Carteret County NC Genealogy

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Carteret County Records by City/Town

Atlantic Genealogy (37)
Beaufort Genealogy (120)
Bogue Genealogy (29)
Cedar Island Genealogy (30)
Core Creek Genealogy (28)
Davis Genealogy (39)
Gloucester Genealogy (31)
Harkers Island Genealogy (42)
Harlowe Genealogy (28)
Lola Genealogy (29)
Lukens Genealogy (30)
Marshallberg Genealogy (31)
Merrimon Genealogy (30)


Mill Creek Genealogy (33)
Morehead City Genealogy (81)
Newport Genealogy (44)
Ocean Genealogy (29)
Otway Genealogy (45)
Peletier Genealogy (33)
Portsmouth Genealogy (34)
Sealevel Genealogy (29)
Smyrna Genealogy (31)
South River Genealogy (30)
Stella Genealogy (33)
Straits Genealogy (32)
Williston Genealogy (31)


Overview of Carteret County Records

  • Carteret County was created in 1722 from Craven County.
  • Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the North Carolina Vital Records Office.
  • The Carteret County Register of Deeds has birth records starting in 1912, marriage records starting in 1746, death records starting in 1912, and land records starting in 1721.
  • The Carteret County Clerk Superior Court has probate records starting in 1744 and court records starting in 1723.
  • Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.