South Carolina, Confederate Home Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Record Description
This collection will include records from 1909-1958.

This collection contains images of application folders of Confederate veterans who were inmates of the South Carolina Confederate Home in Columbia. Originals are located at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History.

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Related Websites

 * South Carolina Department of Archives & History

Related Wiki Articles

 * South Carolina
 * South Carolina in the Civil War

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“Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic Church Records, 1635-1981,” images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org: accessed 28 February, 2012), La Plata &gt; San Ponciano &gt; Matrimonios 1884-1886 &gt; image 71 of 389 images, Artemio Avendano and Clemtina Peralta, 1884; citing Parroquia de San Ponciano en la Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Matrimonios. San Ponciano, La Plata, Buenos Aires.