Thank you Gwyneth and Jim, this is very helpful and probably explains what is going on. I can verify this by calling the state archives tomorrow. Ava -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gwyneth Duncan Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 7:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Question Re Marriage Records in Orange County Ava, You'll need to verify this, but I think that the court records were buried for "safekeeping" during the Revolution, but when they were unearthed, they had been badly damaged. Some of the early material could be reconstructed, thus the 1752 date, but much of it was lost. I don't have any references on hand, so I'm relying on memories of research done a number of years back. Gwyneth --On Sunday, November 23, 2008 7:42 PM -0500 "Ava H. Nackman" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the info Marty. I wasn't at the NC Archives. I was surveying > the records at the Register of Deeds in Hillsborough. I'm doing this for > a genealogy course and was supposed to be going to my "local vital records > depository" to do this. I was told that all of the records in the > Archives in Raleigh had been copied and were also there in Hillsborough > both in photocopy and microfiche form. Did you actual find records prior > to 1781? While the indexes and volumes SAY 1752-1911 on them, I could not > find a single record dated from before 1781 in the index. There were > plenty from 1781 on. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Martha Gujda > Sent: Sunday, November 23, 2008 7:12 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NCDOGS] Question Re Marriage Records in Orange County > > Hello Ava, >   > The LDS church  (Mormons) Family HIstory Centers have all the Marriage > Bonds from N.C. from very early dates.  (1752)  I found all the records I > need from those.  They are on Micro-fische and are filed by last name of > Groom & also by Brides.  I understand they got these from the NC Archives > & History Library.  So,,,, they should be at the Library in Raleigh.  Did > you ask for the assistance of a genealogist who was on duty??     marty > gujda > > > martydar > > > --- On Sun, 11/23/08, Ava H. Nackman <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Ava H. Nackman <[email protected]> > Subject: [NCDOGS] Question Re Marriage Records in Orange County > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, November 23, 2008, 2:25 PM > > Hi All, > > > > I recently spent some time at the Register of Deeds on Churton Street > surveying the marriage records for the county. I noticed that, while the > indexes and volumes holding the oldest records are dated from 1752, I > could not find a single entry in the 1752-1911 index (I searched about ½ > of it) for a record earlier than 1781. However, there are numerous > records for 1781 and subsequently. I know that Orange County was > originally formed in 1752. Does anyone know if records were actually > being kept from that date and all records earlier than 1781 somehow lost > or destroyed? Or did laws change around the 1781 timeframe that resulted > in new records being kept in that year that just weren?t collected before > then? > > > > Similarly, while marriage bonds (and a rare license or return) did appear > from 1781, the earliest marriage register (with copied returns) that I was > able to find is dated from 1851. Does anyone know if there are registers > extant for the time period 1781-1850? > > > > I can try to call the NC Archives in Raleigh to find out tomorrow, but > thought someone in D-OGS who is doing local research might have some idea. > The OC deputy registrar didn?t seem to know. > > > > Many thanks, > > Ava > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ************************* > Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ > Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------- Gwyneth Duncan Voice: 919-660-5860 Systems Librarian Fax: 919-684-2855 Perkins Library Email: [email protected] Box 90196 Duke University Durham, NC 27708-0196 ************************* Visit the D-OGS web site: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/ Please post all queries using the D-OGS query form: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdogs/memquery.html ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message