By Monica Holland for The Fayetteville Observer—They used to be prominent, cropping up from the land like the yellowing leaves they’d housed across miles and miles of Carolina farm country. A monument to the charm of country life, tobacco barns have stood for everything from good, honest work to the trust and reliance of family … Continue reading Tobacco barn photos show appreciation for farming history
Trust buys land in Bertie that could be tied to the Lost Colony
(Originally published in The Outer Banks Voice) —Near the confluence of Salmon Creek and Albemarle Sound in Bertie County, archaeologists continue to uncover artifacts that may reveal clues to the 400-year mystery of the Lost Colony of Roanoke Island. Thanks to the recent purchase of nearly 1,000 acres by the Coastal Land Trust, this magnificent … Continue reading Trust buys land in Bertie that could be tied to the Lost Colony
Family Tree: What is genealogy?
By Jim Moses for the Ionia Sentinel-Standard—What is genealogy if not the recording of the history of our lives? We are born, we live, and we die. I read somewhere that our personal history is the dash between the dates on our tombstones. It is the time that is hidden from the world unless we … Continue reading Family Tree: What is genealogy?
NC Civil War museum requesting ancestor stories
The North Carolina Civil War & Reconstruction History Center is collecting stories about North Carolinians who lived during the Civil War and Reconstruction era. If you have a story to share about your ancestor, please submit it on the NCCWRCHC web page at http://nccivilwarcenter.org/share-a-story or mail it to 824 Branson St., Fayetteville, NC 28305.
‘How I Discovered My Ancestor Freed Slaves in North Carolina’
Link to The Independent (UK): https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/ancestry-dna-family-history-tree-discovery-how-slaves-north-carolina-a8288476.html
Old photographs reveal family history, bygone customs
Sanda Baucom Hight CONTRIBUTING COLUMNIST to the Wilson Times Recently, as I was looking for one particular photograph from our family’s collection, I learned lessons about history and customs of our past. I looked through photograph albums put together by family members years ago, as well as hundreds of individual pictures that have been saved … Continue reading Old photographs reveal family history, bygone customs
Local history class creates history of its own
By Amelia Harper Staff Writer, Rocky Mount Telegram The advanced placement U.S. history class at Nash Central High School is making history — quite literally. Fourteen students who were enrolled in Coach Renny Taylor’s junior level AP history class last year spent a few weeks at the end of the year creating a video documentary … Continue reading Local history class creates history of its own
What archaeologists are finding in the Great Dismal Swamp
An interesting article on runaway slaves, known as "maroons," who lived deep inside the Great Dismal. From Smithsonian Magazine: The worse it gets, as I wade and stumble through the Great Dismal Swamp, the better I understand its history as a place of refuge. Each ripping thorn and sucking mudhole makes it clearer. It was the … Continue reading What archaeologists are finding in the Great Dismal Swamp
The Barracks in Tarboro Available for Restoration
The Barracks 1100 Albemarle Avenue, Tarboro , NC 27886 Edgecombe County $175,000 8,063 square feet Lot Size: 1.25 acres / Zoning: Residential Contact: Maggie Gregg , Regional DirectorPreservation NC, Eastern Office 252-689-6678, mgregg@presnc.org The Barracks is an impressive and architecturally significant property, located on a large lot in the charming and historic small town of Tarboro. The house was … Continue reading The Barracks in Tarboro Available for Restoration
Memories of Pulling Tobacco, a Labor of Love
written by T. EDWARD NICKENS PHOTOGRAPH BY NED LEARY Bobby Joe Fisher got it right, I think. But let me say this: I really don’t know what I’m talking about. We’re sitting at the McDonald’s in Battleboro, on U.S. Highway 301, right there at Wesleyan College, and he’s remembering all those times he rode … Continue reading Memories of Pulling Tobacco, a Labor of Love
Wilson County Genealogical Society 