Do you have ancestors and relatives in Cary? If you/they have been there awhile you will enjoy this new record set available online. This attention grabbing Centennial beard and Parade schedule from the 1971 Centennial Parade featured in The Western Wake Herald in April, 1971 are just the tip of the iceberg of what you will find. Also included are deeds, land grants and other records, correspondence from  Elizabeth Reid Murray, biographies, architectural sketches of some of the memorable historic buildings around Cary, and a whole host of photos and memorabilia that you did not know you needed to see.  Update from North Carolina Digital Heritage Center via Facebook: "Interested in the history of  Cary, NC ? Research files documenting the change in the community from small farm town to major suburb of Raleigh over the 20th century are now online thanks to our partner  Page-Walker Arts & History Center ." Link to NC Digital blog post describing the collecti...

Have you used the FamilySearch.org wiki for Wake county in your research. It is a great place to check for resource locations and contact points.  You will find info on church, land, military and probate records, as well as maps and county history and border changes. Check it out. There is a wealth of information there. It is a good place to start if you are just beginning your Wake County research. source Visit the wiki and be sure to scroll all the way down the page or you might miss something! Visit Wake County Genealogical Society's Website  -  Homepage  |  WCGS Events  |  Join WCGS  |  Publications  |  Wake Cemetery Survey Images  |  Society Surnames  |  Digital Resources  |  History Resources  |  More Links and Resources  |  Contact -  info(at)wakecogen(dot)org

Browse North Carolina Baptist Church Records by Collection | ZSR Library Links to early Baptist churches that served NC. source There are several Wake County churches listed in this digital online special collection. You may find churches of interest in other NC locations too. Visit Wake County Genealogical Society's Website  -  Homepage  |  WCGS Events  |  Join WCGS  |  Publications  |  Wake Cemetery Survey Images  | Digital Resources  |  History Resources  |  More Links and Resources  |  Wake Cemetery Survey c. 1978 online  |  Contact  -  info(at)wakecogen(dot)org

Are thoughts of cool breezes and crisp fall air calling to you? Got a taste for fair food yet? While it is way too warm for that now, you can still get in the mood.  Stay inside and have a browse this fun old bit of ephemera from the turn of the century, the   Premium List of the NC State Fair 1899 - 39th Annual State Fair . There are some beautiful advertisi ng  graphics inside, as well as great historical context for Wake County and the rest of the state at the time. You can page through this volume much like browsing a physical book. Don't miss the ads for Briggs Hardware, Raleigh Cotton Mills, St Mary's School, Southern Railway, and a host of others less well known that we surely need to keep in our memory. Fun! source These old premium book are a great source of historical context for you ancestors life way back when.  Browse all from the history of the NC State Fair (1853-1859, 1869 - now). Visit NCDigital and search for "State Fair Ephemera". You ...

Cynthia Gage , WCGS Webmaster, has been hard at work restructuring portions of the Wakecogen website. Her efforts have been focused on expanding the curation of our link and resource page to enhance the usefulness for Wake researchers, both local and remote.  What was previously one Links and Resources page has grown into three separate pages of Wake centric content, each with their own focus and curated list. Be sure to visit Wakecogen.org to check them out. You will find the three resource pages linked in the left side bar visible from any page on our website. Here is a brief overview of what Cynthia has created for our use. Wake Digital Resources - "On-line resources are a wonderful source for genealogists - particularly remote researchers - to help find information and data about their ancestors.  There are many fee-based sites which have lots of information about Wake County and its people, but there are also some free resources, some easy to find and others buri...

 If you are a seasoned Wake County researcher, you no doubt know of Elizabeth Reid Murray and her comprehensive history of Wake County. If not, you should. Her two volumes cover the history of the land we love from the prehistoric times in the region up through the 1920s.  The first volume has always been my favorite with stories of dinosaurs and Wake underwater, on thru the early settlement, the "trouble" with Regulators, the Revolution and choice of Wake for the state capitol. I am delighted to bring to your attention that this first volume of Wake: Capitol County of North Carolina is available to read and enjoy online through a partnership between Olivia Raney Family History Library and Digital NC. The details and links are found in this blog post from the Digital North Carolina Blog: http://www.digitalnc.org/blog/book-about-the-history-of-wake-county-now-online/ Enjoy! Return to the WakeCoGen Website

Ancestry free access to the Yearbook collection will be  free until 27 Aug 2020 at 11:59 p.m. ET .  Click here to start searching. Return to the WakeCoGen Website

Cini Gage, our newspaper research expert, shared this opportunity with me today. This is a great chance to try out this newspaper service. I hope to get a chance to check it out myself. From NewsArchive - Greetings, Our world has changed. We understand that many of us are home working, researching, protecting and respecting others health and our own safety during these difficult times. NewspaperArchive® is a product that is health safe, family friendly, interesting and rewarding to use; as you know. As a thank you to anyone who has been a loyal patron of NewspaperArchive, we are offering a 30-day free coupon as a gift. Instructions to begin: To activate your 30-day free trial, go to https://newspaperarchive.com/ and click Subscribe. Or sign into your previous account and click Restart Membership. Select your desired subscription option and enter your account and billing information. Then enter the coupon code listed below and select Enter and a confirmation message will a...

If you are missing having access to the Government & Heritage Library at NC Archives, you may wish to take advantage of their online chat service.  They also accept email questions. Links and email addy are in this post that appeared in my Facebook newsfeed today. Check it out! Return to the WakeCoGen Website

My Heritage US Census records are free to view  from March 29th until April 5th, 2020 .   Read the details from the blog post here . Happy hunting... Return to the WakeCoGen Website

Fold3 is offering their African American records collection for free for the month of February! Browse Collection