The North Carolina State Government Web Site Archives allows you to view North Carolina state agency web sites from past dates. The Web Site Archives contains web sites from the Fall of 2005, and from April 2006 forward allowing free and open access to this information long after the sites have changed on the live web.

Above: Screenshot of the Governor's web site from Sept. 20th, 2005. Click image to view site

The Web Site Archives can be searched via the search box on the top of every page on this site. For tips and helpful hints on searching, read our Search Help document. Users may also browse for web sites by State Agency or by Collection.

The Web Site Archives began as a pilot project with the Internet Archive during the Fall of 2005. The purpose of this project was to refine a tool called Archive-It which collects, preserves, and provides access to web sites of enduring value.

The success of the Pilot Project led to the creation of the current version of The North Carolina State Government Web Site Archives which began archiving web sites in late April of 2006. The Web Site Archives contains copies of state agency web sites captured during the pilot project in the Fall of 2005 and after the official launch in April 2006 forward.

The North Carolina State Government Web Site Archives is proof of the ongoing commitment by the North Carolina State Archives and the State Library of North Carolina to provide free and open access to state government records and publications.