Wayne County, NC Genealogy Resources

Wayne County Maillist
There is a maillist for Wayne County, NC genealogy. To subscribe, send an email to NCWAYNE-L-request@rootsweb.com. In the body of the email, write the word subscribe. No subject should be used.

New Research Center for Wayne County Area Researchers
The Johnston County Heritage Center cut the ribbon on it's new building on April 15, 2000.
It Is located at the corner of Third and Market Streets (Hwy. 70 business) in Smithfield.
In addition to materials on Johnston County, the new center houses a large collection of
materials on other eastern NC counties, including Wayne.
They have full time staff who are familiar with the entire collection.
Hours: 9:00 am to 5:30 pm, Tuesday - Friday and 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Saturday.

Wayne County Historical Association
The address for the Wayne County Historical Association is
P.O. Box 665
Goldsboro, NC 27533-0665 Dues: $10 per year.

The purpose of the Association is the discovery, preservation and dissemination of knowledge about the history of Wayne County and the State of North Carolina.

Note from webmaster Diana Faust: This address may no longer be active. I removed a dead link in June 2003 and I do not find an address for WCHA on the state site at http://www.obcgs.com/ncsocities.htm.

The Old Dobbs County Genealogical Society seeks to preserve the history of Old Dobbs County along with the history and genealogy of its families. The address for the Old Dobbs County Genealogical Society is P.O. Box 617 Goldsboro, NC 27533 Click here for more detailed information, a membership form, and a list of publications for sale.

The Old Dobbs Genealogical Society is pleased to announce the upcoming publication of the first volume of their new series of Cemetery Books. Volume 1 will contain a complete listing of all of the cemeteries in Nahunta, Buck Swamp, and Great Swamp Townships. This is the first update in more than 20 years and is an invaluable resource for genealogical research.

The book will be offered in both hardcover and CD versions. The CD version will be in searchable PDF format. Cost is $30 for either format. Shipping/handling is $5.00 per book, but if you order both the hardback and the CD versions, you will pay only one shipping charge. Books should be delivered in November, 2005. NC residents should add $1.75 for tax.

County	Type	Date Formed	Parent County	County Seat	Contact
Lenoir http://www.rootsweb.com/~nclenoir/	USGenWeb	1791	Dobbs	Kinston	Sloan Mason
Duplin http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncduplin/duplin.htm	USGenWeb	1750	New Hanover	Kenansville	Diane Siniard
Sampson http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncsampso/	USGenWeb	1784	Duplin	Clinton	Denise Woodside
Johnston http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncjohnst/	USGenWeb	1746	Craven	Smithfield	Warren Bagley
Greene http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncgreene/	USGenWeb	1799	Glasgow	Snow Hill	Sloan Mason
Wilson http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwilson/index.htm	USGenWeb	1855	Edgecombe, Johnston, Nash and Wayne	Wilson	Katy Hestand
(Old Historic) Dobbs http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncdobbs/	USGenWeb Independent	1759	Johnston	Kinston	Sloan Mason
Wayne http://www.rootsweb.com/~ncwayne2/	USGenWeb	1779	Dobbs	Goldsboro	Guy Potts
Old Dobbers http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~paday/dobbers/index.htm	Independent	1759	Lenoir and Greene/Glasgow aka Dobbs County	Kinston	Patty Day

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