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Online Resources
Using online databases can be a very helpful place to start your family research. Anyone visiting the Local History Room at Wayne County Public Library will be able to connect to the following databases:
Wayne County Public Library patrons also have access to some of these databases from their home computers using their library card numbers.
Digital materials from WCPL's collections are also available online through partnership with the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. In addition to materials related to Wayne County, you will find yearbooks and local history materials from around the state of North Carolina.
Other freely available online resources may be helpful to you as well. Please note that the information on these websites has not been vetted for accuracy.
Wayne County Public Library patrons also have access to some of these databases from their home computers using their library card numbers.
Digital Materials
Digital materials from WCPL's collections are also available online through partnership with the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. In addition to materials related to Wayne County, you will find yearbooks and local history materials from around the state of North Carolina.
- Digital NC
- Materials donated by Wayne County Public Library
- North Carolina High School and College Yearbooks
- Old Dobbs Genealogical Society Newsletters
Free Online Resources
Other freely available online resources may be helpful to you as well. Please note that the information on these websites has not been vetted for accuracy.
- AfriGeneas - African Ancestored Genealogy
- Ancestral Chart - From Ancestry.com
- Christine's Genealogy Website - Contains the latest in African-American genealogy
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors - A database containing information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War
- Death Indexes - A directory of links to websites with online death indexes, listed by state and county
- Ellis Island - Search the arrival records of passengers coming through Ellis Island
- English Genealogy Links
- Find a Grave
- How to Trace Your US Military Ancestors
- Interment.net - Cemetery records from thousands of cemeteries across the world
- Jewish Genealogy - JewishGen
- Native American - Indian Genealogy
- On the Trail of Our Ancestors - Finding a Civil War Ancestor
- Soundex Converter by Rootsweb - Soundex can aid genealogists by identifying spelling variations for a given surname
- US Army Center of Military History
- USGenWeb Archives for Wayne County - The USGenWeb Archives was developed to help genealogists and family historians share information found in their research
- UK and Ireland Genealogy
- Research Guide to Genealogy - Mexico
- Researching Native American Ancestors - From the State Historical Society of Missouri
- WWII memorial - Search the World War II Registry of Americans who contributed to the war effort