Our advanced search tool offers a number of options to increase the accessibility of the digital
collection, "Colonial and State Records of North Carolina." Any combination of fields below
may be used. Click the search button at the bottom of the page to see your results.

Full Text Keyword(s) Full Text: Enter a search word or phrase into the text field to search the full text of the documents and/or the full text of the index. Keep in mind that the spelling and abbreviations in these 17th- and 18th-century documents have not been regularized. Search CSR Documents Search CSR Index

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e.g., "07/04/1776," or "1776-1779"

Date: Enter a date or range of dates into the text field to search for documents by date or to narrow your results by date. Keep in mind that not all the documents have a precise date including month and day, so you may want to begin your search with years.

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Volume and Page: Enter a volume and page number in the text fields to go straight to that page or narrow your results by entering a combination of volume and page numbers. There are 26 volumes of documents in the CSR.

Page or Page Range

e.g., "296", "296-596"