Finding Free Online Genealogy Collections in South Carolina

If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.

However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.

• A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
• Access Genealogy – South Carolina
• Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
• American History & Genealogy Project – South Carolina
• Ancestry Free Index Collections
• Anderson County Library System
• Charleston County Public Library
• Charleston Library Society
• Chronicling America – South Carolina
• Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
• Clemson University Digital Collections
• Coastal Carolina University Digital Collections
• College of Charleston Digital Collections
• Columbia, Richland Library
• Cyndi’s List – South Carolina
• David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
• Dead Fred
• Death Indexes – South Carolina
• Digital Commons Collections
• Digital Library of Appalachia
• Digital Public Library of America – South Carolina
• Documenting the American South
• Erskine College Digital Collections
• FamilySearch
• FamilySearch – South Carolina Online Genealogy Records
• FamilySearch Catalog
• FamilySearch Wiki – South Carolina
• FindAGrave
• Freedmen’s Bureau Online – South Carolina
• Furman University Digital Collections
• Genealogy Trails – South Carolina
• Georgetown County Digital Library
• Google
• Google Books – South Carolina
• Greenville County Library System
• Greenwood County Library System
• HathiTrust – South Carolina
• I Dream of Genealogy
• Interment.net – South Carolina
• Internet Archive – South Carolina
• Lander University Digital Collections
• LDS Genealogy – South Carolina
• Lexington County Public Library
• Library of Congress Digital Collections
• Linkpendium – South Carolina
• Lowcountry Africana
• Lowcountry Digital Library
• Medical University of South Carolina Digital Collections
• Myrtle Beach, Chapin Memorial Library
• National Archives and Records Administration
• National Archives at Atlanta
• National Archives Online Exhibits
• National Archives Resources for Genealogists
• Nationwide Gravesite Locator
• New Horizons Genealogy – South Carolina
• PastPerfectOnline Collections
• Patriot and Grave Registry
• Presbyterian College Digital Collections
• Sanborn Maps – South Carolina
• SCIWAY
• Smithsonian Digital Library
• South Carolina Department of Archives and History Digital Collections
• South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Archives
• South Carolina Department of Archives and History, Online Research
• South Carolina Digital Library
• South Carolina Encyclopedia
• South Carolina Genealogical Society
• South Carolina Historical Society
• South Carolina State Library
• South Carolina State University Digital Collections
• Spartanburg County Public Libraries
• Sumter County Genealogical Center
• The Citadel Digital Collections
• The Official Land Records Site
• United States Social Security Death Index
• University of South Carolina – Aiken Digital Collections
• University of South Carolina – Beaufort Digital Collections
• University of South Carolina – Columbia Digital Collections
• University of South Carolina – Upstate Digital Collections
• University of South Carolina Digital Collections
• US GenWeb – South Carolina
• US GenWeb Archives – South Carolina
• Winthrop University Digital Collections
• Wofford College Digital Collections
• York County Culture & Heritage Museums

In addition, here is the list of over 2,575 curated South Carolina genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:

• Newspapers
• Yearbooks
• Births
• Marriages
• Deaths
• Alumni Records
• Cemetery Records
• Church Records
• Coroner Records
• Criminal Records
• Directories
• Divorce Records
• Immigration Records
• Institutional Records
• Military Records
• Mortuary Records
• Naturalizations
• Obituaries
• Photos
• Probate and Wills
• School Records
• Tax Records
• Voter Records

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!