Source: Pender Chronicle (Burgaw, NC); 13 May 1920.

A list of students from Durham County extracted from that database has been added to Durham County NCGenWeb site. The list currently includes more than 1800 names of students attending schools around the state. Most entries are pre-1940. You can access the list here.

If you are reading this post via email or a feed reader and unable to see the embedded book, you can view the book online at the Internet Archive.

North Carolina is participating in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP), a partnership between the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Library of Congress (LC) which is endeavoring to digitize historic newspapers across the country in order to make them available online for research.

The Durham Daily Globe will be included in the list of titles to be digitized in 2013.

The Durham Daily Globe started in Durham, North Carolina in 1889 by publisher Edward A. Oldham. It was published daily with an additional Durham Sunday Globe published on Sundays from 1889 to 1894.

It had previously been called The Daily Tobacco Plant (1888-1889) and the Durham Daily Recorder (1886-188?).

Following 1894 the title changed to The Globe-Herald, the Morning Herald, and the Durham Weekly Globe. 

If you can’t wait until 2014 when the digital copies of this newspaper will be posted online to the Library of Congress’ Chronicling America site, you can view the microfilmed copies of this newspaper  at the following locations:

Duke University Library, Durham County Library, East Carolina University, the North Carolina State Archives, the State Library of North Carolina, and UNC-CH.

from the National Genealogical Society website:

Pre-order your copy today of this essential guide to genealogical  research today. The National Genealogical Society presents this important work as part of its Special Topic series.
As a unique textbook on genealogical methods and reasoning in the twentyfirst century, Mastering Genealogical Proof guides readers in acquiring genealogical skills transcending chronological, ethnic, geopolitical, and religious boundaries.

About the Book and Author

Mastering Genealogical Proof aims to help researchers, students, and new family historians reconstruct relationships and lives of people they cannot see. It presents content in digestible chunks. Each chapter concludes with problems providing practice for  proficiently applying the chapter’s concepts. Those problems, like examples throughout the book, use real records, real research, and real issues. Answers are at the back of the book along with a glossary of technical terms and an extensive resource list.

Thomas W. Jones, who has pursued his family history since he was fifteen, is an award-winning genealogical researcher, writer, editor, and educator.

Contents

• Preface
• Chapter 1 – Genealogy’s Standard of Proof
• Chapter 2 – Concepts Fundamental to the GPS
• Chapter 3 – GPS Element 1: Thorough Research
• Chapter 4 GPS Element 2: Source Citations
• Chapter 5 GPS Element 3: Analysis and Correlation
  Chapter 6 GPS Element 4: Resolving Conflicts and Assembling Evidence
• Chapter 7 GPS Element 5: The Written Conclusion
• Chapter 8 – Using the GPS
• Chapter 9 – Conclusion
• Appendix A – Pritchett Article
• Appendix B – McLain Article
• Glossary
• Reading and Source List
• Answers to exercises

Ordering Information

You can pre-order your copy of Mastering Genealogical Proof today. Order online (payment in full required at time of pre-order). Cost is $25 for NGS members and $30 for non-members.

Mastering Genealogical Proof will also be available for purchase at the NGS 2013 Family History Conference, 8-11 May, where Thomas W. Jones will hold two book signing events.

Estimated Ship Date: 20 May 2013

Digital NC, the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, has announced a new round of newspapers that are slated to be digitized in 2013 and contributed to the North Carolina Newspapers project. Among them is Durham’s own The Carolina Times  from 1965 – 1972. Digital NC is a statewide digitization and digital publishing program housed in the North Carolina Collection at UNC-CH. They work with libraries, historical societies, genealogy societies, and archives across North Carolina to digitize and publish historic materials online in order to provide access to the materials.

Here is a list of several other newspapers slated to be digitized in 2013:

Dear Friends of the North Carolina Collection,

We’ve expanded our hours to include Saturdays 10:00-5:00. Lauren Havens, MLS, UNC-Chapel Hill, and former NC Collection volunteer, is the Saturday staff person. See the press release below for more details.

Collection hours are:

Mon.                     12:30-9
Tues.-Thurs.      10-5
Fri.                         2-5
Sat.                        10-5

Look forward to seeing you soon!

Lynn Richardson
North Carolina Collection
Durham County Library
(919) 560-0171

City directories can be very useful tools for genealogical research! They are alphabetically arranged making them easy to use; they are usually compiled each year; and they take care to capture all households of the city.

Because these directories were created more for business use, the creators took care to be exact with name spellings, middle initials, addresses, etc because they needed to be able to distinguish between their customers.

You can read more about why directories were created and how they can be used in genealogical research in this article by the ProGenealogists.

Come out and listen to the Doc Branch Band this weekend at the North Regional Library at 221 Milton Road, Durham, NC.  The Doc Branch Band features old time fiddle tunes, bluegrass standards and the band’s original compositions.

Concert will be this Sunday, June 10, at 3pm.

There will be a short conversation with the band members led by Doc Branch historian Peter Kramer before the concert, starting at 3pm.

Sponsored by the Durham Library Foundation

Durham County Library.

See this flyer for details.

To view other North Carolina surveys click here.