Carolinas Genealogical Society

News

 We are so excited to receive a donation from the Union County Government. These funds will allow us to move forward with a project to digitize the thousands of negatives located at The Heritage Room. To read the full press release please go to this link:
 
 
 
We are dedicated to meeting the needs of family researchers and historians through the collection and preservation of the surrounding county's public records. Our collections are housed along with the collections of the The Heritage Room located in the Historic Courthouse in downtown Monroe, N.C. 
 
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Notice of Rate Increase:
Our rates increased beginning July 1, 2024. The new rate is $25.00 for membership to our society.
We will no longer have different rates for specific catergories. Your membership will give you access to the members only section of our website and four bulletins sent out via email unless you have notified us that your require a printed edition. Thank you to all members who have stayed with us over the years and we hope you will continue to support our society. 
 
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Come see us at The Heritage Room located in the 
Old Historic Courthouse in downtown Monroe, N.C.
 
 
We now have access to newspaper.com
Stop by the Heritge Room and ask for assistance.
 
We are a FamilySearch Affiliate Library
 
Click here on the The Heritiage Room Collections to view what's available. 

Files and Databases Added to Members Only

If you're a member of our society, please check out the Files and Databases tab. We have added an index for Slave Deeds found in Deed Books Vols 1 & 2. This is a work in progress and as our volunteers build the indexes from Vols 3 - 6 they will be added. If you are not a member of our society, you are invited to join

The Heritage Room Hours

The Heritage Room located in the Old Historic Courthouse in downtown Monroe, NC is back to normal hours. Monday - Wednesday, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.  and Thursday 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
If you have any questions please call us at 704-289-6737.  
We look forward to seeing or talking to you in the coming year. 

 
 
  Union County
  is bordered by 
  Cabarrus County (north), 
  Stanly County (northeast),
  Anson County (east),
  Chesterfield County, S.C.
  (southeast),
  Lancaster County, S.C. 
  (southwest),   
  Mecklenburg County (northwest).


October 19
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Fall Workshop at Langford CME
Working one on one to help find your ancestors. A good time to come and get help with that brick wall.