Lancaster County, South Carolina:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Chester County, SC  to the west
• Chesterfield County, SC  to the east
• Fairfield County, SC  to the southwest
• Kershaw County, SC  to the south
• Mecklenburg County, NC  to the north
• Union County, NC  to the northeast
• York County, SC  to the west

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

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

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Lancaster County, South Carolina      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Lancaster County  South Carolina Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lancaster County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Lancaster County Cemetery Registration      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Lancaster County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• Lancaster County SC Cemetery GPS Project 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (42)

Court and Legal Records

• Court of Equity dockets, 1838-1868      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Court of Ordinary Receipt book, 1854-1860  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Equity court minutes, 1822-1869      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Equity court records, 1830-1870      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Lancaster County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lancaster District Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

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

Estate Records

• South Carolina Probate Records  Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Bound Volumes 1671-1977     (Source: FamilySearch)
• South Carolina Probate Records, Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964  includes Lancaster County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Carolina Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980  includes Lancaster County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (19)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

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

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

• Lancaster County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Lancaster County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• North Carolina Land Grants  in South Carolina     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCLANCAS Lancaster County genealogy

  • SCLANCAS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCOLDCAMDEN Old Camden District, South Carolina

  • SCOLDCAMDEN Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (20)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Lancaster District     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lancaster County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Lancaster County, South Carolina Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lancaster County, South Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lancaster County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Lancaster Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Historical Newspapers of South Carolina  Lancaster County     (Source: Historical Newspapers of South Carolina)
• Lancaster County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Lancaster enterprise      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Lancaster Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)
• The Lancaster ledger      (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• The Lancaster news.  Lancaster, S.C., 1905-current     (Source: Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers)
• Search Lancaster Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Heath Springs Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• HeraldOnline.com  Serving York, Chester & Lancaster Counties
• Kershaw Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• Lancaster County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Lancaster Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• The Lancaster News 
• Lancaster, South Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Obituary search includes Lancaster News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Obituary search includes The Lancaster News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Lancaster County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lancaster County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Lancaster County      (Source: South Carolina Digital Library)
• Lancaster County Courthouse 
• Lancaster County Landmarks      (Source: South Carolina Picture Project)

School Records and Histories

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

Societies

• Lancaster County Society for Historical Preservation      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (55)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Tax duplicate books, 1868-1875, 1890  Viewing restrictions may apply     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• 1918 Pandemic Flu Statistics and Records for South Carolina  Lancaster County     (Source: Families of the 1918 Pandemic)
• Lancaster County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Lancaster County, South Carolina     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Lancaster County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Wiki

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

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