Sanford Genealogy (in Lee County, NC)

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Sanford Birth Records

Index to vital statistics; births, deaths, 1876-1969 FamilySearch Library

North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000 Ancestry online

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

Sanford Cemetery Records

Baptist Chapel Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Baptist Chapel Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bethlehem United Methodist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Black Heritage Community Cemetery Find a Grave online

Buffalo Cemetery Find a Grave online

Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Buffalo Presbyterian Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Center United Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Center United Methodist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Chestnut AME Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chestnut AME Zion Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Christ Church of Deliverance Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Christ Church of Deliverance Cemetery Find a Grave online

Clemmons Moravian Graveyard Cemetery Census online

Cole Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cole Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Cole Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Cool Springs Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cool Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Cox Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cox Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Dalrymple Burial Ground Find a Grave online

Dalrymple Burial Ground Cemetery Census online

Dickens Family (aka Pleasant Ridge Cemetery) Cemetery Census online

Dickens Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Dorsett-McLean Cemetery Find a Grave online

Dye Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Dye Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Ebenezer Gospel Assembly Find a Grave online

Ebenezer Gospel Assembly Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ephesus Baptist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Euphronia Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

First Baptist Church Columbarium Cemetery Census online

First Baptist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

First Presbyterian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

First Presbyterian Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Flat Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Flat Springs Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Gaster Family Graveyard Find a Grave online

Glendon Independent Christian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Harrington Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

John Walker Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jones Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jones Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Jonesboro Cemetery Find a Grave online

Jonesboro Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Juniper Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kelly Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Kelly Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Kelly Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Ledbetter Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Lee County Courthouse Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Lee Memory Gardens Find a Grave online

Lee Memory Gardens US Gen Web Archives online

Lee Memory Gardens Billion Graves online

Lee Memory Gardens Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Lee's Chapel Christian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lemon Springs Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lemon Springs Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Lemon Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Love Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

McIver Cemetery Find a Grave online

Memphis Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Minter Cemetery Find a Grave online

Minter Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Miracle Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Miracle Baptist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Moore Union Christian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Moore Union Christian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Morris Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Mount Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Pisgah Lee OFWBC Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mount Sinai Church Find a Grave online

Mt. Pisgah Lee Original Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Mt. Sinai United Holy Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Murchison Cemetery Find a Grave online

Murchison Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

New England AME Zion Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

New England Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Hope AME Zion Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

New Hope AME Zion Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

New Life Fellowship Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

New Zion Baptist Church Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Holiness Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oak Grove Holiness Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Ole Gilliam Mill Park Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Palmer Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pilgrim Rest Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pocket Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pocket Presbyterian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Poplar Springs AME Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Poplar Springs AME Zion Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Poplar Springs Methodist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Poplar Springs United Methodist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Rocky Fork Christian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Rocky Fork Christian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Roderick McIver Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Andrews Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Luke United Methodist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Saint Stephens Catholic Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint Thomas Episcopal Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Salem Presbyterian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Shallow Well Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shallow Well United Church of Christ Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Solid Rock Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Solid Rock Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Spivey Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Spivey Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

St. Luke United Holy Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

St. Luke United Methodist Church Columbarium Cemetery Census online

St. Paul Episcopal Church Columbarium Cemetery Census online

St. Stephen Catholic Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Star of Hope Baptist Cemetery Find a Grave online

Swann Station Baptist Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Tempting Congregational Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Tempting Congregational Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

The Black Heritage Community Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Trinity Lutheran Church Columbarium Cemetery Census online

Trinity Lutheran Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Turner's Chapel Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Ward Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wayside Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wayside Presbyterian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

White Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

White Hill Presbyterian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

White Oak AME Zion Cemetery Find a Grave online

White Oak AME Zion Church (defunct and abandoned) Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Wicker Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wicker Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Wicker Family Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Wicker Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Womble, Jonathan Barnes Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Zion Christian Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Zion Christian Church Cemetery Cemetery Census online

Sanford Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, East Sanford, 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

Sanford Church Records

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Concord Methodist Church register, 1878-1929 FamilySearch Library

Cool Springs Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1880-1970 Digital Public Library of America online

Cool Springs Baptists Church membership, minutes, 1880-1965 FamilySearch Library

East Sanford Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records (microform) 1919-1970 Archive Grid

East Sanford Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1919-1970 Digital Public Library of America online

Ephesus Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records (microform) 1886-1997 Archive Grid

Ephesus Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1886-1997 Digital Public Library of America online

First Baptist Church historical sketch, church minutes, 1893-1968 FamilySearch Library

First Baptist Church, Sanford, NC : 1893-1993 FamilySearch Library

Flat Springs Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records (microform) 1912-1969 Archive Grid

Flat Springs Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1912-1969 Digital Public Library of America online

Flat Springs Baptist Church minutes, roll book, 1912-1969 FamilySearch Library

History of the Steele Street Methodist Church, 1887-1962 FamilySearch Library

Jonesboro Baptist Church minutes, 1869-1894 : Jonesboro, North Carolina (now Sanford, North Carolina) FamilySearch Library

Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records (microform) 1934-1988 Archive Grid

Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1934-1988 Digital Public Library of America online

Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church minutes, 1967-1969 FamilySearch Library

Jonesboro Presbyterian Church minutes of session, 1885-1970 FamilySearch Library

Lemon Springs Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records 1943-1975 Archive Grid

Lemon Springs Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1943-1975 Digital Public Library of America online

Pocket Presbyterian Church records, 1890-1990 FamilySearch Library

Saint Luke United Methodist Church, Sanford, North Carolina : 90th anniversary FamilySearch Library

Salem Presbyterian Church minutes, 1868-1960 FamilySearch Library

Sanford First Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records (microform) 1904-1999 Archive Grid

Sanford First Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1904-1999 Digital Public Library of America online

St. James Methodist Church organization, 1879-1970 FamilySearch Library

St. John's Baptist Church minutes and membership list, 1869-1894 FamilySearch Library

Swann Station Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records 1871-1975 Archive Grid

Swann Station Baptist Church (Sanford, N.C.) records, 1871-1975 Digital Public Library of America online

White Hill Presbyterian Church : a history of church and community, Sanford, North Carolina, 1881-2006 FamilySearch Library

Sanford City Directories

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Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1950, 1952, 1957, 1959-1960, 1962-1963] Digital NC online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1950] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1950] Internet Archive online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1952] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1952] Internet Archive online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1957] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1957] Internet Archive online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1959] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1959] Internet Archive online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1960] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1960] Internet Archive online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1962] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1962] Internet Archive online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1963] LDS Genealogy online

Hill's Sanford (Lee County, N.C.) City Directory [1963] Internet Archive online

Sanford City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Sanford City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Sanford City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Sanford City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

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

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

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

Sanford, North Carolina, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Sanford Death Records

1909-1975 North Carolina Death Certificates Ancestry online

Index to vital statistics; births, deaths, 1876-1969 FamilySearch Library

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

Sanford Histories and Genealogies

City of Sanford : the first 100 years 1874-1974 FamilySearch Library

Sanford Land Records

Index to real estate conveyances, 1908-1970 FamilySearch Library

Sanford Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Sanford, Lee County, North Carolina, 1925 Library of Congress online

Sanford Marriage Records

1741-2011 North Carolina, Marriage Records Ancestry online

Marriage licenses, 1908-1926; index to marriages, 1908-1969 FamilySearch Library

North Carolina Marriage Bonds, 1741-1868 Ancestry online

North Carolina Marriage Index, 1741-2004 Ancestry online

Sanford Newspapers and Obituaries

Sanford Express 1902-1917 Newspapers.com online

Sanford Herald 02/17/2007 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Sanford

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.

Central Express. (Sanford, N.C.) 1886-1891

Sanford Herald. (Sanford, N.C.) 1930-Current

Sanford Journal. (Sanford, N.C.) 1926-1930

Sanford Probate Records

1665-1998 North Carolina Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Sanford School Records

Central Carolina Community College - Cencaro Yearbook (Sanford, NC), 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 E Yearbook online

Central Carolina Community College, Cencaro/Cougar Tracks [1967-1973, 1975-1986, 1995-2005] Digital NC online

Central Carolina Technical College yearbooks, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Central Carolina Technical Institute yearbooks, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Deep River High School - Demons Diary Yearbook (Sanford, NC), 1964 E Yearbook online

Sanford Central High School - Sandprints Yearbook (Sanford, NC), 1949, 1957, 1958 E Yearbook online

Sanford Central High School yearbooks, 1949, 1957, 1958, 1965, 1968, 1973, 1976, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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