Enter a first and/or last name to search North Carolina birth records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the North Carolina birth records from a single place. Additional information on how to obtain North Carolina birth certificates is available below.
Birth records contain information about a person's birth, including the date of birth, place of birth, sometimes the names of the mother and father, and even the physician who attended the birth. Birth certificates issued by state and local governments will often include the place of residence, and the mother's maiden name.
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing North Carolina birth records, North Carolina birth ceritificates, North Carolina birth notices, North Carolina birth indexes, and other related North Carolina genealogy records.
Birth records have long been used to help with genealogy research. They are considered to be "primary source" records, because the information is recorded by an eye witness, at the time the birth takes place. The Internet has allowed people to store birth records into various online archives. This has brought access to online birth records much more easier for genealogy researchers.
Newspapers frequently publish notices of births, and in addition to birth certificates, are a popular source of research by genealogists. Newspapers typically do not announce the names of the newborn, but list the sex of the child, the names of the parents, the place and date of birth.
On this page you will find the most comprehensive databases containing birth records of North Carolina. We also suggest searching for "North Carolina birth records" using Google.com, which will yield all such databases.
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How to Obtain North Carolina Birth Certificates
North Carolina began requiring statewide registration of births and deaths in March, 1913. Compliance was considered full by 1920. Marriage records are found recorded with the Register of Deeds in each county after 1868. Prior to that time marriages could be solemnized by numerous authorities, so records were sporadically kept. Marriage bonds are available for about half of the counties, and some marriages will be found in almost every county.
For birth records after 1913, write:
North Carolina Dept. Of Environment
Health and Natural Resources
Vital Records Section
225 North McDowell Street
P.O. Box 29537
Raleigh, NC 27626-0537
For prior records, write to the clerk of the county in question.
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- US Birth Guide - North Carolina
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- Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates! at Ancestry.com
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