Dorchester Genealogy (in Dorchester County, SC)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Dorchester are also found through the Dorchester County and South Carolina pages.


Dorchester Birth Records

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

Dorchester Cemetery Records

Dorchester (Harley) Cemetery Billion Graves online

Lemon Grove Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Harley Cemetery Billion Graves online

Dorchester Census Records

Federal Census of 1940, Dorchester, South Carolina LDS Genealogy online

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

Dorchester Death Records

1915-1943 South Carolina Deaths MyHeritage online

1915-1965 South Carolina Death Records Ancestry online

1950-1964 South Carolina Deaths MyHeritage online

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

Dorchester Marriage Records

Dorchester County, South Carolina marriage licenses : (1 license each noted for the years 1880 & 1927), ca. 1918-1950 FamilySearch Library

Dorchester 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

Dorchester School Records

Harleyville Ridgeville High School yearbooks, 1970, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Proceedings of the commissioners of the Free School of St. George's, Dorchester, June 27,1757-April 23, 1949 FamilySearch Library


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