17 year old North Carolina White Female gossips about a girl named Ana, talks about how horrible she is, and makes joking threats. Some cursing.

North Carolina, White Female, 17 yrs old, young, gossip, Richmond County, threats, cursing

Sisters (or friends?) tease each other and talk about their past. They were in the Terry street gang and beat up other kids. She would throw pinecones and ketchup out of her treehouse. They sledded on trash can lids. One of the girls hates coming home for the holidays. One of them scored so high on the placement test she got to skip two classes. They tease each other about their phone use. 

North Carolina, Southern, teenager, childhood, gang, sledding, treehouse, sisters, friends

An older male, aged around 70 at the time of recording, talks about he was a "globetrotter" in his early years. During the 1920's, he spent many years traveling around America without paying any fare until being caught at the age of 18 and fined for .80 cents.  He goes on to talk about how he sung a song to amuse the judge in lieu of paying the fine. This was recorded in 2007.

 

An older teenage girl from North Carolina, located near Richmond County talks about a girl in her area that she is not fond of.

 Keywords: North Carolina, teenager, 18 years old, white female, girl, teen, young, Richmond County

A 54 year old white male Ferry Captain talks about some of his genealogy as well as some of the history of the North Carolina coast, shipping and various types of boats and shipwrecks as well as some notable hurricanes that have had significant impacts.

Heritage, 1700s, genealogy, boats, North Carolina coast, schooners, island traffic, diamond shoals, "Graveyard of the Atlantic," historical records, hurricanes, Hatteras Island, Hoi Toider

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s tells two stories that revolve around the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. He tells a story about a young soldier and his surprise proposal at the plantation's chapel as well as a groom who got cold feet for the fourth time.

Love story, Afghanistan, Bosnia, flowers, broken-hearted, proposal, applause, gardens, Orton Plantation, groom missing, wedding, chapel, preacher, roses.

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s talks about the history of the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. Talks about how his Great Grandfather purchased the abandoned property and their family's had it ever since.

1880, ownership, economy, Orton Plantation, taxes, Great Grandfather, timber.

Laurence, an elderly white male in his 80s tells two stories that revolve around the Orton Plantation where he was born and raised and currently runs as his career. He talks about growing up on the plantation, hunting and fishing in the woods, how some people wanted to come in and make a ghost story and how he debunks ghosts.

Orton Plantation, growing up, hunting, fishing, poison ivy, ticks, scared, ghost stories.

Woman in her 60s, behind the cash register of a store, talks with Eliza and her interns about the area, the island they are on rumored to be the real “Lost Colony”, seeing the Mona Lisa in Washington D.C., and going on an Alaskan Cruise to find a man to date.

Tidewater, Southern, North Carolina, Virginia, sister, brother, children, double first-cousins, great-grandson, Ferry, Coast Guard, Lost Colony, Hog Island, Chesapeake Bay, Washington DC, Mona Lisa, FBI, Alaska, Cruise, Norwegian Pearl, Switzerland, dating, alcoholic, harbor,

Female in her 60s from an island in North Carolina. The island is a 'lost colony.'  Her father was born on Hog Island across from her island. A lot of Indian artifacts. Ships couldn't have landed in Roanoke because the water wasn't deep enough. There is no land left on the island to buy, it's all been bought. She was born in a house down the street behind an abandoned store. When she was young she went to Washington DC to work, met a man and married and had a child, got divorced, moved back to NC and married the same man again. 46 year old daughter, with two granddaughters and one great grandson. 39 year old, unmarried son, Chris. Great grandson is Daly, named after his great grandfather. Grand daughter married 3 1/2 years ago. 

North Carolina, Roanoke, island, lost colony, artifacts, indian, hog island, ships, washington dc, married, children, grand children, great grand children, Daly, Chris, history, heritage