Alice, Idon't know if you will find anything here but there are a lot of NC links here on Linkpentium, including bastardy bonds. Maybe indenture bonds are there also. > site. First get to the county you are searching and find Bastardy > Bonds > on the menu. Sometimes the year dates aren't in order. For > instance, > Rowan Co. jumped from 1809 into the 1870s and I had to scroll down > to > find the 1811 entries. > > http://www.linkpendium.com/ Betty Pace