The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has a rather simple, but impressive, web site. The site includes images of many orignal documents as well as indexes that allow the documents to be found quickly.
The documents available include:
| Title | Number of Items |
|---|---|
| Confederate Pension Applications 1919 - 1938 | 10,242 items |
| Criminal Journals 1769 - 1776 | 2,087 items |
| Index to Multiple Record Series ca. 1675 -1929 | 173,042 items |
| Legislative Papers 1782 - 1866 | 53,489 items |
| National Register of Historic Places | 1,415 items |
| Plats for State Land Grants 1784 - 1868 | 51,809 items |
| School Insurance Photographs 1935 - 1952 | 2,662 items |
| Will Transcripts 1782 - 1855 | 11,059 items |
TOTAL: |
305,803 items |
You can search the on-line index for documents by entering a personal name, geographic location, topic or a combination of these search factors. You may also specify a time span.
Images of records available are made possible by the support of an IMLS/LSTA grant administered by the South Carolina State Library.
You can access the South Carolina Archive Documents at http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov.
