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Also visit the '''State Library Obituary Resources Portal''' for a listing of SC public libraries that assist with family history searches: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=867&Itemid=873<br> | Also visit the '''State Library Obituary Resources Portal''' for a listing of SC public libraries that assist with family history searches: http://www.statelibrary.sc.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=867&Itemid=873<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.archivesindex.sc.gov/ http://scdah.sc.gov] | '''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.archivesindex.sc.gov/ http://scdah.sc.gov] | ||
<br>The Archives is open Monday thru Saturday from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. | <br>The Archives is open Monday thru Saturday from 8:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. | ||
The archives has an online search engine for indexes to [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ State land plats 1784 to 1868] and to [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ Will Transcripts 1782 to 1855] . | The archives has an [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ online search engine] for indexes to [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ State land plats 1784 to 1868] and to [http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ Will Transcripts 1782 to 1855] as well as other records.<br> | ||
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; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=195302&disp=The+South+Carolina+archives%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.7 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; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=195302&disp=The+South+Carolina+archives%20%20&columns=*,0,0 975.7 A5c]). | ||