South Carolina Archives and Libraries

The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services to assist genealogical researchers.

South Carolina Department of Archives and History  1430 Senate Street P.O. Box 11669, Capitol Station Columbia, SC 29211-1669 Telephone: 803-734-8577 Fax: 803-734- http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/

The staff will check a few indexes for a specific name and send a photocopy order for records in which that name appears. A useful guide to the collection is Marion C. Chandler and Earl W. Wade, The South Carolina Archives: A Temporary Summary Guide, 2d ed. (Columbia, South Carolina: South Carolina Department of Archives and History, 1976; FHL book 975.7 A5c).

National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta) 1557 St. Joseph Avenue East Point, GA 30344 Telephone: 404-763-7477 Fax: 404-763-7033

South Carolina Historical Society 100 Meeting Street Charleston, SC 29401-2299 Telephone: 803-723-3225 Fax: 803-723-8584 http://www.southcarolinahistoricalsociety.org/

A helpful guide to the manuscript collection of this society is David Moltke-Hansen and Sallie Doscher, “South Carolina Historical Society Manuscript Guide,” South Carolina Historical Magazine, July 1979 (Charleston: South Carolina Historical Society, 1979; FHL book 975.7 B2s, vol. 80, no. 3, supp.; film 1697883 item 13).

Thomas Cooper Library   University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208-0103 Telephone: 803-777-3142 Fax: 803-777-4661 [http://www.sciway.net/lib/usclib.html www.sciway.net/lib/usclib.html ]

A useful guide to the manuscript collection of this library is Allen H. Stokes, A Guide to the Manuscript Collection of the South Carolinian Library (Columbia, South Carolina: The Library, 1982; FHL book 975.7 A3s; fiche 6101065).

Charleston Library Society   164 King Street Charleston, SC 29401 Telephone: 803-723-9912 www.charleston'library'society.org/

A helpful guide to research institutions in South Carolina is John Hammond Moore, Research Materials in South Carolina. . . (Columbia, South Carolina: University of South Carolina Press, 1967; FHL book 975.7 A5m).

To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of South Carolina counties, use the 14 inventories of the county archives published by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has all of the inventories.