South Carolina Resources

For vital records, write to:

• Office of Vital Records and Public Health Statistics
  South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
  2600 Bull Street
  Columbia, SC 29201
  Phone: (803) 898-3630

  • They have birth and death records since January 1915, marriage records since July 1950, and divorce records since July 1962. Call for costs.

  For marriages occurring between July 1911 and June 1950, contact the Probate Judge in the County where the license was issued. For divorce records occurring between April 1949 and June 1962, contact the County Clerk in the County where the petition was filed.

For information on State Archives & Libraries, write to:

• South Carolina Department of Archives and History
  8301 Parklane Rd.
  Columbia, SC 29223
  Phone: (803) 896-6100

  • They have vital records, church records, court records, colonial petitions and correspondences, military records, newspapers, tax records, cemetery records, probate records, maps, federal census records from 1790-1910, and local histories.

For information on state Genealogical Societies, write to:

• South Carolina Genealogical Society (SCGS)
  2910 Duncan Street
  Columbia, SC 29205

  • Publications: The Carolina Herald, South Carolina Genealogical Newsletter.

• South Carolina Historical Society
  P.O. Box 5401
  Spartanburg, SC 29304

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