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Search Old Wills and Estates to Find North Carolina Pioneers

County records are a true value in genealogical research. Locating your family names in will and estate books is easy…

The Scotch-Irish Trail to Burke County

The Scotch-Irish, as they were called for several hundred years began migrating to America during the early 1700s. It is…

George Swain Loses His Worldly Goods at Sea

George Swain, a hatter, was born in Roxborough, Massachusetts on June 17, 1763. Later, in 1784, he invested what property…