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NEW

A recently digitized series of audio tapes on the history of Martin County from the Upper Paleolithic era to the 1980s.

The Easter Rogerson Mizell Family Collection is a genealogy and local history collection compiled by the late Easter Rogerson Mizell and donated to Martin Community College by her children, pictured left to right, Vivian M. Roberson, Donald Gray Mizelle, and Marla M. Coleman. The collection, which contains a wealth of information about local families and Martin County history, is available for use by the public during regular library hours.

Patrons interested in local history and genealogy may access the following databases in the Martin Community College Library through NC Live (or off campus using a Martin e-mail or library card):

• Historic North Carolina Digital Newspaper Collection - digitized and searchable pages of hundreds of local North Carolina newspapers from the 1700s into the 1900s
• HeritageQuest - database containing historical census records, Revolutionary War records and other genealogical material
• DigitalNC.org - database available on the open Internet which contains North Carolina newspapers, yearbooks, city directories, etc. (no e-mail or library card required)

Microfilm available in the Martin Community College Library includes:

• The Enterprise newspaper from 1901 to the present.  1901 through 1954 (with the exception of 1916, 1920 and a few issues from 1954) are also available online at: 

• Historical deeds, wills, marriage records, and census records from Martin County and nearby counties.  See the catalog below:

Many historical newspapers, guides to microfilm and other digital artifacts are available online.  See:

The Bertie County Public Library in Windsor has archives of the following:

• The Windsor Ledger on microfilm (1887 - 1915)
• The Bertie Ledger on microfilm (1928 - 1986 & 2000)
• The Bertie Ledger on CD ROM (2004 - 2006)