South Carolina Cemeteries

United States South Carolina  Cemeteries   The best collection of South Carolina cemetery inscriptions is at the South Caroliniana Library in transcripts made by the Work Projects Administration. The cemeteries included in this collection are listed in Local and Family History in South Carolina: A Bibliography by Richard N. Côté. (N.p. Reprint. Originally published: 1981; Family History Library book .)


 * The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) collection contains tombstone inscriptions from South Carolina cemeteries. This collection and an every-name index to it are described in South Carolina Genealogy.
 * The Leonardo Andrea Collection (see South Carolina Genealogy) also includes inscriptions from numerous graveyards (Family History Library ). Another helpful collection is South Carolina Cemetery Records, Three Volumes. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society, 1941-54; Family History Library ).

Online Gravestone Transcripts

 * S.C. Cemetery Project, courtesy: South Carolina Genealogical Society. This project encompasses all South Carolina counties. Lists of cemeteries are included for all counties, with personal name indexes for select counties.


 * Find A Grave can be searched by the name of a person or family to find where a person is buried. Usually gives birth and death dates often with a picture of the tombstone.  May give obituaries, names of family members and links to their information in Find A Grave.


 * Interment.net includes many South Carolina cemetery transcripts.


 * SCGenWeb Project includes cemetery information and transcripts. Search on individual county pages.


 * The South Carolina Tombstone Transcription Project. In USGenWeb Archives Digital Library [database on-line]. N.p.: USGenWeb Archives, 17 February 1999– [cited 15 July 1999]. This is a county-by-county list of cemeteries. The highlighted cemeteries on the web page include tombstone abstracts. Abstracted cemeteries are indexed in:

Cemetery Gazetteers

 * ePodunk is a gazetteer of South Carolina cemeteries.


 * Find A Grave also gives a list of cemeteries in many South Carolina counties linking to the information about individuals buried there.

Lookup Volunteers

 * Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness has located lookup volunteers who are willing to photograph tombstones for many South Carolina counties.