Randolph County Genealogical Society-North Carolina

01/01/2026

06/18/2025

Walk Thru the Past – Old Asheboro Cemetery, June 22, 2025 at 2:00 p.m.

Come and join a stroll through the Old Asheboro Cemetery. We will enjoy an eclectic selection of stories. Ricky Allred will lead the walk on Sunday June 22nd at 2:00 p.m.

The Old Asheboro Cemetery is located at 180 West Salisbury Street, Asheboro, NC 27203.

06/18/2025

Descendants Gathering 2025
Saturday 21 June 10 AM - 4 PM
Alamance Battleground Visitor Center

Speakers:
10 AM From Regulators to Reenactments: a Re-analysis of Artifacts from the 2009-2010 Metal Detection Survey at the Alamance Battlefield (Mike McCoy)
11 AM An Allen House Mystery: The Lost Book (Jean Parvin Bordewich)
1 PM “A Name in Stone, a Life in Memory: How Remembrance Becomes History” (Joel King)
2 PM "Who is your ancestor? (Audience participation.)

Public is welcome, you do not have to be a descendant to attend!
Food truck will be available for lunch. Event is free.

05/25/2025

We had a great time at our Spring Program yesterday. Author Elizabeth Saunders kept us in suspense throughout her presentation, then left us with a cliffhanger. I can't wait to read the book!

05/15/2025

Spring Program-Free Event
Saturday, May 24 at 10:00 AM
Downstairs Meeting Room
Asheboro Public Library


Please join us for our Spring Program, "Brick Wall After Brick Wall: The Search for Thomas Maness."

Thomas Maness disappeared around 1876, before his son was born. Genealogist and former journalist Elizabeth Saunders was the fourth generation looking for him. Learn how she turned her investigative skills onto her own family’s century-old missing-person case.

Thomas disappeared around age 26; did he die in an accident? Did he start a new life somewhere else? Could Thomas actually be Swain Maness, a gun-totin’ rascal rumored to have five wives in different counties? After years of brick walls and discouragement, she found new clues and an unexpected twist that reopened the search for Thomas.

You won't want to miss this local mystery.

04/05/2025

Free access to Civil War records through April 14.

11/09/2024

Honor your veterans this Veterans Day weekend with FREE ACCESS to our entire WWI and WWII record collections. Explore more than 350 million records through Monday night: https://www.fold3.com/go/freeaccess