South Carolina Directories

Online Resources

 * South Carolina Historical Directories
 * Directory of Scots in the Carolinas 1680-1830. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($) - index, MyHeritage ($) - Vol. 1 - index.

History
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities of South Carolina.

Libraries and Archives
The Charleston Library Society has a special collection of Charleston directories dating from 1782, for in library use.

You can also find collections of directories in the archives mentioned in South Carolina Archives and Libraries.

Directories Online

 * Some city directories are found online at www.booksgoogle.com or at www.archive.org.


 * Ancestry.com ($) has South Carolina directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.

The FamilySearch Library
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of South Carolina including:

Columbia

Charleston

To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:


 * SOUTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
 * SOUTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES

Websites

 * South Carolina Historical Directories Identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online at both free and pay-to-access websites.


 * US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.