Charleston County, South Carolina:
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Projects

• Charleston County South Carolina Genealogy Research      (Source: Jenkins Genealogy Research)
• Charleston County Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Charleston County, South Carolina      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Charleston County, South Carolina      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Charleston History  Roots and Recall
• South Carolina TriCounty Genealogy  Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester County     (Source: American Local History Network)

Adjacent counties

• Berkeley County, SC  to the north
• Colleton County, SC  to the west
• Dorchester County, SC  to the north
• Georgetown County, SC  to the northeast

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Charleston Co, South Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Charleston County Biographies      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Charleston County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Charleston County, South Carolina Genealogy  List of published Charleston County, South Carolina family histories     (Source: FamilySearch)
• The newspaper press of Charleston, S.C.  A chronological and biographical history (1872)     (Source: Internet Archive)

Cemeteries (12)

Census Records and Indexes (44)

Church Records

• The Annals and Parish Register of St. Thomas and St. Denis Parish  in South Carolina, 1680 - 1884     (Source: MyHeritage)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I  includes Charleston Monthly Meeting     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. Vol. I  Supplement     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Selected records from the St. Matthew's Church Archives  Charleston, South Carolina

Court and Legal Records

• Charleston Co. court records containing renunciation of dowers, land, probate and misc. court actions, 1740-1787  Viewing restrictions apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Charleston County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Charleston Poorhouse and Correctional House Records, 1803-1916      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Admiralty final record books and minutes, 1790-1857  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Equity Bills of complaint, 1800-1863; indexes, 1721-1868      (Source: FamilySearch)
• The Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779  includes Charlestown District     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Charleston District Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories (14)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information (13)

Estate Records (11)

Ethnic (12)

History (84)

Immigration and Naturalization Records (13)

Introduction and Guides

• Charleston County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Charleston County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Charleston County, South Carolina Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)
• Charleston County, South Carolina Genealogy Resources  SCIway
• Cyndi's List of South Carolina locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)

Land Records

• Charleston County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Charleston County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Charleston, South Carolina Property Owners 

Libraries, Museums, Archives (38)

Lookups

• Charleston County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• SC Charles Town Parish Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• SC_CharlesTownDistrict  Old Parishes of South Carolina     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)

• SCCHARLE Charleston County genealogy

  • SCCHARLE Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (58)

Military Records and Histories (28)

Miscellaneous Data

• Charleston County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Classic Buildings of Charleston County      (Source: Society of Architectural Historians)
• History of the New England society of Charlston, South Carolina  1819-1919     (Source: Internet Archive)
• People and Professions of Charleston, South Carolina, 1782-1802      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The South Carolina National Heritage Corridor 

Newspaper Records (28)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (15)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (18)

School Records and Histories (10)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Post & Courier Information Index  Charleston County Public Library

Societies

• The Charleston Chapter  of the South Carolina Genealogical Society
• Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society 
• Fort Sullivan Chapter  Charleston     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Historic Charleston Foundation 
• Mount Pleasant Historical Commission 
• Preservation Society of Charleston 
• Secession Camp 4, Charleston      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (357)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• List of the tax payers of the city of Charleston for 1859      (Source: FamilySearch)
• State free Negro capitation tax books, Charleston, South Carolina , ca. 1811-1860  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry (20)

Vital Records (13)

Wiki

• Charleston County, South Carolina Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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