately from birth certificates. 

“Certificates were normally filed in the county in which the event took place, but in some periods they were filed instead in the county where the subject legally resided.” (1)

A significant amount of genealogically important information may be included in birth certificates including the date and place of birth, full name of child, sex, name of mother, name of father, mother’s maiden name, color or race of both parents, the informant’s name, parents’ marital status, and parents’ birthplaces and birthdates. 

It is common to find birth certificates where the child has no first name listed.

The Register of Deeds Office may offer genealogical or non-certified certificate copies that are less expensive and easier to request than an official copy. Wilmington starting keeping death records in 1903.

Similar to birth certificates, death certificates contain a variety of important genealogical information.

It is likely that the informant is a family member. This is usually because the parents had not decided on a name before the certificate was registered. Vital records are crucial to research because they contain rich details about individuals and families. These records include licenses, marriage applications, marriage bonds, marriage certificates, marriage packets and cohabitation registers.
North Carolina Marriages, 1759-1979.

Before 1913, no births were recorded by the county or state. FamilySearch. For more information about the collection and a complete list of counties and year ranges with images available, please visit the collection’s webpage. 
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Death Index, 1992-2012. You will need to research what ordering options are available.

Some counties offer online ordering and others do not. This collection includes death records from Wake County, North Carolina, 1900-1909.

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North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976.