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Charleston Birth Records

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Births, 1877-1901 FamilySearch Library

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1857-1978, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Circular Congregational Church records, 1732- (bulk 1800-1910s), Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Independent Congregational (Circular) Church, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina computer printout : births or christenings, 1732-1815 FamilySearch Library

Index to 1862-1932 St. Michael's Parish records, ca. 1932 Archive Grid

James Island Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.) records, 1833-1980 Archive Grid

Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church records, 1884-1949, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Records, 1809-1909, Second Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.). Archive Grid

Records, 1847-1875, First Baptist Church (Charleston, S.C.). Archive Grid

Register (microform) of Trinity Church, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Saint John Lutheran, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina computer printout; births or christenings, 1752-1786 FamilySearch Library

Saint Philip, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina computer printout; births or christenings, 1718-1810 FamilySearch Library

Second Presbyterian Church baptisms, 1809-1832, 1809-ca. 1940, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Second Presbyterian Church records, 1809-1981, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

South Carolina : Charleston births and deaths, 1832-1927 WorldCat

South Carolina Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina, Birth Records, 1877-1901 Ancestry online

South Carolina Delayed Births, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, South Carolina Births, 1877-1901 Ancestry online

South Carolina, Birth Records, 1915-present South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

South Carolina, Charleston County, Charleston, Birth Registers, 1901-1926 Family Search online

South Carolina, Delayed Birth Records, 1766-1900 and City of Charleston, Birth Records, 1877-1901 Archives.com online

St. Andrews Episcopal Church records, 1719-1899 Archive Grid

St. John's Lutheran Church records, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Mark's Episcopal Church records, 1866-1983, St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.). Archive Grid

St. Michael's Episcopal Church records, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Peter's Episcopal Church records, 1834-1967, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Philip's Church records, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Stephen's Church records, 1822-1881, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.). Archive Grid

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church records, 1822-1880, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Unitarian Church of Charleston, S.C., records, 1819-2000 Archive Grid

Charleston Cemetery Records (135)


Charleston Census Records

Census of the city of Charleston, South Carolina, for the year 1848 : exhibiting the condition and prospects of the city, illustrated by many statistical details FamilySearch Library

People and professions of Charleston, South Carolina, 1782-1802 FamilySearch Library

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Charleston Church Records (147)


Charleston City Directories (129)


Charleston Court Records

Court docket, 1768, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas (Charleston District) Archive Grid

Court of Common Pleas records, 1726-1885, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas (Charleston District) Archive Grid

Charleston Death Records (51)


Charleston Histories and Genealogies

Black Charlestonians : a social history, 1822-1885 FamilySearch Library

Charleston : the Place and the People Ancestry online

Charleston Chapter, South Carolina Genealogical Society : surname index FamilySearch Library

Charleston's sons of Liberty : a study of the artisans, 1763-1789 FamilySearch Library

Church Island Cemetery : a history of the Church of the Epiphany at the Rocks FamilySearch Library

History and records of the Charleston Orphan House FamilySearch Library

History of the New England Society of Charleston, South Carolina, for One Hundred Years, 1819-1919 LDS Genealogy online

History of the New England Society of Charleston, South Carolina, for One Hundred Years, 1819-1919 Internet Archive online

Landmarks of Charleston : Including Description of An Incomparable Stroll Ancestry online

Mellowed By Time : A Charleston Notebook Ancestry online

People and Professions of Charleston, South Carolina, 1782-1802 Ancestry online

Privateers in Charleston, 1793-1796 Ancestry online

Privateers in Charleston, 1793-1796 : an account of a French palatinate in South Carolina FamilySearch Library

Proceedings on the occasion of the dedication of Memorial Hall : and the unveiling of Valentine's bronze bust of William Enston at the Home on the 22d February 1889 FamilySearch Library

Reminiscences of Charleston Ancestry online

Stories of Charleston Harbor Ancestry online

Stray Leaves Garnered Ancestry online

The Charleston City Guide Ancestry online

The Dwelling Houses of Charleston, South Carolina Ancestry online

The Huguenot herald (Huguenot Society of South Carolina) FamilySearch Library

The Jews of Charleston : a history of an American Jewish community FamilySearch Library

The Jews of South Carolina; a survey of the records at present existing in Charleston LDS Genealogy online

The Jews of South Carolina; a survey of the records at present existing in Charleston Internet Archive online

The dwelling houses of Charleston, South Carolina FamilySearch Library

The history of the German Friendly Society of Charleston, South Carolina, 1766-1916 FamilySearch Library

The newspaper press of Charleston, S.C.; a chronological and biographical history, embracing a period of one hundred and forty years LDS Genealogy online

The newspaper press of Charleston, S.C.; a chronological and biographical history, embracing a period of one hundred and forty years Internet Archive online

The story of the South Carolina lowcountry FamilySearch Library

This Is Charleston : A Survey of the Architectural Heritage of A Unique American City Ancestry online

Charleston Immigration Records

Citizens naturalized at Charleston's Federal District Court, 1790-1833 WorldCat

Dowers, citizenship petitions, etc., 1796-1905, Charleston County, South Carolina FamilySearch Library

Naturalization petitions and records, 1866-1953, United States District Court (South Carolina : Eastern District) Archive Grid

Naturalization petitions, Columbia, 1908-1965 ; index cards (United States. District Court (South Carolina : Eastern District)) FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, Charleston and Columbia, South Carolina, 1907-1910, 1918 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization records, Charleston, South Carolina, ca. 1885-1936 FamilySearch Library

Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829 Ancestry online

Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829 (included in My GPC Library subscription) Genealogical.com online

Passenger List: Snow 'James And Mary' Fall 1767-January 1768, Departing Larne, Counry Antrim, Northern Ireland To Charleston, South Carolina [Colony], America & Bounty Warrants Of Survey Prepared For These Protestant Petitioners January 12, 1768 US Gen Web Archives online

Passenger arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829 WorldCat

Passenger arrivals at the port of Charleston, 1820-1829 FamilySearch Library

South Carolina, Charleston U.S. Citizens Passenger Lists, 1919-1948 Family Search online

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Charleston 1820, 1822-1829, 1919-1948, 1957 ) Ancestry online

U.S., Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists (includes Charleston 1919-1948 ) Ancestry online

Charleston Land Records

An index to deeds of the province and state of South Carolina, 1719- 1785 and Charleston District, 1785-1800 FamilySearch Library

Charleston District, South Carolina Estate Inventories and Selected Bills of Sale; 1732-1872 Fold3 online

Charleston city, Charleston County and South Carolina miscellaneous land records, 1719-1873; index to land records, 1719-1898 FamilySearch Library

Charleston Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of Charleston, South Carolina 1872. Library of Congress online

Charleston 1780 Siege Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston 1780 Siege Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston 1788 Ichnography Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston 1788 Ichnography Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston 1850 to 1899 Bird's Eye View - 77x104 Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston 1850 to 1899 Bird's Eye View - 77x104 Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston 1872 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston 1872 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston Harbor 1861 Plan and Fortifications Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston Harbor 1861 Plan and Fortifications Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston Harbor Chart 1865 South Carolina Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston Harbor Chart 1865 South Carolina Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston Harbor Chart 1866 South Carolina Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston Harbor Chart 1866 South Carolina Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston Harbor Chart 186x South Carolina Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston Harbor Chart 186x South Carolina Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston Harbor Chart 1878 South Carolina Map Historic Map Works online

Charleston Harbor Chart 1878 South Carolina Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Charleston Harbor Chart, 1865, South Carolina Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Charleston Harbor Chart, 1866 South Carolina Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Charleston Harbor, South Carolina 1865 Map American Geographical Society online

Charleston, 1780, Siege Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Charleston, 1788, Ichnography Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Charleston, 1872, Bird's Eye View Map (in U.S. Historic Land Ownership and Reference Atlases) Ancestry online

Charleston, South Carolina Maps 1863-1883 American Geographical Society online

Fort Sumter, South Carolina 1860? Map American Geographical Society online

Map of Charleston, So. Ca. : with all changes up to July 1st, 1891, showing various election precincts and wards Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Moultrie, 1984 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Moultrie, 1996 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Moultrie, South Carolina, 1970 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Sumter today, 2000 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Sumter, 1861 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Sumter, 1861 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Sumter, 1861 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Sumter, 1861 Library of Congress online

Map of Fort Sumter, 1861 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, 1902-1944 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, 1902-1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, June 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, May 1884 Library of Congress online

Charleston Marriage Records

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Calvary Episcopal Church records, 1848-1978, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church records, 1857-1978, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Charleston, South Carolina marriages, 1877-1895 FamilySearch Library

Charleston, South Carolina, Marriage Records, 1877-1887 Ancestry online

Circular Congregational Church records, 1732- (bulk 1800-1910s), Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Index to 1862-1932 St. Michael's Parish records, ca. 1932 Archive Grid

Jewish marriage notices : from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C. (1775-1906) WorldCat

Jewish marriage notices from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C. (1775-1906) WorldCat

Jewish marriage notices from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C., 1775-1906 LDS Genealogy online

Jewish marriage notices from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C., 1775-1906 Internet Archive online

Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim congregation records, 1798-2002 (20th century), Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Marriage Notices in Charleston Courier, 1803-1808 : from the Files in the Library of the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, S.C. FamilySearch Library

Marriage Notices in Charleston Courier, 1803-1808 : from the Files in the Library of the Charleston Library Society, Charleston, S.C. FamilySearch Library

Marriage Notices in the South-Carolina and American General Gazette from May 30, 1766 To February 28, 1781 and in Its Successor the Royal Gazette, 1781-1782 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death Notices from the (Charleston) Times, 1800-1821 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death Notices from the (Charleston, South Carolina) Mercury, 1822-1832 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death Notices from the Charleston Observer, 1827-1845 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death Notices from the Southern Patriot, 1815-1848 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and Death Notices from the Southern Patriot, 1815-1848 FamilySearch Library

Marriage and death notices from the (Charleston, South Carolina) Mercury, 1822-1832 WorldCat

Marriage and death notices from the Charleston observer, 1827-1845 WorldCat

Marriage and death notices from the Southern Presbyterian, Volume I, 1847-1865 WorldCat

Marriage and death notices from the Southern patriot WorldCat

Marriage notices in Charleston Courier, 1803-1808 WorldCat

Marriage notices in Charleston courier, 1803-1808 Genealogy Gophers online

Marriage notices in the South-Carolina Gazette and country journal and in the Charlestown Gazette, 1765-1780. WorldCat

Marriage notices in the South-Carolina and American general gazette from May 30, 1766, to February 28, 1781, and in its successor the Royal gazette (1781-1782) WorldCat

Marriage notices in the South-Carolina gazette and its successors, 1732-1801 WorldCat

Marriage records, 1877-1887 FamilySearch Library

Records, 1809-1909, Second Presbyterian Church (Charleston, S.C.). Archive Grid

Records, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, 1822-1920 (St. John's Lutheran Church (Charleston, South Carolina)) FamilySearch Library

Register (microform) of Trinity Church, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Saint John Lutheran, Charleston, South Carolina computer printout; marriages, 1752-1785 FamilySearch Library

Saint Philip, Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina computer printout; marriages, 1720-1802 FamilySearch Library

Second Presbyterian Church marriages, 1811-1870, 1811-ca. 1940, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Second Presbyterian Church records, 1809-1981, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

South Carolina, Newspaper Marriage Notices, 1732-1801 (from South Carolina Gazette of Charleston) Ancestry online

St. Andrews Episcopal Church : Marriages, 1714-1774. WorldCat

St. Andrews Episcopal Church records, 1719-1899 Archive Grid

St. John's Lutheran Church records, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Mark's Episcopal Church records, 1866-1983, St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.). Archive Grid

St. Michael's Episcopal Church records, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Peter's Episcopal Church records, 1834-1967, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Philip's Church records, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

St. Stephen's Church records, 1822-1881, St. Stephen's Episcopal Church (Charleston, S.C.). Archive Grid

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church records, 1822-1880, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

The United States Catholic Miscellany, July-December, 1825, Names, Marriages, & Deaths FamilySearch Library

Unitarian Church of Charleston, S.C., records, 1819-2000 Archive Grid

Charleston Military Records

American Revolution roster, Fort Sullivan (later Fort Moultrie), 1776-1780. Battle of Fort Sullivan : events leading to first decisive victory. WorldCat

Charleston's maritime heritage, 1670-1865 : an illustrated history (Coker, P. C., 1942-) FamilySearch Library

Military petitions, Charleston, South Carolina, 1918-1924 (United States. District Court) FamilySearch Library

On the Eve of the Civil War: the Charleston, Sc Directories for the Years 1859 and 1860 Ancestry online

The Orderly book of Captain Benjamin Taliaferro : 2d Virginia Detachment, Charleston, South Carolina, 1780 (Taliaferro, Benjamin, 1750-1821) FamilySearch Library

The biographical roster of the immortal 600 (Joslyn, Mauriel Phillips, 1955-) FamilySearch Library

Charleston Minority Records

Friendly Moralist Society records, 1841-1856, Charleston, S.C. Archive Grid

Jewish marriage notices : from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C. (1775-1906) WorldCat

Jewish marriage notices from the newspaper press of Charleston, S.C. (1775-1906) WorldCat

Negro auction sales book, 1774-1776 Archive Grid

South Carolina, Charleston, Free Negro Capitation Books, 1811-1860 Family Search online

State free Negro capitation tax books, Charleston, South Carolina , ca. 1811-1860 FamilySearch Library

The Huguenot herald (Huguenot Society of South Carolina) FamilySearch Library

The Jews of Charleston : a history of an American Jewish community FamilySearch Library

The history of the German Friendly Society of Charleston, South Carolina, 1766-1916 FamilySearch Library

Charleston Miscellaneous Records

Orphans records, 1790-1947 FamilySearch Library

Registers of signatures of depositors, 1865-1874 FamilySearch Library

U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940 (includes Charleston, South Carolina) Ancestry online

Charleston Newspapers and Obituaries (140)


Charleston Probate Records

1670-1980 South Carolina Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of wills of Charleston District, South Carolina and other wills recorded in the districts, 1783-1800 FamilySearch Library

Charleston District, South Carolina, journal of the Court of Ordinary, 1812-1830 WorldCat

Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina, 1671-1868 Ancestry online

Probate Court, Estate inventories 1732-1844 (included in South Carolina probate records) Ancestry online

Probate Court, Index to estate inventories 1834-1844 (included in South Carolina probate records) Ancestry online

Charleston School Records (88)


Charleston Tax Records

Charleston City Tax Records, 1859-1875 Archive Grid

State free Negro capitation tax books, Charleston, South Carolina , ca. 1811-1860 FamilySearch Library



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