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=== Contact Information === | === Contact Information === | ||
'''E-mail:'''<ref>"South Caroliniana Library" in ''University of South Carolina Libraries'' at http://library.sc.edu/socar/index.html (accessed 13 May 2011).</ref> | '''E-mail:'''<ref>"South Caroliniana Library" in ''University of South Carolina Libraries'' at http://library.sc.edu/socar/index.html (accessed 13 May 2011).</ref> [mailto:sclref@mailbox.sc.edu sclref@mailbox.sc.edu] <br> | ||
'''Address:'''<ref>"South Caroliniana Library" in ''University of South Carolina Libraries'' at http://library.sc.edu/socar/ (accessed 16 May 2011).</ref> | '''Address:'''<ref>"South Caroliniana Library" in ''University of South Carolina Libraries'' at http://library.sc.edu/socar/ (accessed 16 May 2011).</ref> | ||
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:Columbia, S.C. 29208<br><br> | :Columbia, S.C. 29208<br><br> | ||
'''Telephone:'''</ref> | '''Telephone:'''</ref> 803-777-3131 '''Fax:''' 803-777-5747<br> | ||
'''Hours:'''</ref> | '''Hours:'''</ref> 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Saturday<br> | ||
'''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''</ref><br> | '''Directions, maps, and public transportation:'''</ref><br> | ||
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=== Collection Description === | === Collection Description === | ||
This library has 75,000 books or microfilms, 1.3 million manuscripts including unpublished genealogical files documenting connections amoung South Carolina families and beyond. Important large genealogical collections: Leonardo Andrea, Bessie Lee Garvin, and Louise K. Crowder.<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 603. ({{ | This library has 75,000 books or microfilms, 1.3 million manuscripts including unpublished genealogical files documenting connections amoung South Carolina families and beyond. Important large genealogical collections: Leonardo Andrea, Bessie Lee Garvin, and Louise K. Crowder.<ref>Alice Eichholz, ed., ''Redbook: American State, County, and Town Sources, 3rd ed.'' (Provo, Utah: Ancestry, 2004), 603. ({{FSC|479190|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27rb}}). [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55947869 WorldCat entry].</ref> Also includes maps, letters, diaries, plantation account books, local history, churches, clubs, business records, oral histories, biography, city directories, and newspapers. | ||
=== Tips === | === Tips === | ||
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*[http://www.richlandonline.com/departments/clerkofcourt/index.asp Richland County Clerk of the Court] criminal, common pleas, and family court. | *[http://www.richlandonline.com/departments/clerkofcourt/index.asp Richland County Clerk of the Court] criminal, common pleas, and family court. | ||
*[http://www.richlandonline.com/departments/rod/index.asp Richland County Register of Deeds] includes marriage licenses since 1911 (index online). | *[http://www.richlandonline.com/departments/rod/index.asp Richland County Register of Deeds] includes marriage licenses since 1911 (index online). | ||
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' | *Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [[Fairfield County, South Carolina|Fairfield County]], [[Kershaw County, South Carolina|Kershaw County]], [[Sumter County, South Carolina|Sumter County]], [[Calhoun County, South Carolina|Calhoun County]], [[Lexington County, South Carolina|Lexington County]], [[Newberry County, South Carolina|Newberry County]]. | ||
*[[South Carolina Genealogical Society]] has a modest collection of family histories, genealogies, state and county record abstracts, county histories, local histories, and church histories. | *[[South Carolina Genealogical Society]] has a modest collection of family histories, genealogies, state and county record abstracts, county histories, local histories, and church histories. | ||
*[[Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina Archives]], Dalco Historical Soc., Charleston, colonial parish records. | *[[Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina Archives]], Dalco Historical Soc., Charleston, colonial parish records. | ||
Latest revision as of 10:52, 5 January 2024
Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] sclref@mailbox.sc.edu Address:[2]
Telephone:</ref> 803-777-3131 Fax: 803-777-5747 Hours:</ref> 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Saturday Directions, maps, and public transportation:</ref>
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Collection Description[edit | edit source]This library has 75,000 books or microfilms, 1.3 million manuscripts including unpublished genealogical files documenting connections amoung South Carolina families and beyond. Important large genealogical collections: Leonardo Andrea, Bessie Lee Garvin, and Louise K. Crowder.[3] Also includes maps, letters, diaries, plantation account books, local history, churches, clubs, business records, oral histories, biography, city directories, and newspapers. Tips[edit | edit source]Please bring a photo I.D.</ref> Guides[edit | edit source]
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