South Carolina Historical Records

South Carolina is a southeastern U.S. state, bordered by North Carolina, Georgia, and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the 40th largest and 23rd most populous state. Known for its historic Charleston, pastel houses, plantations, and Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began, Columbia is the capital, Charleston is the largest city, and the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson area is the most populous metropolitan region.

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South Carolina vital records South Carolina, Deaths, 1915-1943 1,871,939 records available South Carolina, Obituaries 1,032,335 records available South Carolina, Charleston County Marriages 754,016 records available South Carolina, Greenville County Obituaries and Death Notices 733,708 records available South Carolina, Greenville County Marriages 664,654 records available South Carolina Deaths, 1950 - 1964 290,607 records available See the entire collection catalog of vital records in South Carolina	South Carolina directories, guides and references Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, City Directory, 1955 998 records available Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, City Directory, 1953 890 records available Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, City Directory, 1949 703 records records available Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, City Directory, 1951 845 records available See the entire collection catalog of directories, guides and references in South Carolina
South Carolina newspapars records South Carolina Newspapers, 1787-2009 1,937,425 records available See the entire collection catalog of newspapaers records in South Carolina	South Carolina military records Service Records of Confederate Soldiers 1,663,575 records available See the entire collection catalog of military records in South Carolina
South Carolina histories, memories and biographies Collections of the South Carolina Historical Society, Volume 5 1,108 records available History of South Carolina, Volume 3 (1920) 918 records available The House of Fowler: A History of the Fowler Families of the South 787 records available History of the American Negro And His Institutions, Part 2 686 records available The Alstons and Allstons of North and South Carolina 608 records available The History of Orangeburg County, South Carolina, From Its First Settlement to the Close of the Revolutionary War 603 records available South Carolina Historical And Genealogical Magazine, Volume 13, 1912 580 records available The Descendants of Thomas Lee of Charleston, South Carolina, 1710 - 1769 546 records available Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina, City Directory, 1946 504 records available See the entire collection catalog of histories, memories and biographies in South Carolina

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