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Birth
Charleston began keeping birth records in 1877 and can be obtained from the Charleston County Health Department.

State-wide birth registration began in 1915. For a copy of the birth from 1915 and later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health or the Charleston County Health Department. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.

Births - Indexes and Records

Online:


 * 1877-1901 - South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901. - Available at Ancestry ($) - Index and Images


 * 1877-1901 - Births, 1877-1901, by Charleston, South Carolina Board of Health. Microfilm,  - Index and Images

Marriage - Indexes and Records

 * 1806 - "Marriage and Death Notices from Charleston Courier for 1806" in The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Digital version at JSTOR ($). Abstract from the newspaper
 * 1807 - "The French Refugee Newspapers of Charleston" [1790s-1810s] in The 'South Carolina Historical Magazine.; Digital version at JSTOR ($). [The authors abstracted marriage notices from these newspapers.]
 * 1827-1845 - Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston Observer 1827-1845 by Brent Holcomb. Book ; digital version at Ancestry ($). Abstracts from the newspaper
 * 1828 - "Marriages and Death Notices from the Charleston Gazette, 1828," in The South Carolina Historical Magazine. Digital version at JSTOR ($). Abstracts from the newspaper
 * 1877-1887 - Charleston, South Carolina, Marriage Records, 1877-1887. Available at Ancestry ($) - Index and Images

Death
The city of Charleston began keeping death records in 1821 and can be ordered from the Charleston County Health Department. State-wide death registration began in 1915. For a copy of the birth from 1915 and later, contact the South Carolina Department of Health or the Charleston County Health Department. For more information, see the South Carolina Vital Records page.


 * 1806 - "Marriage and Death Notices From Charleston Courier for 1806," in the The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine. Digital version at JSTOR ($). Abstracts from the newspaper
 * 1807 - "The French Refugee Newspapers of Charleston," [1790s-1810s] in The South Carolina Historical Magazine. Digital version at JSTOR ($). [The authors abstracted death notices from these newspapers.]
 * 1827-1845 - Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston Observer 1827-1845 by Brent Holcomb. ; digital version at Ancestry ($).
 * 1828 - "Marriages and Death Notices from the Charleston Gazette, 1828," in The South Carolina Historical Magazine. Digital version at JSTOR ($). Abstracts from the newspaper
 * 1871-1889 - Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina Black Deaths 1871-1889 Available at Ancestry ($) Index only

South Carolina Death Indexes, 1914-1960  There are several online death indexes covering all of South Carolina listed on the South Carolina Vital Records page.


 * [1821-1914] South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955, available online, courtesy: Ancestry.com ($). [Includes Charleston City death records, 1821-1914.]

Prof. Hagy made an informative study of Charleston's early death records, published as:


 * Hagy, James W. "The Death Records of Charleston," The South Carolina Historical Magazine, Vol. 91, No. 1 (Jan., 1990), pp. 32-44. Digital version at JSTOR ($).