Using North Carolina Cohabitation Records to research your African American ancestors
Cohabitation records are often overlooked resources in African American genealogical research. You might ask what is a cohabitation record? Simply put, it was not legal for slaves to be married until after emancipation. In order to recognize their unions during slavery as legal, former slaves in North Carolina were required to register their “cohabitation” in the county in which they lived.
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Great source. I found three sets of 3rd great grandparents and one set of 4th great grandparents on one single page for the Guilford County NC cohab records.
@rhali786
3 жыл бұрын
Hey bro
Wow, this is great news. Is there more states with this kind of records available easily to the public?
Thank you for posting this video. I am trying to find my fathers family records somewhere in the south. I have done many years of research on many other subjects and found good useful information while doing it. As I look for records of my fathers family it is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Thanks again for this video, I might be able to pick up pieces of my fathers family records. Where there is a will there is a way. Be well.
A great help thank you. I'm trying to find more about the Carter family of North Carolina
@snakebite2529
5 жыл бұрын
Carters in gates county
@gemma327
5 жыл бұрын
@@snakebite2529 thank you!
@kennethwhitehurst2280
2 жыл бұрын
There are Carter family records in Carteret and Craven County NC. Documentation exists tracing the African-Americans who also descended from free Blacks from Maryland.
@livfredom
2 жыл бұрын
@@kennethwhitehurst2280 greetings I’ve been doing some digging on Allen family of Halifax North Carolina trying to find more on my great grandmother it’s been 8years this year
I am doing research on my family. Sometimes it is hard. Because my parents did not want to talk about the past. My parents and grandparents are from North Caroline. I want be able go to library because of my age. Do I go to website North Carolina Cohabitation records or what is correct website. Thank you
Any Dickens from the area? Or Webb?
Anything about the Swift family in NC
I found the marriage bond/certificate of my maternal Great Great Great grandparents who were listed as 1/8th Black in Craven County 1860. What does that mean?
@wrightgroupinsurance
2 жыл бұрын
One drop rule
@londab6489
2 жыл бұрын
@@wrightgroupinsurance Lol 😂 Let be more clearer. I get the Octaroon label but were they free as enslaved individuals marriages weren’t recognized/legal before ‘65. Just trying to understand it all.
@wrightgroupinsurance
2 жыл бұрын
@@londab6489 @Londa B I'm researching the same thing. I know my great-great-grandfather lived in NC by way of Virginia. Nothing showing they were ever slaves. Lil frustrating at times LoL😁😁😁😁
@londab6489
2 жыл бұрын
@@wrightgroupinsurance Yup.
Graham in North Carolina and pointdexter in Virginia family tree
Anything About the Hassell family of North Carolina
@tinydancer867
Жыл бұрын
Hassle family? Well idk if I can help but my Ancestors includes the Hassles of Saba in the Caribbean in the West Indies & they owned over 800 slaves from Africa that’s Documented. Oddly I also am from & live in North Carolina. My Ancestors ( the Hassles) did own many slaves in the Caribbean among other Ancestors of the Caribbean, but I don’t think my Family ( Hassles) came to NC with their slaves. In fact… my family developed & civilized the Island of Saba, and we still own that Island to this day. So check out Saba bc I know that a lot of my family were Hassles and had many slaves in Saba. Hope this helps!
Does anyone have information about my great grandfather His slave last name was Hyman. My 2nd cousin was the iconic amazing talented singer Phyllis Hyman. My grandmother Bebe and my Aunt Brother was Earl Hyman iconic and talented Actor who was on the Cosby Show as Russel Cliff’s father.
I have questions about a record I found. Could I reach out via email to someone?
@statelibrarync
2 жыл бұрын
Hello! Please contact us at SLNC.reference@ncdcr.gov for further assistance.
I am searching for family photos made in Tant Studio in Raleigh,NC in the 1960's please. I would appreciate any help. Will pay.
mclaughlin family tree?
I been trying to find my Great grandfather Alfred Linwood Watford parents name my 2xGreat grandfather father was a slave from North Carolina... I also wanna find my great grandmother Elizabeth Carrie Hoggard parents name. both Great grandparents was born in Nc. I wanna go back as far as I can. But I dont have Oprah money to pay for that kind of info lol
@tyronecraft3924
3 жыл бұрын
There is a Hoggard High School in Wilmington, New Hanover Co., NC.
@statelibrarync
2 жыл бұрын
Hello! Please contact us at SLNC.reference@ncdcr.gov for further assistance.
I think my family were slaves at the Tillery family house of Halifax nc
Snipes plantation or Snipes last names
@gram01
2 жыл бұрын
I have snipes family members in Virginia
@isocam1517
2 жыл бұрын
@@gram01 really. What are there names? P.S. I also live in Virginia
@gram01
2 жыл бұрын
@@isocam1517 I have a cousin name Otis snipes...his father I forgot his name but his obituary is at my grandma's house...oh Otis mom name was Elsie snipes
@gram01
2 жыл бұрын
Otis is my mom great cousin I haven't seen him after my grandma funeral in 2016 then I moved to Tennessee
@isocam1517
2 жыл бұрын
@@gram01 my great grandmother is Elsie Snipes
Being colored dosnt denote to be enslaved or not as they had free colored as cencus says and we also know whites and Asians were both enslaved in America.
Wtf