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Researching Your North Carolina Ancestors

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA

Dec 10, 2014

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Content

Welcome

3:31

Speaker's Introduction

1:47

Introduction

2:51

North Carolina Bible

1:29

Map of Carolinas

2:25

The Land

3:18

Coastal Plains

1:20

Settlements

0:28

Modern Road Map

0:46

The Piedmont

1:13

Mountains

2:00

Early Migration

6:45

The Cape Fear Region

0:57

The Great Wagon Road

3:46

Military District in Tennessee

1:08

Grants

0:41

Earliest TN Land Records

1:45

Military Warrants

1:10

Other Military

0:48

Research Staregies That Work

0:53

Choose a Focus Area

2:28

Maps

3:01

What Do You Know?

1:02

Look for CLUES

2:06

NCOneMap.com

0:42

Historical Law

4:05

digitalnc.org

1:06

Subsistence Farming

4:31

Newberry Library

2:24

Law Dictionary

0:37

Original Sources

12:29

Conclusion

4:03

Announcements / prizes

3:43

Questions / answers

11:39

After-webinar party

5:12

About this webinar

Understand the geographical and migration patterns that make NC hard to find. Learn which records will lead you to answers and how to find alternate records. Discover the records, repositories and the resources you need to find a tarheel ancestor.

About the speaker

J. Mark Lowe, FUGA

J. Mark Lowe is a professional genealogist, author, and lecturer who specializes in original records and manuscripts throughout the South. Mark lives in Robertson County, Tennessee that lies in northe...

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