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South Carolina Research Outline Table of Contents Records Of The Family History Library Family History Library Catalog Archives And Libraries Bible Records Biography Cemeteries Census Church Records Court Records Directories Emigration And Immigration Gazetteers Genealogy History Land And Property Maps Military Records Native Races Naturalization And Citizenship Newspapers Periodicals Probate Records Public Records Societies Taxation Vital Records Voting Registers For Further Reading Comments And Suggestions RESEARCH OUTLINE South Carolina This outline describes major sources of information • South Carolina Department of Archives and History about families from South Carolina. As you read this 8301 Parklane Rd. outline, study the United States Research Outline Columbia, SC 29223 (30972), which will help you understand terminology Telephone: 803-896-6104 and the contents and uses of genealogical records. Fax: 803-896-6198 Internet: scdah.sc.gov RECORDS OF THE FAMILY The staff will check a few indexes for a specific HISTORY LIBRARY name and send a photocopy order for records in which that name appears. A useful guide to the The Family History Library has many of the records collection is Marion C. Chandler and Earl W. Wade, described in this outline. The major holdings include The South Carolina Archives: A Temporary compiled genealogies and census, cemetery, church, Summary Guide, 2d ed. (Columbia, S.C.: South land, military, probate, and vital records. Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1976; FHL book 975.7 A5c). Some of the sources described in this outline list the Family History Library's book, microfilm, and • National Archives—Southeast Region microfiche numbers. These are preceded by FHL, the (Atlanta)1557 St. Joseph Avenue abbreviation for Family History Library. These East Point, GA 30344 numbers may be used to locate materials in the library Telephone: 404-763-7477 and to order microfilm and microfiche at family Fax: 404-763-7234 history centers. E-mail: [email protected] FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY • South Carolina Historical Society CATALOG 100 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401-2299 The library's records are listed in the Family History Telephone: 843-723-3225 Library Catalog found at the library and at each family Fax: 843-723-8584 history center. To find a record, look in the Locality Internet: www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/ Search of the catalog for: A helpful guide to the manuscript collection of this •The place where your ancestor lived, such as: society is David Moltke-Hansen and Sallie Doscher, “South Carolina Historical Society Manuscript UNITED STATES - CENSUS RECORDS Guide,” South Carolina Historical Magazine, July SOUTH CAROLINA - MILITARY RECORDS 1979 (Charleston: South Carolina Historical SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON - VITAL Society, 1979; FHL book 975.7 B2s, vol. 80, no. 3, RECORDS supp.; film 1697883 item 13). SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON - CEMETERIES • Thomas Cooper Library University of South Carolina •The record type you want to search, such as: Columbia, SC 29208-0103 Telephone: 803-777-3132 UNITED STATES - CENSUS RECORDS Fax: 803-777-4661 SOUTH CAROLINA - MILITARY RECORDS Internet: www.sc.edu/library SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON - VITAL RECORDS A useful guide to the manuscript collection of this SOUTH CAROLINA, CHARLESTON, CHARLESTON - CEMETERIES library is Allen H. Stokes, A Guide to the Manuscript Collection of the South Caroliniana The section headings in this outline match the names Library (Columbia, S.C.: The Library, 1982; FHL of record types used in the Family History Library book 975.7 A3s; fiche 6101065). Catalog. • South Carolina Room Charleston Public Library ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES 68 Calhoun St. Charleston, SC 29401 The following archives, libraries, and societies have Tel.: 843-805-6956 collections or services to assist genealogical Fax: 843-727-6777 researchers. Internet: www.ccpl.org and other resources available on the Internet for E-mail: [email protected] each county, state, and country. • Charleston Library Society • Roots-L www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/roots-l/usa/sc.html 164 King Street A useful list of sites and resources. Includes a large, Charleston, SC 29401 regularly-updated research coordination list. Telephone: 843-723-9912 Fax: 843-723-3500 For further details about using computer networks, bulletin boards, and news groups for family history A helpful guide to research institutions in South research, see the United States Research Outline Carolina is John Hammond Moore, Research (30972), 2nd ed., “Archives and Libraries” section. Materials in South Carolina . (Columbia, S.C.: University of South Carolina Press, 1967; FHL book FamilySearch™ 975.7 A5m). The Family History Library and some family history To learn more about the history and record-keeping centers have computers with FamilySearch. systems of South Carolina counties, use the 14 FamilySearch is a collection of computer files inventories of the county archives published by the containing several million names. FamilySearch is a Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family good place to begin your research. Some of the records History Library has all of the inventories, listed under come from compiled sources; some have been SOUTH CAROLINA - [COUNTY] - ARCHIVES automated from original sources. AND LIBRARIES. An increasing number of family history centers have There are published inventories for the following access to the Internet. These services are also available counties: Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, at many public libraries, college libraries, and private Cherokee, Dillon, Florence, Jasper, Lee, McCormick, locations. Oconee, Pickens, Richland, and Saluda. If there isn’t an inventory for the county you are interested in, pick one BIBLE RECORDS for a nearby county, and the types and descriptions of records should be similar. Three volumes of Daughters of the American Computer Networks and Bulletin Boards Revolution (DAR) Bible transcripts and a volume compiled by Leonardo Andrea are on FHL film 954247. Computers with modems can be useful tools for Additional DAR compilations are part of the collection obtaining information from selected archives and described in the “Genealogy” section of this outline. All libraries. In a way, computer networks themselves serve of these collections are partially indexed by E. Kay as a library. The Internet, certain computer bulletin Kirkham, An Index to Some of the Family Records of the boards, and commercial on-line services help family Southern States (Logan, Utah: Everton Publishers, 1979; history researchers: FHL book 973 D22kk vol. 1; fiche 6089183). • Locate other researchers Another collection of original Bible records for families • Post queries of South Carolina and other Southern states is Memory • Send and receive e-mail Aldridge Lester, Bible Records from the Southern States, • Search large databases 7 vols. in 6 (Chapel Hill, N.C.: M.A. Lester, 1956-62; • Search computer libraries FHL book 975 D28L; film 0978067). • Join in computer chat and lecture sessions BIOGRAPHY You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from South Carolina in a An index to all published biographical sketches is: variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing Richard N. Cote and Patricia H. Williams, The rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost. Dictionary of South Carolina Biography, vol. 1 (Easley, S.C.: The Southern Historical Press, 1985; Addresses on the Internet change frequently. As of April FHL book 975.7 D36c). This first volume 1997, the following sites are important gateways linking indexes 13,300 sketches from 52 published sources. you to many more network and bulletin board sites: Bailey, N. Louise, Ed. Biographical Directory of •USGenWeb the South Carolina Senate. Columbia, S. C.: http://www.usgenweb.com/ University of South Carolina Press, 1986. 3 vols. A cooperative effort by many volunteers to list (FHL book 975.7 D3ba.) This covers the years genealogical databases, libraries, bulletin boards, 1776-1985. The volumes often give birth, marriage, and death information, name of 2 spouse(s), names of children, and places of destroyed, except those for Civil War veterans and residence and service. widows, which are at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, the National Archives, and the Family History Library. Edgar, Walter B., Ed. Biographical Directory of the Indexes are available for the 1790, 1800, 1810, 1820, South Carolina House of Representatives. 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, and 1870 censuses in book Columbia, S. C.:University of South Carolina format. Microfilm soundex (phonetic) indexes are Press, 1986. 1974 -. 5 vols. (FHL book 975.7 available for part of the 1880 and all of the 1900, 1910, D34b.) The years 1692-1973 are covered, and the 1920, and 1930 censuses. information is similar to that in the Biographical Directory of the South Carolina Senate, mentioned Mortality schedules (lists of deaths in the year preceding above. the census) exist for 1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 (FHL films 1294287-89). Indexes have been published for Two representative biographical encyclopedias are: 1850 and 1860. The originals are at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History. Hemphill, James C. Men of Mark in South Carolina . A Collection of Biographies of Colonial and State Leading Men of the State. 4 vols. Washington, D.C.: Men of Mark Publishing Co., 1907-9. (FHL No colonial censuses have been preserved. See the film