| 22 April 2008: In commeration of 20 years of service to the genealogical community with an interest in New Hanover County, North Carolina and the surrounding area, the ONHGS has announced a GENEALOGICAL SYMPOSIUM to be held in Wilmington March 27-28, 2009. Watch this website for further announcements. Save the date! |
| 10 March 2008: The Clarendon Courier, the quality quarterly journal of the Old New Hanover Genealogical Society, is sent to members four times each year.Volumes 1989-2006 are now available on line. Our sincere thanks to Fred Hintz for doing a wonderful job of scanning eighteen years - 216 issues - of the Clarendon Courier into Adobe Acrobat files and generously donating this set of digital files to the ONHGS. Access Couriers now |
| 30 November 2006: The every name index for the 2005 Clarendon Courier, the ONHGS quarterly journal, is now available on this website. 2002, 2003, 2004 indexes are also available. Thanks to Kay Berg for preparing these! See the page ONHGS Publications. |
| 01 November 2006: 'Confederate Hospital #4 Records' has been updated: 7100 names! An amazing and unique resource document being produced by Bob Cooke - now 85% complete. Not only are the records being transcribed but where possible Bob has provided references to other sources for each named individual. |
| 10 July 2006: CSA Confederate General Hospital #4 transcription by Bob Cooke has been updated... now has an incredible 5400 names! Soldiers names are being found here that are not in the usual record sources. Includes names, CSA unit, date admitted, medical problem, hospital discharge, hometown.... and in some cases, death date. Format is a 388 page Excel spreadsheet in Acrobat .pdf file. Names are alphabetically arrangged but the entire spreadsheet can also be searched. |
| 10 June 2006: The Reaves African-American files have now been tidied up and indexed. The index has been merged with the Generl Subjects file to make searching easier. |
| 12 March 2006: Jim Edwards had completed another year of Wilmington Area Obituaries, abstracted from the Star News and the Wilmington Journal..... 4000+ names...alphabetically listed, includes date(s) obituary was published, and if known, names of parents, birth place, etc. The 2005 list can now be ordered from ONHGS.($10.00 + $4.00 S&H). ALSO AVAILABLE: 1998-2005 Wilmington Area Obituaries - 32,000+ names, on one CD. In Microsoft Excel format so the data can be searched, sorted, etc ($30.00 + $4.00 S&H). |
| 3 March 2006: The first pass on organizing and indexing the Bill Reaves Subject Files is now complete. 3900 + indexed folders and cross-references. Project has been underway since November 2004. See the online index on this website (pdf format). Volunteers are needed to organize individual files! If you are local, come in and inquire! Still to be arranged: the African-American files. |
| 23 January 2006: The Bill Reaves Subject files are now complete through the letter 'S' - lots of great history in these files! |
| 22 January 2006: The Wilmington Confederate Hospital record file being prepared by Bob Cooke has been updated - now contains 4100 names... check it out! HOWEVER the file is a huge .pdf file! So don't even think about using a dial up internet connection! |
| 1 September 2005: Our President has produced an informative and interesting newsletter - sent to all members! See Newsletter |
| 18 August 2005: Reaves Subject Files now indexed through the letter P - 2800 indexed files and cross references. |
| 18 July 2005: Important recently discovered records of the Confederate Army Hospital in Wilmington - General Hospital No. 5 - are in the process of being being transcribed by Bob Cooke and posted to this ONHGS website. Interesting primary material - Patients names, diseases, hometowns! See Records |
| 20 June 2005: Reaves Subject Files now indexed thru the letter K - 1880 indexed files and cross references. |
| May 12, 2005: The ONHGS service of providing photos of gravestones in the Wilmington National Cemetery is getting about 2 requests per month Our volunteers are pleased to provide this service at no charge.More Info |
| 12 April 2005: Reaves Subject Files: Volunteers have now completed triage on files for subjects A through H as well as many incidental files later in the alphabet - some 1700 files and cross references. To see the index in process, click here. To examine the files themselves visit the North Carolina Room, New Hanover County Public Library. |
| 23 February 2005: ONHGS is searching for individuals interested in serving on the ONHGS Board. The need is urgent! If you have any interest contact any Board member - or if you have any suggestions, pass those names along. For this organization to continue to function we need folks to get involved! |
| 24 January 2005: NEW! Searchable indexes for the quality ONHGS quarterly journal the Clarendon Courier may be viewed on line! Click here. |
| 8 December 2004: Exciting News: The March 12, 2005 ONHGS meeting will be a joint workshop with the NC Genealogical Society!For details see the Registration Form. |
| 1 December 2004: The North Carolina Room at the mail New Hanover County Public Library has accessioned an amazing new resource: the Yopp Funeral Home Register. These records cover the operation of the Yopp Funeral Home in Wilmington from February 2, 1938 thru December 31, 1966. Records for 4019 individuals include personal information about the deceased, church and funeral details, survivors and occaisional bits of related material. For more information see Yopp Records. |
| 14 November 2004: Organizing and indexing of the Bill Reaves Collection Subject Files has begun. This collection contains an estimated 1200 folders of clippings from SE North Carolina newspapers, sorted by subject - from Abattoirs to Zoos. |
| 20 October 2004: Microfilms of North Carolina Estate Records are now available for loan to North Carolina residents, using the Inter Library Loan (ILL) procedure. Contact your local library or NC State Library Genealogical Services: phone 919-807-7460; email: pamtoms@library.dcr.state.nc.us. For more information see the ONHGS Links page. |
| 19 October 2004: The project of organizing the Reaves Family Clipping Files - Series II - and preparing a surname index has been completed. The Index has been posted on this www.onhgs.org website. 6800+ surnames! This project was sponsored by the ONHGS. See index |
| 28 September 2004: We regret the necessity to cancel the program by Helen Leary, scheduled for this eveni |
