South Carolina Guided Research
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FamilySearch identified the most complete online indexes for birth, marriage, and death information.
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Birth
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• 1766-1901: South Carolina, Delayed Birth Records at Ancestry ($)
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• 1680s-1930s: South Carolina Birth Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) South Carolina Births and Christenings, 1681-1935
South Carolina, Delayed Birth Certificates, 1766-1900
South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926
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Marriage
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• 1907-2000: South Carolina, County Marriage Records at Ancestry ($)
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• 1641-1965: South Carolina, Compiled Marriage Index at Ancestry ($)
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Death
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• 1910s-1960s: South Carolina Death Collections Did you sign into FamilySearch? If not, do so now to view more available databases. at FamilySearch - (List of collections) South Carolina Deaths, 1915-1965
South Carolina Deaths and Burials, 1816-1990
South Carolina, Charleston City Death Records, 1821-1926
United States Social Security Death Index
Find A Grave Index
BillionGraves Index
GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
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• 1915-1965: Vital Records Death Indexes at the South Carolina Department of Health
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