CHARLESTON REFERENCE

City of Charleston Official Web Page. SCGenWeb Project The main page to link to state-wide information. Part of the USGenWeb Project, a non-profit organization.
South Carolina GenWeb Archives Downloaded information from coordinators including Ship List, Cemeteries, Census Records and lots more from the SCGenWeb. 1886 Charleston Earthquake.
SC College and University Libraries. SC Technical College, Library Association and Public Library lists also available. South Carolina Historical Society contains 55,000 catalog records for 15,000 surnames.
SC Magazine of Ancestral Research List of Publications available for purchase. SC State Archives 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223 (803-896-6100)
Gibbes Museum of Art The Charleston Museum
County of Charleston Historic Charleston's Religious and Community Buildings on the National Register of Historic Places.
Carolina Books South Carolina Room Charleston County Library
Middleton Place Plantation Drayton Hall Plantation
Magnolia Plantation and Gardens Boone Hall Plantation
Historic Charleston Foundation Preservation Society of Charleston
City of North Charleston Diocese of Charleston Library Archives

ADDITIONAL SOUTH CAROLINA WEBSITES OF INTEREST

South Carolina Historical Society SC State Museum
Alligator Creek Genealogy Publications Appleton's Books and Genealogy  Large supply of Genealogy publications for sale.
LDS Family History Centers Furman University Library Special Collections
County Map of Charleston

 

 

 

WAR BETWEEN THE STATES

South Carolina in the Civil War. Civil War at Charleston
Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System NPS and partner organizations are actively computerizing information on Civil War Servicemen for your use. Official Site of Friends of the Hunley, includes a timeline, photos and video of the excavation, recovery and restoration of the first submarine to sink an enemy warship.
Charleston Race Course Prison Dead, SC Union Civil War POW buried at the Charleston Race Course Cemetery and later re-interred at the Beaufort National Cemetery. South Carolina State Map of Battles of War Between the States.
South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Museum, Columbia

 

RESEARCHING AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY

African American Genealogy
Major internet source for African American genealogical researchers, with mailing list, archives, newsletter, surname registry, and
Slave Data project.
Avery Research Center for African-American History
United States Colored
 Troops Organized in South Carolina
United States Colored Troops - Civil War

NATIVE AMERICAN GENEALOGY SITES

Cherokee National Historical Society Lots of transcribed information and a place to post Cherokee genealogy queries Official Site of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation
Cherokees in the Civil War. Cherokee Messenger Cherokee Cultural Society Homepage. Excerpts from the Cherokee Messenger and lots of Cherokee History.
Cherokee By Blood Lots of transcribed information and a place to post Cherokee genealogy queries. Cherokee Nation Seal of Cherokee Nation and links to the Tribal Council and a travelers guide.
History of the Chicora Indians The Chicora Indians
Edisto Indians
Choctaw Nation This site has additional links and a very good list of reference materials.
Cusabo Tribe Introduction to the Creek Nation
Catawba Indians Cyndi Howell's Genealogy Native American Links


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