Miranda Roupe
Registrar
Jacqueline Kirby Duncan
Assistant Registrar
Debbie Carico
Assistant Registrar
Contact:
County Administration Building
348 South Main St.
PO Box 186
Sparta, NC 28675
Phone: 336-372-4342
Fax: 336-372-2061
Email: deeds@skybest.com
The following types of records are maintained by the Alleghany County Register of Deeds office:
Birth Certificates |
The state of North Carolina officially began keeping birth certificates in 1913. (In some outlying areas it began a bit later.) Birth certificates tell where a child was born, who the parents were and their age at the time of the birth. Other information is sometimes listed such as occupation of the father, number of children already in the household, etc. |
Delayed Birth Certificates (delayed births) |
If someone, somehow, escaped the notice of a birth certificate registrar or happened to be born before births were listed, they could have applied for a delayed birth certificate. To obtain such a certificate, individuals had to supply documentation, often a family Bible record. |
Death Certificates |
North Carolina began keeping Death Certificates in 1913. If an ancestor died before this time, one must turn to such records as wills, tombstones, and family Bibles to find the death date. Death certificates contain the date of death and birth as well as the parents' names and cause of death--and sometimes a good bit more. |
Marriage Records |
During the majority of North Carolina's history, most of its citizens got married in any manner that suited them. Ministers and magistrates were nice, but often, one concludes, not necessary. This makes the existence of public marriage records chancy at best, but some do exist. |
Wills are maintained by |
The person who makes a will is called the "testator" or "devisee." The folks who get the goodies are "legatees" or "devisees." The fellow who makes sure that the final wishes are carried out is the "executor." If the executor happens to be female, she is an "executrix." "Probate" is the process by which the will becomes official and the written desires are validated. There are usually three copies of a will: the original, the one copied into the county clerk's records, and the one issued to the executor. The copy that is committed to the to the county clerk's book will often contain probate information: witnesses, executor, probate dates, etc. |