South Carolina, United States Genealogy

United States  South Carolina

Welcome to South Carolina, The Palmetto State
About 80 percent of the settlers of colonial South Carolina were of English origin. Many of them came by way of Barbados and other colonies rather than directly from England. A group of Dutch settlers from New York came to South Carolina in 1671. Another smaller group was of French origin, mostly descendants of Huguenots, who came to the area beginning in 1680. More numerous were the Scottish dissenters, who were brought in beginning in 1682, and the Germans, who arrived during the eighteenth century. Blacks constituted a majority of the population from early colonial times until 1930. Indian wars drove most of the native Americans from the state, but there are still a few Catawba Indians in York County.

Featured content

 * African American Resources
 * Restore the Ancestors Indexing Project: SC Estate Inventories
 * South Carolina Genealogy Trails
 * South Carolina Pioneers (Jeannette Austin)

Did you know?

 * The South Carolina Archives has an online portal page with numerous information links.
 * The South Carolina Archives has an online search engine of digital resources. This site provides access to several records sets including Plats of Sate Land Grants 1784-1868; Will Transcripts 1782-1855; and Confederate Pension Applications 1919-1926.
 * Local records contained at the South Carolina Archives are listed at the following site.
 * The South Carolina Health Department has provided an online index of South Carolina deaths from the years 1915-1957. The index is divided into four sections: 1915-1924, 1925-1934, 1935-1944 and 1945-1949 and 1950-1958.
 * Record Search has provided a name index and images of South Carolina Deaths 1915-1943.
 * Record Search has provided a name index of South Carolina Deaths 1944-1955.