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Welcome to the SA of NC Civil War 150 blog
North Carolina Civil War 150 is a space for collecting all news, events, and observances related to the American Civil War Sesquicentennial commemoration at the State Archives of North Carolina.
The State Archives of North Carolina Civil War Sesquicentennial Timeline (PDF) is now available.
Note: all posts and comments on this website are public records.
Tag Archives: genealogy
A New Ancestor and 2011 Archives Week Posters and Bookmarks
There is a new essay available under the “Find Your Civil War Ancestors” tab. “Find Your Civil War Ancestors” is a project we started during October of last year where members of our staff try to research one of their … Continue reading
Finding Your Ancestors Workshop at the North Carolina State Archives
While this isn’t really Civil War related, it might help those of you who want to sharpen your genealogical skills, which could help you with your Civil War based research. The Friends of the Archives will sponsor a “Finding Your … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Friends of the Archives, genealogy, lectures
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Civil War Research at the North Carolina State Archives
[This blog post was written by Debbi Blake, Public Services Branch Head for the North Carolina State Archives.] 2011 marks the beginning of the American Civil War Sesquicentennial and its commemoration will renew interest in conducting research on the period … Continue reading
The Presentation, the newspaper, and the TV show… (part one)
Recently, at the NC Civil War Sesquicentennial Memory symposium, I presented a paper on the unveiling of the North Carolina Appomattox monument. My paper explored Reunion over the concept of valor between North and South but division over valor between … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible records, genealogy, lectures, research, Sledge testament; fortieth anniversary
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From Tombstone to Ancestry
We have added a new story to the “Find Your Civil War Ancestors” menu. Jacob Spellman’s headstone launches a quest to see if we can find out more information about him. What we find, and how we find it, may … Continue reading
The Civil War in the North Carolina Family Records Collection
During the Wednesday event of our North Carolina Archives Week celebration, “Getting to Know Your Family: the Family Records Collection of the State Archives and State Library,” Druscie and Amy pointed out that veterans are one of the indexed subjects … Continue reading
“Find Your Civil War Ancestors” Is Now Online
Welcome to everyone who found us after the website went “live” yesterday. Most of you have probably found the online exhibit “Find Your Civil War Ancestors” already, but since my last post mentioned that it was “coming soon” I thought … Continue reading
