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Bibles and Bio's

• Babb, Hart, Jennings, McElrath, Smith (Jennings), Smith (Riddle) Family Bibles by Piedmont Historical Society
• Various SC Bio's (Calhoun, Easley, Elliott, Ellis, Hayne, Hembree, Hicks, Miller) by USGenweb
• John Gotea Presley Family History by USGenweb

Census Records

• 1769 "Old 96th District" Census (Abbeville, Edgefield, Laurens, Newberry, Spartanburg, & Union Counties) by USGenweb
• 1781 SC Residents (212 total; various areas/counties) by USGenweb
• 1790 SC Federal Census Index by USGenweb
• 1790 SC Federal Census Images by USGenweb
• 1880 SC Census by Familysearch.org
• SC Census Records on line by SCGenWeb
• SC Census Images on line by SCGenWeb
• SC Census Records online by Census-online.com
• SC Census Records on line by Censusfinder.com

Cemetery Stone Transcriptions

• SC Tombstone Project by SCGenweb
• SC Cemetery Stone Transcriptions by Rootsweb
• SC Cemetery Transcription Sites by County by Mac Wyckoff
• SC Cemetery Transcriptions by Interment.net
• SC Confederate Navy Burials by CSNavy.org
• 75 SC Cemeteries with CW Soldier Burials by SCGenweb
• Gettysbury Deaths, re-interred in Magnolia Cemetery Charleston, SC by SCGenweb

Court Records - Wills - Probates

• 1864 Spartanburg Magistrates Freeholder Cases Part 1 | Part 2 by Piedmont Historical Society
• Spartanburg District Conveyance Book (deeds) Vol A-A by Piedmont Historical Society
• SC Naturalization Information by Sciway3.net

Cultural Information

• Catawba Native Tribe Extracted from: "A History of the Upper Country of South Carolina, Vol. II" By John H. Logan USGenweb
• Catawba Native Tribe Extracted from: "The Indian Tribes of North America" By John R. Swanton USGenweb
• Catawba Native Tribe Extracted from: "Myths of the Cherokees" By James Mooney by USGenweb
• September 17, 1788 Deed By Catawba Nation to James Greer by USGenweb
• Rev War Application of Briton George, Catawa Native by USGenweb
• Native Tribes of SC (histories & locations) by Rootsweb
• SC Native Tribes (histories, locations, villages) by Access Genealogy
• 1864 Spartanburg Magistrates Freeholder Cases Part 1 | Part 2 by Piedmont Historical Society
• Wills listing Slaves in SC by SCGenweb
• SC African-American History Project by SCGenweb
• SC Palatine Settlers (German & Swiss Immigrants of Protestant Faith) by SCGenweb
• SC Gypsy Research (Roma, Irish Travellers, Turks, Free Moors, Melungeons) by F. Clark

Historical and Genealogical Societies and Libraries

• South Carolina State Archives & History
  8301 Parklane Road
  Columbia, S.C. 29223
  (803) 896-6100

• South Carolina Relic Room & Museum
  Columbia Mills Building
  301 Gervais Street
  Columbia, S.C. 29201
  (803) 737-8095
  (SC Veterans' Museum)

• South Carolina Historical Society
  100 Meeting Street
  Charleston, S.C. 29401
  (843) 723-3225

• SC Bureau of Vital Statistics
  Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
  J. Marion Sims Building
  2600 Bull Street
  Columbia, S.C. 29201
  (803) 734-4830

• SC County Historical Society Directory

• Piedmont Historical Society (all Upper Western corner of SC)

• Karpeles Manuscript Library
  68 Spring Street
  Charleston, S.C. 29403
  (803) 853-4651

Local History

• 1716-1783 Early SC Colonists by USGenweb
• 1671-present County formation and district maps by SCGenweb
• SC History Timeline by USGenweb
• Misc Abstracts of Frank ROSS, John STARKE & PEAY, and John TURNER Draper Papers by USGenweb

Message Boards

• Piedmont Area Message Boards by Piedmont Historical Society
• SC Archives at USGenweb
• SC Genealogy and Surnames by SCGenweb

Military Records

Revolutionary War
• 1835 Pensioners of SC by USGenweb
• SC Rev War Pension Records (various - 41 total) by USGenweb
• 1840 SC Pensioners by USGenNet
• Rev War Application of Briton George, Catawa Native by USGenweb

War of 1812
• SC Units:
  Alston's 3rd SC Regiment | Austin's SC Militia | Butler's SC Division | Felder's SC Artillery Battalion | Gasque's SC Battalion | Howard's SC Detachment | Juhan's SC Battalion | Keith's 5th SC Regiment | McWillie's 2nd SC Regiment | Mean's 1st SC Regiment | Nash's SC Volunteer Regiment | Rowe's SC Regiment | Rutledge's 3rd SC Regiment | Tucker's SC Regiment | Youngblood's 1st SC Regiment

• SC Unit Histories and Rosters by Roxsanne Wells-Layton

Civil War
• SC CW Rosters, History and Links by SCGenWeb
• Submarine Hunley History (disappeared Feb 17, 1864-located 1995 *this is really awesome, has virtual simulator, excavation, history, and crewmen lists*) by Hunley.org
• SC Artillery Units by Mac Wyckoff
• SC Infantry Units by Mac Wyckoff
• SC Cavalry Units Mac Wyckoff
• CW Battles in SC by M Wyckoff
• CW Battles in other states with SC Troops Involved M Wyckoff
• SC Confederate Navy Burials by CSNavy.org
• 75 SC Cemeteries with CW Soldier Burials by SCGenweb
• Gettysbury Deaths, re-interred in Magnolia Cemetery Charleston, SC by SCGenweb

Mexican War 1846-1848
• SC in Mexican War 1846-1848 by SC Genweb

World War I
• WWI SC Soldiers Battles, History and Draft Indexes by SC Genweb
• WWI SC Draft Card Microfilm Numbers by NARA

World War II
• SC WWII Casualties Army & Airforce by Access Genealogy

Korean War
• SC Casualties of Korean War by SCGenweb

Vietnam
• SC Casualities of Vietnam War (includes MIA & POWs) by SCGenweb
• SC Medal of Honor Recipients (any War) by SCGenweb

Newspapers and Obituaries

• 1866-1869 Carolina Spartan Newspaper Marriage Notices by Piedmont Historical Society
• Marriage Notices extracted from Charleston Observer 1776-1860 by USGenweb
• York Co Newspapers (various):
  Marriage notices 1823-1865 by Groom | by Bride by USGenweb

Vital Records

• 1641-1799 SC Marriages (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages 1755-1820 USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 1 1824-1855 (various) USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 2 1766-1929 (various) USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 3 issue 1 1785-1857 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 3 issue 2 1787-1859 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 3 issue 3 1808-1851 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 3 issue 4 1779-1924 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 4 1786-1856 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 5 issue 1 1802-1867 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 5 issue 2 1785-1884 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 5 issue 2 1819-1844 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 5 issue 3 1675-1858 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 5 issue 3 1828-1897 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 5 issue 4 (1780-1908) (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 5 issue 4 1799-1868 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 9 issue 1 1851-1853 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 9 issue 2 1837-1896 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 9 issues 2-4 1846-1863 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 10 issue 1, 2, & 4 1804-1867 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 10 issue 3 1709-1870 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 11 issues 2 & 4 1844-1860 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 12 issues 2, 3, & 4 1801-1876 (various) by USGenweb
• SC Marriages Vol 13 issues 1 & 2 1846-1884 (various) by USGenweb
• Old 96th and Abbeville District Marriages 1774-1890 by USGenweb
• Misc Marriages of SC (1700s-1800s) by Rootsweb
• Charleston, SC Marriage Bonds Dec 1743-Nov 1744 by USGenweb
• 1870 Mortality Schedule (Chester, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union & York Counties) by Piedmont Genealogy Society
• SC Death Record Database (searchable free - Fee to see details ancestry.com) by Death-Records.net
• Social Security Death Index by Death-Records.net
• Black Sheep Ancestors of SC