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Ancestry Library
Genealogical research service includes 2,500 subscription and free databases containing millions of family names. Full-text records and indexes, digitized images of census records, periodical indexes, Social Security death index, obituaries, vital records, public records, and Ancestry World Tree. Available only at library locations.
Consortium for Upstate South Carolina History
A group of organizations and individuals interested in the history of upstate South Carolina. Links to individual organizations are on the members page.
D and B Million Dollar Database
The Million Dollar Database provides the information professional, marketer and sales executive with information on U.S. and Canadian leading public and private businesses located in South Carolina. Company information includes industry information with up to 24 individual 8-digit SICs, size criteria (employees and annual sales), type of ownership, principal executives and biographies.
Fold3 Featured
The Fold3 collections (formerly Footnote.com)
feature documents relating to the Revolutionary War, Civil War, WWI, WWII,
U.S. Presidents, historical newspapers and naturalization documents. In addition
to hosting millions of records, Footnote.com creates an environment where members
can share their content and insights, ranging from major historical events
to personal accounts and family histories.
Available only at library locations.
Greenville County Historical Records
A group of organizations and individuals interested in the history of upstate South Carolina. Links to individual organizations are on the members page.
HeritageQuest Online
Census data, family records, and local histories. Every extant U.S. federal census, family genealogies, local histories, tax lists, city directories, land and probate records, birth, marriage and death records, genealogical and local history serials, and more.
National Archives and Records Administration
A source for military and other federal records. The link goes to the Genealogists/Family Historians page.
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina
Fire insurance maps showing building and street locations. Also provides information on building size and construction.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
A comprehensive South Carolina archival collection covering more than 325 years. Also has an online records index of many of the holdings, some also located in the South Carolina Room.
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental C...
South Carolina Death Certificate Index
South Carolina Historical Society
South Carolina's oldest private repository of South Carolina history.
State, The - December 1987 - present
Full-text articles archive from The State (Columbia, SC) newspaper including locally written articles, letters to the editor and major newswire articles, obituaries (death notice coverage begins March 1994).
USGenWeb
The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers working to provide internet websites for genealogical research in every county and state of the United States.