I found this in searching for a reliable way to check for cemeteries in peril. If you are also interested in checking for this information, the site  www.ncnotices.com  allows searches for legal notices including grave relocation notices. You can search the state or by county. This is useful for me as I do not have a N&O subscription but still need access to this info.  It is a little after publish date of this notice but worth a try to locate connected family. The land that the 17 unknown persons are buried on was formerly in Oak Grove Twp, Wake County and is now located in Durham. If you have Grady or possibly Emory family in that area that want to have more information, contact the email in the notice . Neither I, nor WCGS have any say in this matter. This is an alert to find family who may have questions or should at least know where the graves were relocated. As you can see in the map image below, large scale development of this land is likely imminent. Notice co...

I first featured this Baptist Record collection several years ago when someone mentioned its availability online. After several years, the links were all changed or broken. The NC Baptist Chruch Records Special collection housed at the Z. Smith Reynolds Library on the campus of Wake Forest University is just to special and massive to not feature again.  It "contains material on 118 North Carolina Baptist churches (some dating back to the 1700s) selected from our NC Baptist Historical Collection. Objects digitized include original records, photocopies of records, and microfilmed records. The collection may contain timelines of constitutional dates, associational memberships, and any name changes, divisions, or mergers the church may have gone through; newspaper clippings; brief historical sketches; lists of former and current pastors; church directories; and photographs." The featured Baptist collections can be views by using "Baptist" as the keyword from the search ...

  Register soon!  The Importance of HBCU Collections and Hometown Treasures: A Student Archival Exhibit and Symposium The James E. Cheek Learning Resource Center at Shaw University will host a one-day event. Please join us on April 26, 2024, for a pop-up exhibition curated by our students, guest speakers, and a Lunch and Learn (registration is required for the Lunch and Learn). The Lunch and Learn is provided by the National Museum of African American History and Culture.  It will be hosted by Dr. Vanessa Cogdell Moore. The Lunch and Learn will provide community members with knowledge and hands-on experience related to the preservation of family heirlooms such as pictures, artifacts, and documents. It will begin at 12:00 pm.  Click here to register: Lunch and Learn Registration Speakers, presentations and more details at the registration page. Shaw Campus - Estey Hall Auditorium 118 E. South St. Raleigh, NC 27601 April 26, 9am - 4pm

This post is featured in the  Spring 2024 Issue of the Wake Genealogy Watch newsletter.   If you are researching your Wake County ancestors, you will want to visit the  Upchurch and Allied Families   Association website to review their massive Biofile collection. UAFA has just recently placed all of the accumulated images on their website and available for the benefit of all Wake County researchers.  The late local researcher, Phil Upchurch, created his Biofiles system for American Upchurches and their descendants, as well as for allied families who were connected in some way, by business or marriage. This extensive collection represents over forty years of Phil's own research and contributions from others. The end result is a wide and diverse body of information dealing with land ownership, occupations, lifestyles, and political landscapes associated with individuals who lived in particular communities throughout America.  In essence, Phil’s goal was ...

Enjoy a little light historical reading with this fun article about the older roads in our area.  "When Raleigh first came into existence at the end of the 18th century, it was often called “a city of streets with no houses,” a square-mile grid designed by surveyor and onetime state senator William Christmas. Downtown’s principal streets—think Wilmington, Hillsborough, New Bern Avenue—radiated from the central statehouse, where the Capitol Building now stands. Each street was named for one of North Carolina’s eight judicial districts, and North, South, East and West Streets created geographical boundaries to Raleigh’s 400-acre city center. As the city’s population grew, so did its footprint, creating a sprawling artery system of highways and backroads."  - Tracy Jones, Raleighmag Plan of the City of Raleigh, 1797 To find out the rest of the story about some historic roads in plain sight that you travel often, visit the online article - Historic Roads of Raleigh , by Tracy Jon...

Join Raleigh Parks for the dedication of Latta University Historic Park!  This park contributes to a rich history that deepens our understanding of African American life in Raleigh at the turn of the 20th century.  All parking for this event will be at Jaycee Park (2405 Wade Ave, Raleigh, NC 27607), which is a five-minute walk from Latta University Historic Park (1001 Parker Street, Raleigh, NC 27607). Transportation from the parking area to the event via trolley will also be available starting at 3:45 p.m. Event Details Ages: All Cost: Free RSVP by Friday, April 12 Email: RSVP@raleighnc.gov Phone: 919-996-3285 Event Website -  https://raleighnc.gov/parks/events/latta-university-historic-park-dedication  See historic resourse links below. The Latta House was a home in the African American neighborhood of Oberlin, but it was so much more. The home was the last remaining building of the Latta University complex that included a tradeschool, gradeschool, dormitories and ...