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Local History & Genealogy Research: Publications

Microfilm

Genealogy microfilm - census information, county records, and more - are available at the State Library in Raleigh. Please see their lists of what they have available to view at this link or in the attached document.

Local Periodicals

Our State - formerly known as The State - is now available online! Through the NC State Library, volumes 1 - 79 are available to view for free digitally. All issues are available from 1933 to 2011 here. The Harnett County Public Library keeps print copies of Our State from 2011 to the present.

The North Carolina Historical Review is still on our shelves from 1968 - present. Previous issues from 1924 - 1967 are available through the state library as well: here.

NCLA - The North Carolina Library Association - has made their journals available online. 1942 - 2013 are available through their digital archive.

Wildlife in North Carolina magazine is also available through NC Digital Collections! Their digital archive contains full issues from Vol. 1 No. 1 in 1937 through Vol. 67 No. 12 in 2003. There are a couple missing issues (2002, issue #10; 2001 issue # 2, and 1999 issues #6 and #7) which we will still have in the library. We also still have physical copies of 2004 - present.

Biographical Sketches of Harnett County

"Some of the following sketches are from Volume III of the set of books North Carolina: Rebuilding and Ancient Commonwealth published in 1928 by the American Historical Society, Inc. Chicago and New York. There will be an asterisk after the name (*).

Some of them have been taken from History of North Carolina: North Carolina Biography vols. 5 & 6, Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1919. There will be 2 asterisks (**) after the name.

Other sketches have been written by individuals about family members."

Historical and Architectural Resources of Harnett County, NC, ca. 1770 - 1950

In the collections of the North Carolina State Archives, hosted on their website North Carolina Digital Collections.

Census Records

Online Collections

The Luci Uzzle Collection: This web page duplicates the photograph album that was presented to the Harnett County Public Library in 1976. We have not changed Mrs. Uzzle's descriptions except to correct spellings. We have also included links and italicized editorial notes when available or appropriate.