Genealogy and Research

Come trace your roots in our extensive research library. Our offices are open on Thursday afternoons and Saturday from 10 until 4 with other hours by appointment.
Our Museum

The LCHA Museum is temporarily closed. Visit our research offices on the third floor of the Lincoln Cultural Center.
Historic Properties

Lincoln County is rich in historic sites. Come visit us.
From our blog
The Great Migration of African Americans from Putnam Co. GA to Lincoln Co. NC (1920-1930)
Compiled and Edited by Herbert W. Stanford III 28 January 2022 By 1920, for African-Americans in the South, the optimism of the Reconstruction era had turned into 30 years of Jim Crow disenfranchisement and race-based violence. To escape this terror and to hopefully find a better life, the “Great Migration”