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A Visit to South Carolina - South Carolina AHGP/UHGN

The American History & Genealogy Project, and the United History & Genealogy Network.

Access Genealogy - South Carolina Genealogy

American Local History Network - South Carolina

Ancestors: Resource Guide - South Carolina

Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.

Ancestry.com - South Carolina Genealogy & South Carolina Family History Resources

Ancestry.com Wiki - South Carolina Family History Research ^FREE

The Ancestry.com Wiki includes helpful content from two classic genealogical publications--The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, and the Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

Appalachian American Genealogy

We focus on providing genealogical research information for the Southern Appalachian Region known as the "Tri-State Area"; but, include the Northwestern area of South Carolina because it was significant in ancestors' migration patterns into this area.

FamilySearch - Location Research - South Carolina ^FREE

FamilySearch brought together tools to help you with your research in this state: indexed historical records, image-only historical records, and links to the FHL catalog and the FamilySearch Wiki.

FamilySearch - South Carolina Research Page ^FREE

Resources all on one-page for research in this state including links to the FamilySearch Wiki, the Learning Center, the FamilySearch Library Catalog, and the Historical Records Collection.

Findmypast - Search All Record Sets - South Carolina $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Fold3 - South Carolina Records $

Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

Genealogy Buff - Library - South Carolina Data

Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.

Genealogy Inc. - South Carolina Genealogy, Facts and Records Resources

Genealogy Quest - Free Genealogical Records for South Carolina

Genealogy Trails History Group - South Carolina Genealogy Trails

Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.

GenealogyBank.com - South Carolina $

GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 13,000+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.

Georgia Genealogy $ New!

Databases & other records to assist the family tree researcher find ancestors in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Internet Archive : Genealogy : Free Texts - South Carolina

The Archive's ever-expanding collection of genealogy resources includes items from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Robarts Library at the University of Toronto; the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library; Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah; the National Library of Scotland; the Indianapolis City Library's Indianapolis City Directory and Yearbooks Collection; The Leo Baeck Institute Archives of German-speaking Jewry Leo Baeck Institute Archives; and the Boston Public Library. Resources include among many things books on surname origins, vital statistics, parish records, census records, passenger lists of vessels, and other historical and biographical documents.

LDS Genealogy - South Carolina Genealogy

Directory of 6,000 South Carolina genealogy record sources including births, marriage, deaths, census, cemeteries, newspapers and obituaries, city directories, church, immigration, probate, land, military, and historical records.

Library of Congress - South Carolina: State Resource Guide

This guide provides access to digital materials related to the state at the Library of Congress, as well as links to external websites and a selected print bibliography.