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A Guide to Researching African American Ancestors in Laurens County, South Carolina, and Selected Finding Aids

LaBrenda Garrett-Nelson releases a new book for African American research. The book is both a locality guide, with tips on where to look for sources and a “how to” manual for those who have not mastered genealogical methodologies. Although it focuses on a single county in South Carolina, it provides information applicable to all South Carolina counties and general information relevant to developing and executing a research plan.

AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in South Carolina

American Life Histories: Manuscripts from the Federal Writers' Project, 1936-1940 - South Carolina

From the Library of Congress.

Catawba Native Americans

York County.

Catherine Stratton LADD (1808-1899) South Carolina Playwright, Poet, and Educator

Free African Americans of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland and Delaware

History of over 500 African American families who were free in the colonial period through 1820.

GEDCOM Index - South Carolina

Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.

German Settlers in Colonial South Carolina

Gullah.tv

A great resource about the Gullah people, Gullah heritage, their unique customs, Gullah music and history of the Gullah-Geechee. The Gullah are descended from African slaves.

Low Country Africana

Dedicated to records that document the family and cultural heritage of African Americans in the historic rice-growing areas of South Carolina, Georgia and extreme northeastern Florida, an area that scholars and preservationists have identified as a distinct culture area.

Online County and Town Histories - South Carolina

This site provides over 3,000 links to free county and town histories published from 1850 to the early 1920s. These histories often contain detailed biographies of their citizens.

Our Family Tree - South Carolina Genealogy

Collection of family trees and resources for the state of South Carolina: Edens, Chastain, Jones, Mobley, Ackerman, Smith, Looper, Putman, Taylor, Wood

P.A. Miller - Slave Records from my research

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Tennessee, Maryland.

Restore the Ancestors Project

This project is a collaboration between Fold3 (Formerly Footnote.com), the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, FamilySearch and Lowcountry Africana, to digitize every surviving estate inventory for Colonial and Charleston South Carolina from 1732 to 1872, as well as selected Bills of Sale for the same period, in a FREE collection.

South Carolina Genealogy, The Andrea Files

An abstract of the records in the research files of Leonardo Andrea. Focus on South Carolina families. Andrea, Leonardo. The Leonardo Andrea Genealogical Collection for South Carolina. A collection of approximately 1,029 folders of compiled genealogical information and records on approximately 825 surnames including material from local and church records, family records and Bibles. The collection is on microfilm {57 rolls, 35 mm.} at the South Caroliniana Library {SCL}, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Special copying provisions apply. Contact the Manuscripts Curator, South Caroliniana Library in Columbia, SC.

South Carolina Indian Affairs Commission

The tribes of South Carolina.

The Chicora-Waccamaw Indian People

The Scotch-Irish in Virginia

An account of the influence of the Scotch-Irish emigration to Virginia, the Carolinas, and beyond.

Tribes and Villages of South Carolina