Rocky Mount Genealogy (in Edgecombe County, NC)

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Rocky Mount Birth Records

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Ancestry online

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

Rocky Mount Cemetery Records

Bains Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Baker's Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Battle Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Battle Graveyard Find a Grave online

Boonetown Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bradley / Jackson Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Bradley Jackson Cemetery Interment online

Brake Family Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Bunn Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Church of the Good Shepherd Columbarium Find a Grave online

Culpepper, George Washington Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Early African-American cemeteries in Rocky Mount, North Carolina WorldCat

F. E. Bullock Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Falls of the Tar River PB Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Fisher Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jackson (2) Cemeteries US Gen Web Archives online

James Gay Cemetery Find a Grave online

John Dossey Barnes Cemetery Find a Grave online

John E. Lindsey Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Joyner Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lancaster Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mill Branch Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Hermon Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Hope Find a Grave online

Northeastern Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Level Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Overman / Price / Barnes Find a Grave online

Parker Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pineview Cemetery Billion Graves online

Pineview Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Powell-Fly Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Rocky Mount Memorial Park Interment online

Taylor Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Taylor Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Unity Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wesley Williams Cemetery Find a Grave online

William Joseph Lancaster Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Williams Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Williams-Morris Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rocky Mount Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Rocky Mount in Edgecombe County, North Carolina LDS Genealogy online

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

Rocky Mount Church Records

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Church council minutes, 1953-1964, and parish register, 1922-1964 (Trinity Lutheran Church (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Church register and session minutes, 1886-1964 (First Presbyterian Church (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Church register, 1871-1963, and marriage register, 1937-1963, of the Episcopal Church (Church of the Good Shepherd (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Mt Pisgah Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1893-1936 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Oakdale Baptist Church (Rocky Mount, N.C.) Records, 1939-1974 Digital Public Library of America online

Oakdale Baptist Church (Rocky Mount, N.C.) records (microform) 1939-1974 Archive Grid

Pleasant HIll Primitive Baptist Church (Rocky Mount, N.C.) records, 1870-1983 Digital Public Library of America online

Pleasant Hill Primitive Baptist Church (Rocky Mount, N.C.) records (microform) 1870-1983 Archive Grid

Record of members, 1945-1959 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Rocky Mount Branch (North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Rocky Mount, NC Records, 1757-1974, 1928-1974, Nash County, Baptists Digital Public Library of America online

Second Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1916-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Second Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1948-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Second Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1957-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Second Presbyterian Church, Session, Register, Baptisms, Births, and Deaths, 1942-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount City Directories

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Hill Directory Co.'s (Incorporated) Rocky Mount, N.C. City Directory [1925] Digital NC online

Hill Directory Co.'s (Incorporated) Rocky Mount, N.C. city directory [serial] 1925 LDS Genealogy online

Hill Directory Co.'s (Incorporated) Rocky Mount, N.C. city directory [serial] 1925 Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1934, 1938, 1940, 1942] Digital NC online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1938] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1938] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1940] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1940] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1942] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) City Directory [1942] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) city directory [1934] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe County, N.C.) city directory [1934] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash Counties, N.C.) City Directory [1950] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash Counties, N.C.) City Directory [1950] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1948, 1950, 1952, 1955, 1957-1958, 1960-1961, 1963] Digital NC online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1948] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1948] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1952] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1952] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1955] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1955] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1957] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1957] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1958] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1958] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1960] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1960] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1961] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1961] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1963] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount (Edgecombe and Nash counties, N.C.) City Directory [1963] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount, North Carolina City Directory [1930, 1936] Digital NC online

Hill's Rocky Mount, North Carolina City Directory [1930] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount, North Carolina City Directory [1930] Internet Archive online

Hill's Rocky Mount, North Carolina City Directory [1936] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Rocky Mount, North Carolina City Directory [1936] Internet Archive online

Rocky Mount (North Carolina) city directories FamilySearch Library

Rocky Mount City Directory 1912 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1916 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1920 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1942 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1948 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Rocky Mount, N.C. Directory [1908-1909, 1912-1915, 1920] Digital NC online

Rocky Mount, NC 1908-1934 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount, North Carolina, city directory : also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Telephone Directory for Rocky Mount, Enfield, Nashville, Spring Hope, Tarboro, Whitakers, and Wilson [1936-1937] Digital NC online

Telephone Directory for Rocky Mount, Enfield, Nashville, Whitakers, and Spring Hope [1943-1945, 1948-1949] Digital NC online

Rocky Mount Court Records

Minutes, 1900-1964 FamilySearch Library

Rocky Mount 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

Rocky Mount Histories and Genealogies

Proceedings of the Fifty-Fifth Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge, F.A.A.M Ancestry online

Proceedings of the Fifty-fifth communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge F.A.A.M. : held at Rocky Mount, North Carolina, December 8-9, 1925 FamilySearch Library

Rocky Mount Land Records

1693-1960 North Carolina Land Grant Files Ancestry online

Abstracts of deeds Edgecombe Precinct, Edgecombe County, North Carolina : 1732 through 1758, as found in Halifax County, North Carolina Public registry deed books 1-2-3-4-5-6 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of early deeds of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1759-1788 FamilySearch Library

Deed records, 1732-1931; index to deeds, 1759-1920 FamilySearch Library

Rocky Mount Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Rocky Mount, North Carolina 1907 Library of Congress online

Map of Tar River and Stony Creek at Rocky Mount, N.C., 1968 Library of Congress online

Rocky Mount, 1907 Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe And Nash Counties, North Carolina, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe And Nash Counties, North Carolina, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe And Nash Counties, North Carolina, 1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe And Nash Counties, North Carolina, 1917 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe And Nash Counties, North Carolina, 1923 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe and Nash Counties, North Carolina, April 1896 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe and Nash Counties, North Carolina, June 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Rocky Mount, Edgecombe and Nash Counties, North Carolina, May 1885 Library of Congress online

Rocky Mount Marriage Records

1741-2011 North Carolina, Marriage Records Ancestry online

Church register, 1871-1963, and marriage register, 1937-1963, of the Episcopal Church (Church of the Good Shepherd (Rocky Mount, North Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Marriage licenses and registers, 1851-1961 FamilySearch Library

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Ancestry online

Rocky Mount Newspapers and Obituaries

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Argonaut 1894-1894 Newspapers.com online

Evening Telegram 1921-1931 Braswell Memorial Library online

Phoenix 1889-1895 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Evening News 1921-1922 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Herald 1934-1939 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Mail 1873-1876 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Motor 1900-1900 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Progress 1880-1880 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Record 1908-1908 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Telegram 09/03/2002 to 02/07/2020 Genealogy Bank online

Rocky Mount Telegram 1916-2017 Newspapers.com online

Rocky Mount Telegram: Web Edition Articles 12/16/2016 to Current Genealogy Bank online

The Caromount (1943-1955) Digital NC online

The Rocky Mount Herald (1934-1938) Digital NC online

The Rocky Mount Record (1906-1908) Digital NC online

Offline Newspapers for Rocky Mount

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.

Evening Telegram. (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 1908-1995

Justice Speaks. (Rocky Mount, Nc) 1982-1990s

Phoenix. (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 1887-1890s

Rocky Mount Mail. (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 1872-1878

Rocky Mount Progress. (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 1879-1881

Rocky Mount Telegram. (Rocky Mount, N.C.) 1995-Current

Rocky Mount 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 the wills of Edgecombe County, North Carolina, 1733-1856 FamilySearch Library

Abstracts of wills, Edgecombe County, North Carolina FamilySearch Library

Rocky Mount School Records

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Benvenue High School - Bee Hive Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC), 1951, 1953, 1960 E Yearbook online

Benvenue High School yearbooks, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Benvenue High School, Bee Hive [1951, 1960] Digital NC online

Benvenue High School, Bee Hive [1951-1960] Digital NC online

Bunn High School, The Bunn [1923] Digital NC online

North Carolina Wesleyan College - Dissenter Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC), 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

North Carolina Wesleyan College yearbooks, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North Carolina Wesleyan College, The Dissenter [1962-1980, 1982-1988, 1990-2006] Digital NC online

Northern Nash High School yearbooks, 1973, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1994, 1996 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount Academy yearbooks, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount High School - Hi Noc Ar Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC), 1920, 1923, 1938, 1939, 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, 1983, 1984, 1985 E Yearbook online

Rocky Mount High School yearbook, 1920, 1923, 1938, 1939, 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, 1972, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Rocky Mount High School, The Hi-Noc-Ar [1920, 1923, 1938-1939, 1941-1967] Digital NC online

Rocky Mount High School, The Hi-Noc-Ar, 1939 Internet Archive online

Rocky Mount Senior High School yearbooks, 1950, 1951, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West Edgecombe High School - Wescomb Yearbook (Rocky Mount, NC), 1925, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 E Yearbook online

West Edgecombe High School yearbook, 1925, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West Edgecombe High School, Arch-Comb/Wescomb [1925, 1948, 1950-1969] Digital NC online



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