Chapel Hill Genealogy (in Orange County, NC)

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Chapel Hill Birth Records

Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church records, 1845-1885, Chapel Hill, N.C. Archive Grid

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Ancestry online

North Carolina, Birth Records, 1913-present North Carolina Vital Records Office

Chapel Hill Cemetery Records

Aldersgate United Methodist Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Alston Grove Congregational Church Cemetery - Black Cemetery Census online

Andrew Jackson Lloyd Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Andrews, William Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Antioch Baptist Church Cemetery (org. 1806; moved 1830) Cemetery Census online

Barbee Chapel Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Barbee, Christopher and William Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Barbee, John Family Cemetery (bef. 1810?) Cemetery Census online

Barbee-HarGraves - Black (ca. 1790-1915) Cemetery Census online

Benjamin Merrill Memorial Site Find a Grave online

Bethany Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethany Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery - Black Cemetery Census online

Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery (org. 1851) Cemetery Census online

Blackwood Family Cemetery (bef. 1834) Cemetery Census online

Caldwell-Hooper Gravesite (Orig 1835, Relocated Abt 1858 and 1904) Cemetery Census online

Carden Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Carden Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Cemetery records, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina FamilySearch Library

Chapel Hill Cemetery (old) - White Sections I-Iv (ca. 1798) Cemetery Census online

Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery Billion Graves online

Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chapel of the Cross Episcopal Churchyard Find a Grave online

Charles Davis Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cheek and Whitaker Family Cemetery (ca. 1836 or earlier) Cemetery Census online

Church of the Holy Family Columbarium Find a Grave online

Clark Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clark Family Cemetery - Black Cemetery Census online

Clover Garden Methodist Church Cemetery (ca. 1836) Cemetery Census online

Cole (Cold-Womble) Family Cemetery (ca. 1889) Cemetery Census online

Cole / Womble Family Cemetery Billion Graves online

Cole/WombleCemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Couch - Riggsbee Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Couch Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Couch Family Cemetery (1888) Cemetery Census online

Couch, Thomas and William Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Couch-Pickett Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Couch-Pickett Family Cemetery (ca. 1844) Cemetery Census online

Couch-Rigsbee Family Cemetery (ca. 1890 or earlier) Cemetery Census online

Craig Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Craig Family Cemetery (ca. 1918?) Cemetery Census online

Craige, Isaac Family Cemetery (abt 1830) Cemetery Census online

Damascus Congregational Christian Church Billion Graves online

Daniel Hogan II Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Demascus Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Dubose, David St. Pierre, Sr. Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Freeland, John Family Cemetery (ca. 1827) Cemetery Census online

Garrett Family Cemetery (ca. mid-1800s) Cemetery Census online

Gattis, William, Sr. Family (Kenmore Road) Cemetery Census online

George Andrews Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Hogan, Alexander Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Hogan, Daniel, Ii Family Cemetery (ca. 1844 or Earlier) Cemetery Census online

Hogan, Thomas Family Cemetery (ca. 1845) Cemetery Census online

Johnson - Riggsbee - Nunn Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Johnston Family Cemetery (ca. 1810) Cemetery Census online

Johnston-Riggsbee-Nunn Families Cemetery - Black Cemetery Census online

Judea Reform Congregation Cemetery Find a Grave online

Judea Reform Congregation Cemetery (ca. 1980) Cemetery Census online

Keep Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Lloyd (Loyd), Stephen, Family Cemetery (abt 1791, destroyed Abt 1930) Cemetery Census online

Lloyd, Andrew Jackson Family Cemetery (ca. 1914) Cemetery Census online

Lockridge Cemetery Find a Grave online

Manly Decatur Strowd Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Manns Chapel Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mason Farm Cemetery (ca. 1857) Cemetery Census online

McFarland Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

McFarling (McFarland) Family Cemetery (ca. 1881) Cemetery Census online

Mccauley Family Cemetery (1832) Cemetery Census online

Morgan and Mason Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Morgan, Solomon Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Mount Carmel Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mount Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church & Sparrow Family Cemetery (CA 1875) Cemetery Census online

Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery (ca. 1823?) Cemetery Census online

Mt. Sinai Baptist Church Cemetery - Black (ca. 1885) Cemetery Census online

New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

New Hope Presbyterian Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

North Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

North Chapel Hill Baptist Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Nunn Chapel of The New Hope Association Cemetery - Black (org. 1938) Cemetery Census online

Oak Grove Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Interment online

Old Chapel Hill Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old New Hope Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Orange Chapel Methodist Church (ca. 1879?) Cemetery Census online

Orange United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Orange United Methodist Church Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Orange United Methodist Church Cemetery (ca. 1859) Cemetery Census online

Partin Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Partin Family Cemetery - Black (ca. 1886) Cemetery Census online

Patterson Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Peace Family Cemetery (1885) Cemetery Census online

Pettigrew-Rice Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pratt Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pratt Family Cemetery (c.1830) Cemetery Census online

Pritchard Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Pritchard Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Purefoy Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Purefoy and Related Families Cemetery (Black) Cemetery Census online

Restland Memorial Gardens Billion Graves online

Robson, William Family Cemetery (ca. 1842) Cemetery Census online

Saint Thomas More Catholic Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Slave Cemetery - Chapel Hill Billion Graves online

Sparrow Family Cemetery (old) Cemetery Census online

Sparrows Cemetery Billion Graves online

St. Thomas More Catholic Church Columbarium Cemetery Census online

Strayhorn, Samuel Slave Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Strowd, M. D. Family Cemetery (ca. 1890?) Cemetery Census online

Terrell's Creek Baptist Church Cemetery (new) - Black (ca. 1920) Cemetery Census online

Thomas and William Couch Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Unidentified Cemetery - Carrboro Area (Smith Level Road) Cemetery Census online

Unidentified Cemetery - Cheek-Markham Land (destroyed) Cemetery Census online

Unidentified Cemetery - Former Craig and Currie Property (Abt 1800-1850s) Cemetery Census online

Unidentified Cemetery - Former Gattis and Maddry Property (bef. 1850) Cemetery Census online

Unidentified Cemetery - Noble Street, Chapel Hill Cemetery Census online

Unidentified Cemetery - Off Mountain Creek Road Cemetery Census online

Unidentified Cemetery - South Grove Subdivision Cemetery Census online

Unidentified Cemetery - Woodgate Drive Cemetery Census online

Union Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery (bef. 1865) Cemetery Census online

University Memorial Grove Find a Grave online

University Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

University United Methodist Church Garden Find a Grave online

West Chapel Hill Cemetery Find a Grave online

West Chapel Hill Cemetery Billion Graves online

West Chapel Hill Cemetery - (ca. 1949) Cemetery Census online

William Andrews Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodson Wilson Garrett Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Yancey Family Cemetery (ca. 1860s) Cemetery Census online

Chapel Hill Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Chapel Hill Church Records

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Antioch Baptist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) records (microform) 1806-1881 Archive Grid

Antioch Baptist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) records, 1806-1881 Digital Public Library of America online

Binkley Memorial Baptist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) records, 1961-1988 Digital Public Library of America online

Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church records, 1845-1885, Chapel Hill, N.C. Archive Grid

Covenant Presbyterian Church, Register and Baptisms, 1953-1954 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Lystra Baptist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) records 1853-1968 Archive Grid

Lystra Baptist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) records, 1853-1968 Digital Public Library of America online

Mount Carmel Baptist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) records (microform) 1874-1980 Archive Grid

Mount Carmel Baptist Church (Chapel Hill, N.C.) records, 1874-1980 Digital Public Library of America online

Mount Carmel Baptist Church records, 1874-1915, Chapel Hill, N.C. Archive Grid

New Hope Presbyterian Church, Register, 1756-1956 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

The Chapel Hill Methodist Church FamilySearch Library

University Baptist Church records, 1854-1973, Chapel Hill, N.C. Archive Grid

Chapel Hill City Directories

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Chapel Hill City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Chapel Hill, NC 1957, 1959 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1957, 1959, 1961-1962] Digital NC online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1957] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1957] Internet Archive online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1959] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1959] Internet Archive online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1961] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1961] Internet Archive online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1962] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Chapel Hill (Orange County, N.C.) City Directory, including Carrboro [1962] Internet Archive online

Chapel Hill Death Records

1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates Ancestry online

North Carolina Death Indexes, 1908-2004 Ancestry online

North Carolina, Death Records, 1930-present North Carolina Vital Records Office

North Carolina, Deaths, 1906-1930 MyHeritage online

North Carolina, Deaths, 1931-1994 MyHeritage online

Chapel Hill Histories and Genealogies

These old stone walls FamilySearch Library

Chapel Hill Land Records

1693-1960 North Carolina Land Grant Files Ancestry online

Deeds (original) 1755-1961; index 1755-1962 FamilySearch Library

Deeds, 1764-1765; minutes, 1856-1861 FamilySearch Library

Orange County Land Grant Files NC Land Grants online

Record of deeds, 1755-1756, 1768-1840; general index to deeds, 1752-1868 FamilySearch Library

Chapel Hill Map Records

Map of Little, Bolin, Booker, and Morgan Creeks, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1970 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, 1925 Library of Congress online

Chapel Hill Marriage Records

1741-2011 North Carolina, Marriage Records Ancestry online

Marriage licenses (Orange County, North Carolina), 1866-1962 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records (Orange County, North Carolina), 1851-1962 FamilySearch Library

Marriages of Orange County, North Carolina, 1779-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Ancestry online

Chapel Hill Newspapers and Obituaries

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Chapel Hill Gazette 1857-1858 Newspapers.com online

Chapel Hill Herald 1988-2011 Newspapers.com online

Chapel Hill Ledger 1878-1880 Newspapers.com online

Chapel Hill News 1992-2011 Newspapers.com online

Chapel Hill Newspaper 1972-1992 Newspapers.com online

Chapel Hill Weekly 1923-1972 Newspapers.com online

Chapel Hillian 1891-1891 Newspapers.com online

Cloudbuster (1942-1945) Digital NC online

Collegiate Digest 1935-1935 Newspapers.com online

Columbian Repository 1836-1836 Newspapers.com online

Daily Tar Heel 1893-1992 Newspapers.com online

Daily Tar Heel: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 02/12/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Harbinger 1833-1834 Newspapers.com online

Independent 1894-1894 Newspapers.com online

News 1893-1917 Newspapers.com online

The Chapel Hill weekly. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) (from March 1, 1923 to Dec. 29, 1963) Chronicling America online

Offline Newspapers for Chapel Hill

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Chapel Hill Herald. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1988-Current

Chapel Hill Ledger. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1879-1880

Chapel Hill Literary Gazette. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1857-1858

Chapel Hill News Leader. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1954-1959

Chapel Hill News. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1893-1890s

Chapel Hill News. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1992-Current

Chapel Hill Newspaper. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1972-1992

Chapel Hill Weekly. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1923-1972

Contempo. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1931-1942

Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1929-1943

Daily Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1946-Current

Harbinger. (Chapel Hill [N.C.]) 1833-1834

Nc Landmark Limited. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1982-1989

Neighborhood Gazette. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1962-1969

News. (Chapel Hill, Orange County, N.C.) 1890s-1944

Protean Radish [Microform]. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1969-1970s

Protean Radish. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1969-1970s

Radish [Microform]. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1968-1969

Radish. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1968-1969

Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1893-1929

Tar Heel. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1943-1946

Weekly Ledger. (Chapel Hill, N.C.) 1878-1879

Chapel Hill Probate Records

1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstract of North Carolina Wills [from about 1760 to 1800] Ancestry online

Abstract of North Carolina Wills, 1663-1760 Ancestry online

Abstracts of wills from records in office of clerk of superior court for Orange County, North Carolina, at Hillsboro, North Carolina : books A, B, C, D FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1752-1800 Ancestry online

Abstracts of wills recorded in Orange County, North Carolina, 1800-1850 FamilySearch Library

Chapel Hill School Records

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Chapel Hill High School - Hill Life Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC), 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1984 E Yearbook online

Chapel Hill High School yearbook, 1925, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chapel Hill High School yearbook, 1943, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chapel Hill High School yearbook, 1943, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 Classmates online

Chapel Hill High School, Hillife/Senior Life [1925-1926, 1928-1931, 1934, 1936-1971] Digital NC online

North Carolina University yearbooks, 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

The University of North Carolina directory of alumni FamilySearch Library

UNC School of Dentistry - Impressions Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC), 1984 E Yearbook online

UNC School of Dentistry yearbook, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

UNC School of Medicine - Tarhealer Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC), 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

UNC School of Medicine yearbook, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC), 1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1980 E Yearbook online

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Dentistry, Impressions [1984] Digital NC online

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, The Tarhealer [1987-1992] Digital NC online

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill yearbooks, 1916, 1932, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, The Hellenian/Yackety yack/Ebony Images/The Tarhealer [1890-1992] Digital NC online

University of North Carolina yearbook, 1937, 1940, 1947, 1949, 1968, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chapel Hill Tax Records

Orange County, North Carolina, taxpayers, 1784-1793 FamilySearch Library

Poll tax register (Orange County, North Carolina), 1902-1914 FamilySearch Library



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