South Carolina Directories

Online Resources

 * South Carolina Historical Directories
 * Directory of Scots in the Carolinas 1680-1830. Volume 1, index, ($)Vol. 2 ($)

Libraries and Archives
The Charleston Library Society has a special collection of Charleston directories dating from 1782.

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 Family History Library
The Family History Library has directories for:

Columbia

Charleston

Web Sites

 * 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.