Start by Tracing the Ownership Through the Deeds: Most deeds reference the previous owner or chain of ownership.
Deeds are mainly looked up by name or deed book and page number. The legal description of the deed is different from the postal address; hence, you cannot do a postal address lookup. Several sets of transcribed and indexed records compiled by different individuals are in the North Carolina Room and might aid in deed research.
Find a legal description of your property
Port City Architecture: .You might also try looking through the library's digital collection known as Port City Architecture to see if a previous owner of your home applied for a plaque from the Historic Wilmington Foundation. The online collection lists over 600 historic homes or historic sites in Wilmington in the and yours might just be one of them! Simply click the title of the section above or HERE to access the collection.
Explore the History of the Wilmington Harbor with "Main Street, Carolina"
The New Hanover County Public Library houses one of the state's oldest North Carolina Collections. Included in the over 100 year old collection are over 20,000 photographs of the Cape Fear Region. The images available on this website represent the Wilmington Harbor from 1837 to present day.
http://mainstreet.lib.unc.edu/projects/wilmington/index.php/
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