Kershaw County, South Carolina:
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Projects

• Kershaw County SCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Kershaw County SCGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Kershaw County Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Kershaw History  Roots and Recall

Adjacent counties

• Chesterfield County, SC  to the northeast
• Darlington County, SC  to the east
• Fairfield County, SC  to the west
• Lancaster County, SC  to the north
• Lee County, SC  to the southeast
• Richland County, SC  to the southwest
• Sumter County, SC  to the south

Bible Records

• Kershaw County Bible Records      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)

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

• Families from Kershaw, Lancaster, and Chesterfield Counties 
• Kershaw Co, South Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Kershaw County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Kershaw County, South Carolina Genealogy  List of published Kershaw County, South Carolina family histories     (Source: FamilySearch)

Blogs

• Kershaw County Historical Society 

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Kershaw County, South Carolina      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Cemeteries of Kershaw County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Kershaw County  South Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Kershaw County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Kershaw County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Kershaw County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• Kershaw County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• Kershaw County, South Carolina Cemeteries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (40)

Court and Legal Records

• Court of Common Pleas Pleadings and judgments, 1822-1908      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Equity Court records, including probate, wills, land and misc. records  1791-1892     (Source: FamilySearch)
• The Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779  includes Camden District     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kershaw County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Kershaw District Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Kershaw County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Claremont County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Kershaw County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Salem County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Kershaw County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Equity Court records, including probate, wills, land and misc. records  1791-1892     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina  includes Kershaw County, 1770-1853     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kershaw County Wills      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Bound Volumes 1671-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Probate Records, Camden County  Bound Volumes 1671-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980  includes Kershaw County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Ethnic

• Camden, South Carolina      (Source: Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life)

History (30)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• Kershaw County, South Carolina Naturalizations  1783-1850     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850  includes Kershaw County Records     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Equity Court records, including probate, wills, land and misc. records  1791-1892     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kershaw County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Kershaw County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Camden Archives & Museum 
• Camden Archives and Museum 
• Camden South Carolina Family History Center      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Kershaw County Data Collections      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Library Directory for Kershaw County, South Carolina      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Kershaw County, South Carolina     (Source: Find My Past)
• South Carolina Archives Summary Guide  Kershaw County
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Lookups

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCKERSHA Kershaw County genealogy

  • SCKERSHA Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCOLDCAMDEN Old Camden District, South Carolina

  • SCOLDCAMDEN Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (26)

Military Records and Histories

• Camden, Camp, SC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Kershaw District     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Kershaw County, South Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Military Index, Kershaw County      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Kershaw County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Kershaw County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Kershaw County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• Revolutionary War

  • Loyalists in the Southern Campaign of the Revolutionary War  includes Camden South Carolina Militia     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Kershaw County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Miscellaneous Data

• Kershaw County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)

Newspaper Records (20)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Camden Chronicle Independent 
• Camden Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Kornegay Funeral Home  Camden and Lugoff, South Carolina
• Lugoff Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Obituary search includes Camden Chronicle      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes Chronicle Independent      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Camden Postcards 
• Historical Postcards of Kershaw County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Kershaw County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Kershaw County      (Source: South Carolina Digital Library)
• Kershaw County Courthouse 
• Kershaw County Landmarks      (Source: South Carolina Picture Project)
• Public Library  Camden, S. C.     (Source: Post Card Library)

School Records and Histories

• Camden School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Historic Camden 
• Hobkirk Hill Chapter  Camden     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Kershaw County Historical Society 
• Kershaw County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (83)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Kershaw County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Kershaw County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Kershaw County Plantations      (Source: South Carolina Plantations)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Kershaw County, South Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• 1918 Pandemic Flu Statistics and Records for South Carolina  Kershaw County     (Source: Families of the 1918 Pandemic)
• CSI: Dixie  1583 coroners reports from six South Carolina counties for the years 1800-1900
• Kershaw County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Kershaw County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• South Carolina County Marriages, 1907-2000  includes Kershaw County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Kershaw County, South Carolina     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Kershaw County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

• Kershaw County, South Carolina      (Source: WikiTree)
• Kershaw County, South Carolina Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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