Cumberland County NC Genealogy

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Cumberland Records by Type

Birth Records (3)
Cemetery Records (468)
Census Records (46)
Church Records (43)
City Directories (85)
Court Records (14)
Death Records (17)
Histories and Genealogies (12)
Immigration Records (4)
Land Records (10)
Map Records (13)
Marriage Records (25)
Military Records (8)
Minority Records (1)
Miscellaneous Records (8)
Newspapers and Obituaries (123)
Probate Records (21)
School Records (41)
Tax Records (11)

Cumberland County Records by City/Town

Beaver Dam Genealogy (42)
Black River Genealogy (39)
Cedar Creek Genealogy (43)
Eastover Genealogy (62)
Falcon Genealogy (32)
Fayetteville Genealogy (436)
Fort Bragg Genealogy (42)
Godwin Genealogy (30)
Grays Creek Genealogy (40)

Hope Mills Genealogy (50)
Linden Genealogy (45)
Manchester Genealogy (29)
Seventy-First Genealogy (29)
Spring Lake Genealogy (42)
Stedman Genealogy (62)
Vander Genealogy (36)
Wade Genealogy (38)

Overview of Cumberland County Records

Cumberland County was created in 1754 from Bladen County.
Copies of birth and death certificates for 1916 and later can be obtained from the North Carolina Vital Records Office.
The Cumberland County Register of Deeds has birth records starting in 1913, marriage records starting in 1800, death records starting in 1913, and land records starting in 1752.
The Cumberland County Clerk Superior Court has divorce records starting in 1930, probate records starting in 1757, and court records starting in 1755.
Online indexes and images of many of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.