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South Carolina Genealogy Databases – Subscription May be Required
Statewide Genealogy
- A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773
- Biographical sketches of the bench and bar of South Carolina
- Cyclopedia of eminent and representative men of the Carolinas of the nineteenth century
- Death notices in the South-Carolina gazette, 1732-1775
- Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830
- Free Blacks and Mulattos in South Carolina 1850 Census
- Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: South Carolina
- History of the German settlements and of the Lutheran Church in North and South Carolina
- Index to the 1800 Census of South Carolina
- Maryland and South Carolina Lutheran Newspapers, Marriages and Deaths
- Narratives of early Carolina, 1650-1708
- North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina
- Old South Carolina churches
- Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772
- South Carolina Baptist Deaths and Marriages, 1866-87
- South Carolina Baptist Marriages and Deaths, 1835-65
- South Carolina Census, 1790-1890
- South Carolina Death Index, 1950-1952
- South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901
- South Carolina historical records : records of will books of county of Abbeville (Ninety-six District) South Carolina
- South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Vol. 1-20
- South Carolina Marriages, 1641-1965
- South Carolina Marriages, 1688-1799
- South Carolina Marriages, 1800-1820
- South Carolina Naturalizations 1783-1850
- South Carolina Newspaper Marriage Notices, 1732-1801
- South Carolina, Death Records, 1821-1955
- Supplement to South Carolina Marriages, 1688-1820
- The Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779
- The South Carolina rice plantation : as revealed in the papers of Robert F.W. Allston
- Warrants for Land in South Carolina, 1672-1679
- Warrants for Land in South Carolina, 1680-1692
- Warrants for Land in South Carolina, 1692-1711
- Web: South Carolina, Find A Grave Index, 1729-2012
South Carolina Military Data at Ancestry
- Historical sketch of the South Carolina Military Academy : with an appendix
- Roster of South Carolina Patriots in the American Revolution
- South Carolinians in the Revolution . . .
- The Siege of Charleston : by the British fleet and army under the command of Admiral Arbuthnot and Sir Henry Clinton, which ter
Miscellaneous South Carolina data at Ancestry
- All Saints’ Church, Waccamaw
- Beesley’s illustrated guide to St. Michael’s Church, Charleston, S.C.
- Calendar of the Tennessee and King’s Mountain papers of the Draper Collection of Manuscripts
- Centennial celebration of the dedication of the First Presbyterian Church, Charleston, S.C., organized seventeen hundred and th
- Fifty years in chains, or, The life of an American slave
- History of Williamsburg Church
- Marion churches and churchmen, 1735-1935 : a narrative of the Church of England and its successor, the Episcopal Church
- Minutes of the vestry of St. Helena’s Parish, South Carolina, 1726-1812
- Reformed Presbyterian Marriages and Deaths, 1843-63
- Reformed Presbyterian Marriages and Deaths, 1866-88
- Ship Passenger Lists to the Carolinas: Miscellaneous Ships
- South Carolina, Clemson University (Agricultural College) Directory of Graduates, 1896-1940
- South Carolina, Clemson University Student Military Service Records, 1894-1944
- Southern Christian Advocate Marriage Notices, 1867-78
- Southern Christian Advocate Obituaries, 1867-78
- St. Thomas Parish Register, South Carolina, 1680-1884
- The Independent republic of Horry, 1670-1970
- The Miles Brewton house
- The old and the new, or, Discourses and proceedings at the dedication of the re-modelled Unitarian Church in Charleston, S.C.,
South Carolina County Specific Genealogy at Ancestry
- A history of Marlboro County : with traditions and sketches of numerous families
- A History of Spartanburg County
- Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions
- Aiken County, South Carolina Cemetery Inscriptions: Graniteville
- Aiken County, South Carolina: Cemetery Records
- Blacks Found in the Deeds of Laurens & Newberry Counties, SC: 1785-1827
- Ederington’s history of Fairfield County, South Carolina
- Edgefield County, South Carolina Wills, Books 1-2
- History of Greenville County, South Carolina : narrative and biographical
- Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina, 1671-1868
- Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina
- Inventory of the county archives of South Carolina: Richland County
- Laurens County, South Carolina Census, 1800
- Monck’s Corner, Berkeley County, South Carolina
- Ninety years in Aiken County : memoirs of Aiken County and its people
- The Curetons of Lancaster Co., S.C.
- Traditions and history of Anderson County
- Web: Greenville County, South Carolina Marriage Licenses, 1910-2010
- Web: Greenville County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1914-1993
- Web: Richland County, South Carolina, Marriage Index, 1911-2010
- Web: Richland County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1892-2000
- Williamsburg County, South Carolina History, 1705-1923
- York County, South Carolina Marriage and Death Notices, 1823-65
South Carolina Town Specific Genealogy at Ancestry
- A guide to Columbia : South Carolina’s capital city
- Aiken Standard (Aiken, South Carolina)
- An account of the late intended insurrection among a portion of the blacks of this city
- Charleston : the place and the people
- Charleston Observer (South Carolina), Marriages and Deaths
- Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Black Deaths 1871-89
- Charleston, South Carolina, Marriage Records, 1877-1887
- Columbia, capital city of South Carolina, 1786-1936
- Columbia, South Carolina Newspaper Marriage and Death Notices
- Columbia, South Carolina Obituaries, 1859-77
- Florence Morning News (Florence, South Carolina)
- Florence, South Carolina, Florence National Cemetery, 1865-2010
- Greenville, South Carolina Marriage and Death Notices, 1826-1863
- Historic Camden
- History of Williamsburg : something about the people of Williamsburg County, South Carolina, from the first settlement by Europ
- Landmarks of Charleston : including description of an incomparable stroll
- Mellowed by time : a Charleston notebook
- Memorabilia and anecdotal reminiscences of Columbia, S. C., and incidents connected therewith
- Morning News (Florence, South Carolina)
- Moving finger of Jasper
- Old and new Columbia
- Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829
- Reminiscences of Charleston
- Sack and destruction of the city of Columbia, S.C.
- Stateburg and its people
- Stories of Charleston Harbor
- The annals of Newberry : in two parts
- The Charleston city guide : containing a full and accurate description of all places of interest in and around the city, and ot
- The dwelling houses of Charleston, South Carolina
- The Morning News Review (Florence, South Carolina)
- The old Jewish cemeteries at Charleston, S.C. : a transcript of the inscriptions on their tombstones, 1762-1903
- This is Charleston : a survey of the architectural heritage of a unique American city
- Web: Columbia, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1892-1994
- Who burnt Columbia?