Source Information

Ancestry.com. Southern Christian Advocate Obituaries, 1867-1878 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 1998.
Original data: Holcomb, Brent H. Southern Christian Advocate Death and Obituary Notices, 1867-1878. Columbia, SC, USA: SCMAR, 1993.

About Southern Christian Advocate Obituaries, 1867-1878

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 includes spouse, parents, and children, where applicable, birth date, death date, and marriage date where available. Also, included in some entries are church information and the person submitting the original notice, often appearing at the end of the entry. Persons wishing copies of a particular notice can contact the South Caroliniana Library, USC, Columbia, SC 29208.

Print copies of this work can be obtained by contacting Brent Howard Holcomb, P. O. Box 21766, Columbia, SC 29221; (803) 772-6919.