Goldsboro Genealogy (in Wayne County, NC)

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Goldsboro Birth Records

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Ancestry online

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

Goldsboro Cemetery Records (138)


Goldsboro 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

Goldsboro Church Records

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A History of the First Baptist Church of Goldsboro, North Carolina : organized in 1843 in Old Waynesborough FamilySearch Library

Do all things ... with a single eye ... to the glory of God : a history of Saint Paul United Methodist Church, Goldsboro, North Carolina FamilySearch Library

First Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records (microform) 1870-1997 Archive Grid

George Kirby Memorial Presbyterian Church, Births, Baptisms, and Marriages, 1926-1957 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Goldsboro First Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records, 1870-1997 Digital Public Library of America online

Love Memorial Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records, 1963-1997 Digital Public Library of America online

Madison Avenue Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records 1953-1979 Archive Grid

Madison Avenue Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records, 1953-1979 Digital Public Library of America online

Monthly meeting record of Friends (Quakers), 1906-1965 (Society of Friends. Goldsboro Monthly Meeting (North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Parish register, 1853-1964 (St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Goldsboro, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Parish register, 1961-1965 (Good Shepherd Lutheran Church (Goldsboro, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Pinewood Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1913-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Record of members, [1899]-1942 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Goldsboro Branch (North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Rosewood First Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records, 1949-1991 Digital Public Library of America online

Session minutes, history, book of remembrance, 1848-1965 (First Presbyterian Church (Goldsboro, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Trinity Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records 1954-1974 Archive Grid

Trinity Baptist Church (Goldsboro, N.C.) records, 1954-1974 Digital Public Library of America online

Goldsboro City Directories (83)


Goldsboro Court Records

Minutes, 1847-1965 FamilySearch Library

Goldsboro 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

Goldsboro Histories and Genealogies

Neuse Lodge of Odd Fellows : a memorable legacy FamilySearch Library

Goldsboro Land Records

1693-1960 North Carolina Land Grant Files Ancestry online

Abstracts of the early deeds of Wayne County, North Carolina, 1780-1793 FamilySearch Library

Cross index to land divisions, 1786-1938 FamilySearch Library

Record of deeds, 1780-1958; indexes, 1780-1963; real estate conveyances, 1779-1869; indexes, 1780-1920, 1779-1963 FamilySearch Library

Goldsboro Map Records

Map of Goldsboro, North Carolina FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, 1918 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, April 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, January 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, March 1885 Library of Congress online

Goldsboro Marriage Records

1741-2011 North Carolina, Marriage Records Ancestry online

Marriage licenses, 1876-1964; and marriage register, 1867-1962; marriage bonds, 1814-1868 FamilySearch Library

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Ancestry online

Goldsboro Military Records

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. X: Soldiers Buried in Goldsboro', Morganton & Charlotte, North Carolina Ancestry online

Goldsboro Miscellaneous Records

Index to minutes of the Board of Aldermen, 1847-1965 FamilySearch Library

Goldsboro Newspapers and Obituaries

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Air-O-Mech (1943-1944) Digital NC online

Daily Morning Star 1867-1867 Newspapers.com online

Die Suedliche Post 10/01/1869 to 11/27/1869 Genealogy Bank online

Die Suedliche Post 1869-1869 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Bulletin 1883-1884 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Daily Argus 1885-1927 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Daily Messenger 1869-1869 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Daily News 1865-1866 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Daily Rough Notes 1861-1868 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Headlight 1887-1903 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Mail 1879-1879 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Messenger 1869-1896 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro News 1867-1873 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro News-Argus 01/03/2017 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Goldsboro News-Argus 1989-1989 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Patriot 1849-1849 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Semi-Weekly Argus 1909-1909 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Star 1881-1882 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Tribune 1862-1862 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Weekly Argus 1892-1909 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Weekly Argus 1892-1915 Newspapers.com online

Goldsboro Weekly argus (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from April 14, 1892 to March 11, 1909) MyHeritage online

Goldsboro Weekly argus (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from Jan. 1, 1914 to Dec. 23, 1915) MyHeritage online

Goldsboro semi-Weekly argus (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from March 17, 1909 to Dec. 22, 1909) MyHeritage online

Goldsboro semi-weekly argus 03/17/1909 to 12/22/1909 Genealogy Bank online

Goldsboro semi-weekly argus. (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from March 17, 1909 to Dec. 22, 1909) Chronicling America online

Goldsboro star (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from May 28, 1881 to July 22, 1882) MyHeritage online

Goldsboro star 05/28/1881 to 07/22/1882 Genealogy Bank online

Goldsboro weekly argus 04/14/1892 to 03/11/1909 and 01/01/1914 to 12/23/1915 Genealogy Bank online

Goldsboro weekly argus. (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from April 14, 1892 to March 11, 1909) Chronicling America online

Goldsboro weekly argus. (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from Jan. 1, 1914 to Dec. 23, 1915) Chronicling America online

Ku Klux Kaleidoscope 1869-1869 Newspapers.com online

New Era 1853-1855 Newspapers.com online

North Carolina Republican 1854-1854 Newspapers.com online

North Carolina Telegraph 1850-1855 Newspapers.com online

Republican and Patriot 1851-1853 Newspapers.com online

The Goldsboro Headlight (1887-1917) Digital NC online

The Goldsboro News (1922-1929) Digital NC online

The Goldsboro star. (Goldsboro, N.C.) (from May 28, 1881 to July 22, 1882) Chronicling America online

Weekly Transcript and Messenger 1874-1889 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Goldsboro

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.

Carolina Enterprise. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1880s-1883

Carolina Messenger. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1867-1873

Carolina Messenger. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1867-1877

Daily News [Microform]. (Goldsboro', N.C.) 1865-1860s

Daily News. (Goldsboro', N.C.) 1865-1860s

Daily Rough Notes [Microform]. (Goldsborough [I.E. Goldsboro], N.C.) 1860-1868

Daily Rough Notes. (Goldsborough [I.E. Goldsboro], N.C.) 1860-1868

Goldsboro Bulletin [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1883-1884

Goldsboro Bulletin. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1880s-1880s

Goldsboro Daily Argus. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1929

Goldsboro Daily Messenger. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1867-1869

Goldsboro Daily News [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1860s-1860s

Goldsboro Daily Rough Notes [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1860s-1860s

Goldsboro Headlight. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1887-1888

Goldsboro Mail [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1871-1879

Goldsboro Messenger. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1877-1887

Goldsboro News [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1865-1874

Goldsboro News-Argus. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1929-Current

Goldsboro News. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1920s-1929

Goldsboro Patriot [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1849-1851

Goldsboro Telegraph [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1848-1850

Goldsboro Weekly Argus. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909

Goldsboro' Daily News. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1860s-1860s

Goldsboro' News. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1865-1874

Goldsboro' Telegraph. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1840s-1850

Headlight. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1888-1893

New Era [Microform]. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1852-1855

Republican and Patriot. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1851-1840s

Wayne County Times-Inquirer. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1994-1990s

Weekly Transcript and Messenger. (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1874-1890s

Goldsboro Probate Records

1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

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

Abstracts of Wayne County wills, Wayne County, N.C., 1780-1868 : vol. 1, compiled from original and microfilmed copies of wills FamilySearch Library

Goldsboro School Records

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1937 Goldsboro High School News, Senior Edition FamilySearch Books online

Central High & Elementary School Yearbook, 1950 Internet Archive online

Central High School (Goldsboro, N.C.), Highlights of Central/The Central Panther [1950, 1959-1960] Digital NC online

Central High School - Panther Yearbook (Goldsboro, NC), 1950, 1960 E Yearbook online

Central High School yearbook, 1959, 1960 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dillard High School - Dillardites Yearbook (Goldsboro, NC), 1937, 1947, 1965, 1968 E Yearbook online

Dillard High School yearbook, 1937, 1947, 1963, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Dillard High School, The Purple and Gold/The Dillardites [1937, 1947, 1957-1959, 1961-1963, 1965, 1968] Digital NC online

Eastern Wayne High School - Warrior Yearbook (Goldsboro, NC), 1987 E Yearbook online

Eastern Wayne High School yearbook, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1987, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Faith Christian Academy yearbook, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Goldsboro Christian High School yearbooks, 1973, 1975, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Goldsboro High School - Gohisca Yearbook (Goldsboro, NC), 1922, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 E Yearbook online

Goldsboro High School yearbook, 1926, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Goldsboro High School, Graduation Program, 1937 Internet Archive online

Goldsboro High School, News, 1925 -1942 Internet Archive online

Goldsboro High School, The Tarpitur/Our Memory Book/Just Seniors/Gohisca [1920-1926, 1943-1945, 1948-1969, 1971] Digital NC online

Grantham High School, Grannawayne [1950, 1953-1964] Digital NC online

Grantham School, Grannawayne [1965] Digital NC online

New Hope High School - Nuhosca Yearbook (Goldsboro, NC), 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 E Yearbook online

New Hope High School yearbook, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

New Hope High School, Nuhosca [1947-1951, 1953-1969] Digital NC online

Wayne Community College - Yearbook (Goldsboro, NC), 1968, 1974 E Yearbook online

Wayne Community College yearbook, 1968, 1974 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Wayne Community College, Zodiac/Greenbriar/Teknik/Insight/New Horizons [1964-1974, 1979, 1985] Digital NC online

Wayne Country Day School yearbook, 1980 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Wayne County Day School, Charger [1971] Digital NC online

Wayne County Technical Academy yearbook, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

William Carter College, The Challenge [1970-1971] Digital NC online

Goldsboro Tax Records

Tax records (Wayne County, North Carolina), 1780-1920 FamilySearch Library



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