Bertie County, North Carolina Vital Stastics, 1700s-1920



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  • Title Bertie County, North Carolina Vital Stastics, 1700s-1920 
    Author Cynthia Herrin 
    Publisher Herrin, Cynthia, comp.. Bertie County, North Carolina Vital Statistics, 1700s-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2001.
    Original data: Sentinel Publications. Bertie Beginnings: The Story of Our County and Its Distinguish 
    Source ID S003883 
    Linked to (3) Joseph Willis Biggs
    Lucy Ann Lavinia Cotten
    Chloe Daniel 

  •  Notes 
    • ABBR Bertie County, North Carolina Vital Stastics, 1700s-1920TEXT Bertie County, North Carolina was formed in 1722 from Chowan County. The county seat is Windsor. This database is abstracted from a county history that was published locally. The book is divided into two sections: (1) a general history of Bertie County, and (2) a biography of about 600 families that contains more than 184,000 names. Because of its narrative nature, the book often answers questions not addressed in census and state records. It is an excellent supplement to more traditional records. Fields of information include: name, birth date, birthplace, spouse, marriage date, marriage location, father's name, mother's name, children, date of death, place of death, last known location, other notes, race, military, and occupation. ""Although the book does not list an author or editor, it may be that the source book was written by Thomas R. Speller Sr and privately published by his brother Henry Beard of Lenoir county.""
    • bThere are errors in the book/b that have been transferred to the database. Because of the detail of some accounts, it seems as though the informants themselves provided much of the information. Parts of the information are undeniably reliable, such as


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