Charleston County SC Genealogy
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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Charleston Records by TypeBirth Records (35)Cemetery Records (493) Census Records (51) Church Records (183) City Directories (130) Court Records (2) Death Records (59) Histories and Genealogies (38) Immigration Records (15) Land Records (6) Map Records (49) Marriage Records (58) Military Records (14) Minority Records (15) Miscellaneous Records (6) Newspapers and Obituaries (280) Probate Records (22) School Records (106) Tax Records (3) 
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Overview of Charleston County Records
- Charleston County was created in 1769 from Colleton and Berkeley counties.
- Birth and death records from 1915 to the present, as well as marriage records from 1950 to the present can be obtained from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control .
- The Charleston County Health Department has birth and death records starting in 1915.
- The Charleston County Probate Judge has marriage records starting in 1911, probate records starting in 1671, and court records starting in 1700.
- The Charleston County Clerk Court has divorce records.
- The Charleston County Registrar has land records starting in 1671.
- Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.