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Probate records of [[South Carolina]] were kept by the secretary of the province prior to 1732, and were later kept by the courts of ordinary and probate courts of each county. Most of the original wills for the colonial period have not survived. Pre-Civil War probate files for Beaufort, Chesterfield, Colleton, Georgetown, Lancaster, and Orangeburg districts were destroyed. However, for the colonial period, dozens of South Carolina wills proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England have survived. | Probate records of [[South Carolina]] were kept by the secretary of the province prior to 1732, and were later kept by the courts of ordinary and probate courts of each county. Most of the original wills for the colonial period have not survived. Pre-Civil War probate files for Beaufort, Chesterfield, Colleton, Georgetown, Lancaster, and Orangeburg districts were destroyed. However, for the colonial period, dozens of South Carolina wills proved in the [[Prerogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury|Prerogative Court of Canterbury]] in London, England have survived. | ||
A brief history of the settlement of South Carolina and the resultant effects on record keeping can be found on [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_South_Carolina Ancestry]. ($) | *A brief history of the settlement of South Carolina and the resultant effects on record keeping can be found on [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=History_of_South_Carolina Ancestry]. ($) | ||
*A discussion of South Carolina Probate Records written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'' can be found at [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=South_Carolina_Probate_Records Ancestry]. ($) | *A discussion of South Carolina Probate Records written by Johni Cerny and Gareth L. Mark for ''Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources'' can be found at [http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=South_Carolina_Probate_Records Ancestry]. ($) | ||