South Carolina Directories
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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- South Carolina Historical Directories
- Directory of Scots in the Carolinas 1680-1830. Online at: Internet Archive, Ancestry ($) - index, MyHeritage ($) - Vol. 1 - index.
History[edit | edit source]
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities of South Carolina.
Resources for South Carolina Directories[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
The Charleston Library Society has a special collection of Charleston directories dating from 1782, for in library use.
You can also find collections of directories in the archives mentioned in South Carolina Archives and Libraries.
Directories Online[edit | edit source]
- Some city directories are found online at www.booksgoogle.com or at www.archive.org.
- Ancestry.com ($) has South Carolina directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
The FamilySearch Library[edit | edit source]
The FamilySearch Library has city directories for various years from throughout the state of South Carolina including:
Columbia
| 1859, 1860 | FS Library microfiche 6043826-27 |
| 1903-32, 1934-35 | FS Library microfilm 1759654-62 |
| 1931 etc. | FS Library book 975.77 E4h |
Charleston
| 1796 |
FS Library microfilm 000620 item 2 |
| 1866-1934 | FS Library microfilm 1376645 |
| 1782, 1785, 1794, 1806-07, 1809, 1824, 1836, 1856, 1860 |
FS Library microfiche 6052954 |
To find directories, consult the Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog under:
- SOUTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
- SOUTH CAROLINA, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
Websites[edit | edit source]
- South Carolina Historical Directories Identifies historical city, county, business and other directories available online at both free and pay-to-access websites.
- US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
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