Edgefield 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. Edgefield Records by Type Birth Records (2) Cemetery Records (157) Census Records (53) Church Records (19) Court Records (6) Death Records (10) Histories and Genealogies (11) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (9) Map Records (14) Marriage Records (8) Military Records (10) Minority Records (4) Miscellaneous Records (4) Newspapers and Obituaries (35) Probate Records (15) School Records (7) Tax Records (4)

Overview of Edgefield County Records

• Edgefield County was created in 1785 from District 96.
• 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 Edgefield County Health Department has birth records starting in 1915, death records starting in 1915, and burial records.
• The Edgefield County Probate Judge has marriage records starting in 1911 and probate records starting in 1790.
• The Edgefield County Clerk has land records starting in 1786, divorce records, and court records starting in 1785.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.