United States Resources: South Carolina

    South Carolina square based on Beth Summers' American Quilt Blocks

    ROOTS-L Databases and Files

  • South Carolina Surnames in the RootsWeb Surname List

    Surname to search for:
  • South Carolina Books We Own
  • genealog.lc-sc: Books in the on-line Library of Congress catalog with the subject "South Carolina--genealogy."
  • genealog.vital-sc: Where to write for South Carolina vital records, South Carolina genealogical and historical societies, and the state archives. Or check South Carolina Vital Records Information for more current info on where to write for vital records.
  • genealog.sc-marr: Large (over 300K) file of South Carolina marriages

    Other South Carolina Genealogical and Historical Resources on the Net

    Other South Carolina Genealogy and History Pages

  • Linkpendium South Carolina County Links
  • South Carolina Resources at Rootsweb:
    • State level
    • County level
  • Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet - U.S. - South Carolina
  • The South Carolina GenWeb Project
  • American Local History Network
  • The American History and Genealogy Project
  • SCRoots: The South Carolina Genealogy Forum
  • Marie's SC Genealogy Research Helps

    General Resources

  • South Carolina Mailing Lists
  • USGenWeb Archives: South Carolina
  • LDS Research Outline for South Carolina
  • South Carolina Family History Centers
  • From Ancestry.com
    • 1790 U. S. Census
    • 1880 U. S. Census
    • 1900 U. S. Census
    • 1910 U. S. Census
    • 1920 U. S. Census
  • The USGenWeb Census Project: South Carolina
    • Completed Transcriptions
  • Brief History of South Carolina
  • South Carolina Home Page: WPA Life Histories
  • Colonial Money of South Carolina
  • South Carolina Historical Info
  • South Carolina historical sites, buildings, monuments
  • Records of Ante-Bellum Southern Plantations From the Revolution Through the Civil War
    • Selections from the Southern Historical Collection
      • South Carolina
  • Census Online: South Carolina
  • NEIC: Earthquake History of South Carolina
  • South Carolina Tornadoes, 1950-1995
  • Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness
  • South Carolina Migrations project
  • Ghost Towns of South Carolina
  • History of the Upstate of South Carolina
  • South Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps camps
  • Delegates to the Constitutional Convention
  • South Carolina Bibliography - United States and Worldwide Postal History
  • Old Lake Marion Bridge

    Archives, Libraries and Special Collections

  • The South Carolina Department of Archives and History
  • South Carolina State Library
  • S. C. Historical Society Research Library Catalogs
  • Aiken County Historical Museum
  • Anderson County Museum
  • Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
  • Beaufort County Public Library South Carolina Room, including:
    • Newspaper Obituary Index, 1862-1964
    • Local History Pages
  • Camden Archives and Museum
  • Camden and Kershaw County Archives and Museum
  • South Carolina Room, Charleston County Library
  • South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina
  • Spartanburg County Public Library The Kennedy Room of Local and South Carolina History, Cleveland Genealogy Department
  • York County Library Local History and Genealogy Resources

    Cemeteries

  • Tombstone Transcription Project
  • Cemetery Records Online
  • The South Carolina Political Graveyard
  • Find A Grave
  • Saving Graves: South Carolina
  • Laurens County
    • Duncan Creek Presbyterian Church
    • Holland Cemetery
    • Holland-Leak-Adair Burying Ground

    Ethnic and Religious

  • African Ancestry in South Carolina
  • Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture
  • Catawba History
  • History of the Cherokee
  • Cherokee History up to the Trail of Tears and through the present
  • Chicora Tribe History
  • Edisto Tribe History
  • Shawnee History

    Local History and Information

  • Historic Tales from the South Carolina Coast (Pirates, ghost ships, lost colonies...)
  • Historic Abbeville
  • Historic Aiken
  • Aiken's Elegant Past
  • Allendale
  • History - Anderson County
  • History of Andrews
  • Andrews, SC - Soft Pine and Steel History
  • Beaufort History
  • Beaufort Area History
  • Beaufort, SC History
  • History of Boiling Springs
  • History of Brattonsville
  • Calhoun County - History
  • Historic Camden
  • History of Cameron
  • A History of Chapin
  • Charleston Historical Highlights
  • Charleston Multimedia Project
  • Charleston Area Timeline
  • Charleston County History
  • History of Chesnee
  • Chester County History
  • Clemson History and Heritage
  • History of Colleton County
  • Historic Columbia
  • South Carolina's Historic Rivertown: History of Conway
  • Dorchester County, SC Brief History
  • History of Easley
  • History of Edgefield County
  • Fairfax
  • History of Fairfield County
  • Florence County History
  • Florence History
  • Fountain Inn History
  • The History of Gaffney
  • Georgetown and Georgetown County History
  • Georgetown History
  • Oldtown Greenville
  • Post-Bellum Greenville Sites
  • County of Greenville History
  • Greenwood County: A Short History
  • Hamburg, South Carolina
  • Hardeeville City History
  • Hilton Head Island History of the Island
  • Hilton Head Island History
  • Horry County 1800 Census
  • History of Horry County
  • The Horry Herald
  • Isle of Palms: Island History
  • Jasper County History
  • Kiawah Memories
  • SCE&G's History of Lake Murray
  • History of Landrum
  • Laurens County History
  • Laurens County South Carolina History - Yesteryear Remembered
  • Lee County, Historically Speaking
  • History of Lee County
  • City of Marion History
  • Marion County History
  • McCormick County History
  • Histories of McCormick County towns
  • History of the Middle Tyger
  • City of Mullins History
  • Myrtle Beach - The Past
  • City of Newberry: History
  • Newberry County: Rich in History
  • History - Oconee County
  • History of Pacolet
  • The History of Parris Island
  • Pendleton Town History
  • History - Pickens County
  • Pickens County History
  • History of Port Royal
  • History of Richland County
  • Richland County History
  • Rock Hill History
  • Herald Online Obituaries, Rock Hill 1998 onwards
  • History Concerning St. Matthews
  • City of Simpsonville History
  • Spartanburg Herald Death Index
  • History of Spartanburg County
  • Summerville History
  • Sumter County Past and Present
  • The History of Sumter
  • Swansea History
  • Ulmer
  • Union County Genealogy
  • Thumbnail History of Varnville
  • The History of Wagener, South Carolina
  • History of Walterboro
  • History of West Columbia
  • History of Winnsboro
  • Woodruff City History
  • History of Woodruff
  • York County Census, 1790 to 1850 searchable
  • History of York County

    Maps and Gazetteers

  • USGS/GNIS Database of South Carolina locations
  • South Carolina from Color Landform Atlas of the United States
  • South Carolina Profiles: Interactive county maps
  • Pam Rietsch's 1895 U.S. Atlas

    Military

  • Revolutionary History in Clarendon County, SC
  • The Second South Carolina Regiment
  • South Carolina in the Civil War Homepage
  • South Carolina in the War Between the States
  • The Civil War in South Carolina
  • The Civil War Along the Coast - NC and SC
  • Civil War @ Charleston, SC Message Boards
    • Civil War, South Carolina RootsWeb
    • South Carolina in the Civil War history-sites.com
  • Civil War Sites in South Carolina
  • South Carolina Civil War Map of Battles
  • Civil War Rosters: South Carolina Links
  • South Carolina State Militia, State Troops, and other Independent Units
  • South Carolina State Troops Seed Corn Units, 1864-1865
  • Union Regimental Index: South Carolina
  • 1st Regiment South Carolina Artillery C.S.A. Reenactors
  • First South Carolina Cavalry Unit History
  • First South Carolina Reg. of Cavalry (Reenactors)
  • First South Carolina Cavalry
  • First South Carolina Cavalry Regiment
  • 1st South Carolina Cavalry, Company H Robin Jones Cavalry
  • The First South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, USA
  • 1st Regiment South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
  • 1st (Martin's) South Carolina Mounted Militia Regiment
  • First Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves, State Militia
  • South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Company "B" The Butler Guards
  • Second Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves, State Militia
  • The 3rd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, Company B
  • Third Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves, State Militia
  • 3rd Battalion of State Troops Senior Reserves, Company D
  • History of the Fourth regiment of South Carolina volunteers
  • Fourth Regiment, South Carolina State Troops Junior Reserves, State Militia
  • 5th SC Cavalry Regiment
  • 5th South Carolina Cavalry Company K, Mountain Rangers
  • The 5th Infantry Regiment
  • 5th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers
  • 5th Regiment S. C. V. - Partial
  • 5th Infantry, Company G
  • Fifth Battalion, South Carolina State Troops Senior Reserves
  • Company F, 6th SC Cavalry Cadet Rangers
  • 6th Infantry, Company B Catawba Guards
  • Sixth Battalion, South Carolina State Troops Senior Reserves
  • The Claremont Cavalry 7th Regiment, Company I, South Carolina Cavalry
  • Seventh Battalion, South Carolina State Troops Senior Reserves
  • Eighth Battalion, South Carolina State Troops Senior Reserves
  • South Carolina Tenth Regiment
  • 12th Infantry, Company A Palmer Guards
  • 12th Infantry, Company B Campbell Rifles
  • 12th Infantry, Company H Indian Land Guards
  • Company H, 13th South Carolina Infantry
  • Company K, 13th South Carolina Infantry
  • The 14th South Carolina Regiment Gregg's/McGowan's Brigade
  • The Sixteenth South Carolina, CSA Gist Brigade
  • 16th Regiment Confederate Museum
  • Seventeenth South Carolina Infantry Regiment
  • 17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Company C
  • 17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Company E
  • 17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Company F
  • 17th South Carolina Infantry Regiment Company K
  • Eighteenth South Carolina Infantry Regiment
  • Eighteenth South Carolina Infantry Company F
  • 18th Infantry, Co. G Mountain Guards
  • Eighteenth South Carolina Infantry Company H, Catawba Light Infantry
  • Eighteenth South Carolina Infantry, Company K Broad River Guards
  • 18th South Carolina Light Siege Artillery
  • South Carolina 19th Infantry Regiment, Company B, CSA
  • 20th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
  • 20th South Carolina Militia of State Troops
  • Soldiers of 22nd S. C. V.
  • Twenty-Second South Carolina Infantry Regiment
  • 23rd SC Infantry Palmetto Battalion, Co. B
  • Company I, 23rd Regiment South Carolina Volunteers The Sprott Guard
  • Company K, 23rd Regiment South Carolina Volunteers
  • Twenty-fourth South Carolina Infantry Regiment Gist's Brigade
  • Company B, 24th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteer Infantry
  • 24th Regiment South Carolina Infantry Co. E
  • 24th South Carolina Infantry, Company I Edgefield Light Infantry
  • South Carolina 24th Infantry Regiment, Company I, CSA
  • South Carolina 24th Infantry Regiment, Company K, CSA
  • Roster of Company I, 25th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers
  • Roster of Company H, 26th Regiment South Carolina Volunteers
  • 27th S.C. Vol. Infantry Reenactment Unit
  • 27th Regiment S. C. V. - Roster
  • 34th Regiment, SC State Troops
  • Fort Jackson History
  • History of Shaw Air Force Base
  • U.S. Military Personnel who died in the Korean War
  • Vietnam Conflict Casualty List

    Photographs

  • Detroit Publishing Company Photographs from South Carolina
  • Palmetto Yesteryears: Online Photograph Collection
  • South Carolina's Pendleton District Historic Photos
  • Images of Old Aiken
  • Horry County Historical Photographs

    Societies, Historical and Genealogical

  • Historical and Genealogical Organizations in South Carolina
  • The South Carolina Genealogical Society
  • South Carolina Historical Society

      Ethnic and Religious

    • The Mid-Atlantic Germanic Society
    • Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society
    • Huguenot Society of South Carolina

      Lineage

    • South Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution
      • The John Barnwell Chapter - Barnwell
      • Fort Sullivan Chapter - Charleston
      • Columbia Chapter
      • University of South Carolina Chapter - Columbia
    • South Carolina Society - Sons of the American Revolution
      • General Thomas Sumter Chapter - Camden
    • Sons of Confederate Veterans South Carolina Division
      • Secession Camp #4 - Charleston
      • General Wade Hampton Camp 273 - Columbia
      • Rivers Bridge Camp #842 - Fairfax
      • 16th South Carolina Camp #36 - Greenville
      • Brigadier General Samuel McGowan Camp 40 - Laurens
      • General Ellison Capers Camp #1212 - Moncks Corner
      • John M. Kinard Camp #35 - Newberry
      • 2nd South Carolina Regiment Camp #71 - Pickens
      • Brig. Gen. M. L. Bonham Camp #48 - Saluda
      • Sergeant Adam W. Ballenger Camp No. 68 - Spartanburg
    • United Daughters of the Confederacy
      • Ann White Chapter No. 123 - Rock Hill
      • Hunley Chapter
    • South Carolina Commandery Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States

      Railroad

    • Charleston Chapter - National Railway Historical Society

      Special Interest

    • Archaeological Society of South Carolina
    • Diachronic Research Foundation

      Regional

    • The Piedmont Historical Society

      Local

    • Aiken-Barnwell Genealogical Society of South Carolina
    • Anderson County Chapter of SCGS
    • Beech Island Historical Society
    • Catawba Wateree Genealogical Society
    • Historic Charleston Foundation
    • Cherokee County Historical & Preservation Society
    • Chester County Historical Society
    • Columbia Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society
    • Dutch Fork Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogy Society
    • Fairfield Chapter of the SCGS
    • Fairfield County Historical Society
    • Greenville County Historical Society
    • Horry County Historical Society
    • Kershaw County Historical Society
    • Lexington Genealogical Association
    • Old Darlington Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society
    • Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society
    • OLd Newberry District Chapter Genealogy Society
    • Old 96 District Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society
    • Old Pendleton District Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society
    • Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society
    • Parris Island Historical and Museum Society
    • The Saluda County Historical Society
    • The Spartanburg County Historical Association
    • The Sumter Genealogical Society
    • Three Rivers Historical Society
    • York County Genealogical and Historical Society

    Vital Records

  • Vital Records at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History
  • South Carolina Vital Records from VitalChek
  • South Carolina Vital Records information from Elizabeth T. Orsay

    Commercial

  • Ancestor Publishers
  • The Donning Company Publishers
  • Early South Carolina Newspapers (ESCN) Database Reports
  • Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.
  • Genealogy-Books.com
  • The Gregath Publishing Company
  • Higginson Book Company
  • Picton Press
  • SK Publications South Carolina Census Books and CDs
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