Do you recognize this spot in Raleigh? This photo appeared in my Facebook feed at some point and I just really have to share it with you. Wrap your head around this pastoral scene and try to reconcile it with... click photo to see larger size  the Five Points of today... Houses, barns, fields, streetcar tracks. How much it changed between the 1920s and the 1940s! How much will it change now with the present growth and building spree? 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

Tales From the Table: Genealogy, Foodways, & Legacy Building - AAHGS Conf.     February 2-4 The 2024 NC AAHGS Conference will be a three (3) day event. Friday, Feb 2 - tours of the State Archives, the State Heritage Library, and the vault. Saturday, Feb. 3 includes a full day of workshops (16 of them) (at Shaw University/ Estey Hall) including basic genealogy, foodways and legacy building, as well as a panel discussion and luncheon. Our own Saundra Cropps will offer a presentation with Patsy Smith Morgan on Serendipitous Moments of Genealogical Discoveries (including the Shiloh Community, Morrisville, NC).           Sunday, Feb 4 - there will be tours around the historic Black spaces in Raleigh including The Pope House (home of Dr. Manassa Pope - a Black medical graduate of Shaw University's Leonard School of Medicine who ran for mayor in 1919), the Historic Turner House in Oberlin Village, and the Historic Black ...

Historic Marker Unveiling to Celebrate Revolutionary War Patriot’s Mill and Store Saturday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m . at Virginia Creek Drive near the corner of Sunset Lake Road, at the entrance to Creekside at Sunset Lake. The Town of Holly Springs invites the entire community to the unveiling of a historic marker celebrating Revolutionary War Patriot Christopher Woodward’s mill and store. Near the mill at Camp Middle Creek, Lt. Col. Hardy Sanders mustered troops to protect the North Carolina legislature during the Revolutionary War. Woodward operated a mill near the marker location as early as 1781. A frequent gathering place, the business milled lumber, ground corn and wheat, and ginned cotton. Tax records from 1819 indicate the Woodward family ran a retail store on the site, the first in this area. Further details in the linked Holly Springs press release . Visit Wake County Genealogical Society's Website  -  Homepage  |  WCGS Events  |  Join WCGS  ...

There are many scheduled events to observe Black History Month throughout Wake County. Several groups are maintaining calendars. Here are a few to help you celebrate and honor Black heritage. Cary - calendar of events Raleigh - calendar of events Triangle on the Cheap calendar -60 events including historically significant locations around the Triangle Wake Forest - calendar of events Wake Forest - Sites of Memory - African American StoryMap Holly Springs - Black History Tour (self guided) Jobz Design at  https://www.vecteezy.com/ 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

by Carla Stancil Happy Wake Wednesday! As someone whose ancestors have been in Wake County since before the Revolution, I’m always curious about people and places who played a part in their lives. I’ve long been fascinated with the New Light area of Wake County. It is in the far northern tip of the county and is very near Falls Lake. I’ve been particularly interested in how New Light got its name, and ran across this on NCPedia: "New Lights" refers to a specific sect of Baptists that emerged during the Great Awakening of the 1730s and the Second Great Awakening of the early 1800s. During these revivals, some converted Baptists were named "New Lights" because they believed that God had brought new light into their lives through their emotional conversion experiences. These New Light Baptists were also known as Separate Baptists for their belief in conversions, which set them apart from other Baptists, who preached Calvinistic ideas of predestination. (Attributed...

If I told you there was a back door to see all of the viewable Wake County Records in the FamilySearch Catalog, would you be interested? It is like viewing virtual microfilm from your own comfy chair! This is a variation on a tip found on a North Carolina regional research group on Facebook. Thanks to Delores Williams of NCGenweb for sharing the tip.  You will need to log in to FamilySearch for this to be usable. Creating a log in is free. Visit this link -  https://tinyurl.com/wakeco You will see the following page of Wake specific collections. Click on the text by the red arrow to access the ability to filter by township.  click image for larger view Click thru the collections. When you find one that is interesting, click through to that page. Scroll down the page to see if the camera icon exists. If so, click the camera to browse the record.  Note that books by individuals are not usually available to view. Collections derived from state and county sources usually...

Hello Wake researchers,  The Winter 2024 Issue (Vol. 7 Issue 2) of our award-winning newsletter, Wake Genealogy Watch, is now available online for reading or download. You can visit the  WCGS website   or access through this link -  Wake Genealogy Watch, Winter 2024   Features in this issue include: A big change to our Wake Treasures Journal sharing policy that is sure to please members and new visitors alike! An in-depth article about creating a family history in scrapbook style from Christopher Hunt Robertson. Chirstopher has shared several of his engaging ancestor scrapbooks with us in the past. A feature article on the Shiloh Community near Morrisville. Shiloh started as a freedmen’s village in the 1830’s. One of our WCGS members has strong family ties to this community. Focus on a little known and often overlooked resource – Historic and Architectural Resources of Wake County, North Car...