New Hanover County, established in the year 1729, was given the name after the House of Hanover. It has the county seat and the largest city in Wilmington. It has a total area of 328 sq mi and has over 0.2 million people with an amalgamation of White, Native American, Black or African American, Asian, Hispanic or Latino, Pacific Islander, and others along with more than 68.1K households and 41.5K families.

Today the vital and public records archive of the New Hanover County, NC, encompasses details on real estate and property facts, marriage and divorce details, origin and birth details, census data, demise facts, immigration and naturalization specifics, burial and cemetery details, marriage volume number, war and enlistment data, American Civil War history, World War I and II information, land and estate data, civil court case public facts, last will or probate particulars, obituary notice and heaps of other specifics.