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The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services to assist genealogical researchers. <br> | The following archives, libraries, and societies have collections or services to assist genealogical researchers. <br> | ||
'''South Carolina Department of Archives and History'''<br> | '''South Carolina Department of Archives and History'''<br>8301 Parklane Road<br>Columbia, SC 29229 <br>Telephone: 803-896-6100 <br>Fax: 803-896-6198<br>[http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/]http://scdah.sc.gov | ||
The Archives is open Monday thru Saturday from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. A search engine for indexes to | |||
state plats 1784 to 1868 and to Will Transcripts 1782 to 1855 is found at [http://archivesindex.sc.gov/archives/default.asp.] | |||
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). | 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). | ||
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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. | 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. | ||
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