South Carolina Genealogy Resources

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Vital Records for South Carolina

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Featured websites for South Carolina

South Carolina Cemeteries
Find links and information on locating cemeteries in South Carolina...[More]
http://www.uscemeteries.net/southcarolina/cemeteries.htm

South Carolina Obituaries
Learn how and where to locate obituaries and death records in South Carolina...[More]
http://www.newspaperobituaries.net/southcarolina/obituaries.htm

1790 United States Federal Census
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1800 United States Federal Census
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1810 United States Federal Census
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1820 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5780

1830 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5803

1840 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=5826

1850 United States Federal Census
http://www.ancestry.com?db=6047

A Key to Southern Pedigrees
This collection of colonial records is a comprehensive guide to the ancestry of important families in Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Alabama. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3012

Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots
This collection of abstracts of grave sites contains information originally published in the Senate documents of the National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, as well as the Society magazine. Veterans and patriots of the Revolutionary War whose graves were found between 1900 and 1987 are included in this first volume. Included in eac...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4110

Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions
Located in central South Carolina along the border with Georgia, Aiken County was formed in 1871. This database is a collection of records from five cemeteries in the county. The five cemeteries are St. Thaddeus Church Cemetery, Bethany Cemetery, Milbrook Baptist Church Cemetery, First Baptist Church Yard Cemetery, St. John Methodist Church Cemeter...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4437

Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions: Graniteville
Located in central South Carolina along the border with Georgia, Aiken County was formed in 1871. This database is a collection of records from Graniteville cemetery. In addition to providing the decedent's name, information regarding date of birth, death date, and other helpful facts are included. It contains the names of over 4,500 indivi...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=6082

Aiken County, South Carolina: Cemetery Records
Located in central South Carolina along the border with Georgia, Aiken County was formed in 1871. This database is a collection of records from five cemeteries in the county. The five cemeteries are Levels Church cemetery, Mount Morenci Cemetery, Redds Branch Church Cemetery, Oakwood Church Cemetery, and Talatha Baptist Church. In addition to pr...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=6020

American South, Notable Families
Settled by varied groups of people from disparate nations, the American South is home to a number of prominent families. Combining narrative history with genealogy, this database is a listing of many families who helped settle the South. Many entries often include the location in England where the family came from, land grants, lines of descent, an...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4634

Charleston Observer (South Carolina), Marriages and Deaths
The Charleston Observer was a denominational newspaper based in Charleston, South Carolina, in the early Nineteenth Century. This database is an extraction of marriage and death notices from that paper between 1827 and 1845. With and estimated 13000 names of individuals involved in either marriage ceremonies or funeral rites, this is a valuable co...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3390

Charleston, South Carolina Directory, 1888-90
One of the largest cities in South Carolina, Charleston was home to nearly 50,000 people in 1890. This database is a transcription of three city directories originally published between 1888 and 1890. In addition to providing the resident's name, it provides information regarding their address and occupation. This collection includes the names of o...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4431

Colonial Families in the Southern States
Combining narrative history with genealogy, this work lists valuable information for over sixty family groupings and thousands of individuals. Devoted entirely to prominent southern families which settled in the American colonies prior to the Revolutionary War, entries often include the location in England where the family came from, land grants, l...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1019

Columbia, South Carolina Newspaper Marriage and Death Notices
As the capital of the state, Columbia occupies an important place in the history and administration of South Carolina. Because of this, newspapers from the city can reveal much to the researcher of Carolinian ancestry, both within the metropolitan area and throughout the state. This collection of marriage and death notices from Columbia newspapers...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3399

Columbia, South Carolina Obituaries, 1859-77
Records of deaths in the southern states during the American Civil War are an important source of information for researchers of Confederate soldiers. Due to the nature of war, however, records were destroyed and information lost. This database of obituaries from the Columbia, South Carolina area can help alleviate frustration relative to unavailab...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3417

Confederate Research Sources
This database, a guide to Confederate record archive collections, will prove helpful to anyone whose ancestors fought in a military unit of the Confederate forces during the American Civil War. This database identifies what Confederate records are available, and their exact location, enabling you to track down information about Confederate ancesto...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3207

Confederate States Field Officers
The costliest war in the history of the United States, the Civil War involved hundreds of thousands of men on both sides of the conflict. Originally published in the early 1900s, this database is a listing of men who served the Confederate States as field officers. In addition to listing the soldier's name, it also provides the soldier's rank, and ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4537

Duncan's Creek, South Carolina Church Cemetery Records
Traveling to remote cemeteries in search of ancestors can be a time consuming and expensive task. This modest database can eliminate, for some, fruitless travel. Duncan's Creek, South Carolina, lies near the county line between Laurens and Newberry in the Piedmont area of the state, about an hour from the state capitol of Columbia. In 1764, the loc...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3371

Dutch Fork Family Bios
A collection of Dutch Fork, early families. The area includes parts of Lexington, Richland and Newberry counties.
http://www.dfgs.homestead.com/Bios.html

Greenville, South Carolina Marriage and Death Notices, 1826-63
The marriage and death notices contained in this database are from four newspapers, all published in Greenville, South Carolina. This county seat is located near the border with North Carolina and Georgia, but these newspapers covered persons from throughout the state and region. Notices in this collection date from 1826 to 1863, and can include pe...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3407

Heirs of Hereditary Landgraves and Cassiques Society of South Carolina
List approximately 50, 1600-1700s, Landgraves, Landgravines, Cassiques, and Baronies, of South Carolina; history, laws, motto, heraldtry, nobility.
http://www.landgraves.org/

Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 1
This is a history of the relations, disputes, and challenges between Great Britain, the American Colonies and the United States of America. This work is an attempt to present the story from the Loyalists' point of view, with the aid of documents and records. It also gives the early history and settlement in the British Provinces of America by the L...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3046

Loyalists and Their Times, Vol. 2
This is a history of the relations, disputes, and challenges between Great Britain, the American Colonies and the United States of America. This work is an attempt to present the story from the Loyalists' point of view, with the aid of documents and records. It also gives the early history and settlement in the British Provinces of America by the L...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3070

Loyalists in the American Revolution
This work contains the history of the formation of the Tory or Loyalist party in the American Revolution, its persecution and overthrow, and the banishment or death of over 100,000 of these individuals who remained loyal to the British crown. It also contains a classification of the laws directed against the Loyalists in each colony during this tim...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3047

Maryland and South Carolina Lutheran Newspapers, Marriages and Deaths
For researchers of Lutheran and German Reformed churche members, this database can be of immense value. Containing marriage and death notices from two east coast newspapers, this collection has nearly 5000 entries, many with four, five, or more names of relatives involved in the burial or marriage. Although the two newspapers were based in Maryland...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3385

Naturalizations in America and the West Indies
The Lords Commissioners for Trade and Plantation established the act for naturalization in the American and West Indian colonies in 1740. Pursuant to that act, commissioners in the Americas sent records back to England detailing those foreign protestants who were naturalized in the colonies. This collection of those naturalization records contains ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3291

Passenger Arrivals in the U.S., 1819-20
Prepared on order of the U. S. Senate, this informative database contains most of the immigrants who arrived in the nation between October 1819 and September 1820. The records contained herein reveal such facts about the immigrant as age, sex, occupation, nation of origin and in some records, the ship on which they arrived. To the researcher of U. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3330

Persons of Quality Original Lists
This informative database contains lists of emigrants from Great Britain to the United States from 1600-1700. The individuals include emigrants, religious exiles, political rebels, men serving prison terms, children, and women. The records include, where possible, the person's age, where they were from, the name of the ship they travelled in, the d...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2065

Reformed Presbyterian Marriages and Deaths, 1843-63
Before the American Civil War, the Associate Reformed Presbyterians sponsored two periodicals in the south eastern United States. This collection of marriage and death notices from these newspapers cover the twenty year span of 1843 to 1863. The first periodical, The Christian Magazine of the South, was founded in 1843 by the Rev. James Boyce. It ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3395

Reformed Presbyterian Marriages and Deaths, 1866-88
This collection of marriage and death notices continues the collection begun in Reformed Presbyterian Marriages and Deaths, 1843-1863. These notices, compiled by Lowry Ware were taken from Associate Reformed Presbyterian church records and newspapers. They cover the twenty-two year period of 1866-1888. All together, this database contains over 420...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3403

Revolutionary War Courts-Martial
The history of the American Revolution is familiar to any American citizen. This work contains the stories of the 3,315 men who did not meet the challenges of the war and were brought before military courts-martial. Even if an ancestor isn't found in this book, this book reveals in part the context surrounding the Revolutionary War, giving it parti...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1045

Revolutionary War Officers
The result of an act of Congress, this collection of Revolutionary War officers constitutes one of the most complete databases of its kind. With over 14,000 listings, this collection includes not only those who served in the Continental Army, but also many who served in the various state militias during the war. The men are organized by rank, with ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=2030

Revolutionary War Pension Index
Affecting the lives of millions of people in North America, the Revolutionary War involved thousands of Americans fighting for independence. This database is an index to a list of pensions awarded to U. S. veterans of the war. It was taken from "Letter from the Secretary of Way, communicating A Transcript of the Pension List of the United States sh...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4691

Roots and Branches
Focusing on genealogy in North and South Carolina.
http://www.inmyattic.com/roots/

SCRoots Forum
Online meeting place for discussion and sharing of genealogy and related history about the state. E-mail forums, chat rooms, web pages, archives, guestbooks, message boards, search forms, and other useful services.
http://www.scroots.org/

Ship Passenger Lists to the Carolinas: Miscellaneous Ships
Between 1772 and 1777, a wave of some 30,000 Ulstermen were forced to leave Northern Ireland by harsh rents and economic conditions, and sailed for the new world. Many landed in the Carolinas, many also came from Scotland and England. ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=6149

South Carolina Baptist Deaths and Marriages, 1866-87
This collection of marriage and death notices is derived from Baptist newspapers in South Carolina. Three newspapers were the basis of this database; The South Carolina Baptist covering 1866-1868, The Working Christian covering 1869-1878, and The Baptist Courier covering 1878-1887. Combined there are nearly 4500 notices contained herein. Informatio...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3322

South Carolina Baptist Marriages and Deaths, 1835-65
The Baptist Church is the largest single denomination in the Southern United States. This database is a collection of marriage and death notices from three newspapers in South Carolina between 1835 and 1865. Although published in Charleston and Columbia, persons from surrounding states can also be found in this database. The notices come from the f...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3414

South Carolina Census, 1790-1890
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3572

South Carolina Genealogy
For your browsing South Carolina genealogical resources, historical reference for family historians, queries, forum, and columns.
http://scgenealogy.virtualave.net/info.htm

South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 1-20
Founded in 1973, the South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research is designed to aid the researcher of southern ancestors. Articles contain information on a wide range of topics from royal grants, to tax records, to obituary notices in local newspapers. This database contains the first twenty volumes of the serial. Specific inquiries regarding par...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4084

South Carolina Newspaper Marriage Notices, 1732-1801
One of the first newspapers in the state, the South Carolina Gazette was an important source of news to residents in and around Charleston in the eighteenth century. This database, reproduced from the original book published in 1902, is an index to marriage notices in the newspaper between 1732 and 1801. Each entry includes the names of both bride ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4665

Southern Christian Advocate Marriage Notices, 1867-78
The Southern Christian Advocate was the official publication for the Methodist Conferences in the states of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Many marriage notices were included in the publication of this periodical. Similar to the obituary notices of the publication, this database contains only marriage notices between 1867 to 1878. Informatio...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3319

Southern Christian Advocate Obituaries, 1867-78
The Southern Christian Advocate was the official publication for the Methodist Conferences in the states of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Many death and obituary notices were included in the publication of this periodical. This database contains only these notices and covers the issues from 1867 to 1878. Information from each notice often i...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3317

St. Thomas Parish Register, South Carolina, 1680-1884
Located along the Wando River in Berkeley County, South Carolina, the Parish of St. Thomas was founded in 1706 as a "French" parish. This database, originally published in 1884, is a collection of records from the parish and neighboring St. Denis Parish. It provides a brief history of each of the two parishes and a register of births, baptisms, mar...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=4672

StateGenSites - South Carolina
Listing of state genealogy websites in 27 different categories.
http://www.stategensites.com/south_carolina.html

Swiss Emigrants in the 18th Century
This important record effectively represents the history of Swiss emigration to the Americas in the eighteenth century. Originally located in the State Archives of Zurich, it contains the ship lists of emigrants to the American colonies from Switzerland, in particular to the Carolinas and Pennsylvania. Each list contains, where possible, the names ...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=1031

USGenWeb Project - South Carolina
The USGenWeb Project State web sites are your starting points for finding genealogical and historical information. Each state site features state information and also provides you with links to each county web site within the state....[More]
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Hills/3837/

Waldrop Surname Genealogy Research
Genealogy of Capt. James Waldrop of the Revolutionary War.
http://www.geocities.com/hlwaldrop

York, South Carolina Marriage and Death Notices, 1823-65
Situated on the North Carolina border, York County, South Carolina, lies in the important Piedmont area of the state. This database is a collection of marriage and obituary notices from eight newspapers in the area and contains over 5000 names of persons found in the notices. Persons from outside York County can also be found here, such as resident...[More]
http://www.ancestry.com?db=3409

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