Example page from the Public School Register, showing list of students in attendance as well as general school information at the top.

We’ve just added a mixture of items from Rockingham County Public Library to DigitalNC. Of interest to genealogists will be an early public school register that lists students from 1891-1897, along with the names of their parents/guardians. At the top of each two-page spread is a list of textbooks used by the class, and the school teacher’s salary (usually around $22.00).

We’re also excited about providing full-text searchability to seven volumes of obituaries clipped from the Madison Messenger as well as other newspapers. See links to these items below.

Finally, this batch includes a number of ledgers documenting activity at Rockingham libraries, and records of a local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

These items are all a part of the Rockingham County Legacy Project, which brings together resources from several institutions in that county.

• Rockingham County Obituary Clippings 1920-1991
• Madison Messenger Obituary Clippings 1970-1999
• The North Carolina Public School Register: District 48, County of Rockingham, White Race [1891-1897]
• The Story of Washington Mills: Manufacturers of Mayo Spruce
• Stoneville Unit Registration Record
• History of Rockingham County Public Library
• Stoneville Library Record of Books Borrowed [1954, 1956, 1984, 1985]
• N.C.D.A.R. New North Carolina–Crossnore Edition: Souvenir Program Booklet