Kershaw County, South Carolina Genealogy
Kershaw was created in 1798 from Camden District.
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Archives
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The
South Carolina Archives has provided
a great page listing Genealogy
Resources at the Archives. It lists the records most useful for finding
ancestors. Many of these records have online indexes where researchers can
type in their ancestor's name. Services include a research room, research by
the reference staff and the sale of photocopies. The procedure is to
fill out a
Research Request From and wait for their response which if include the
price of photocopies if a record is found. |
Census
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The following census links at Ancestry.com
take you to the page where you can enter your ancestor's name and search
for that ancestor. To search the original census page by page, scroll down
to the bottom, click on the desired state, then county, and then township. |
1800 United States Census
 - online at Ancestry.com |
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1810 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1820 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1830 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1840 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850 United States Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1850-1880 United States Mortality Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1860 United States Slave Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
1860
South Carolina 1860 Agricultural Census: Volume
2
- book by Heritage Books
Includes the counties of
Kershaw, Greenville, Horry,
Kershaw, Lancaster, Laurens, Lexington, Marion and Marlboro. |
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1870 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1880 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1890 United States Veteran Census Schedules
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1900 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1910 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1920 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
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1930 United States Census
- online at Ancestry.com |
Court Records
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1762-1979
Kershaw County, South Carolina, Minutes of the County Court, 1791-1799, by
Brent H. Holcomb, pub. 1986
The records include abstracts of the county court
minutes including probate matters, orphan issues, and civil cases. The CD
includes a full index. |
Family History
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BASKIN
Andrew Baskin, Esq., Kershaw and Lancaster Counties, South Carolina, pub.
1965 - online at Ancestry.com
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Libraries |
World-wide
www.FamilySearch.org - free index
online by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
The largest collection of genealogy records is in Salt
Lake City, Utah. Their web site includes a free index to an online database
currently called the Ancestral File and other major collections including
the 1880 US Census and the 1881 United Kingdom Census.
The web site also
contains an online catalog to their massive genealogy collection. Local,
state, and country records have been gathered throughout the world. Individual lists of
U.S. statewide records can be viewed online
including one for
Kershaw County, South Carolina. If the record has been microfilmed it can be rented and viewed
at a Family History Center near you. Hours and addresses are available on
the Find
a Family History Center Near You web page. Access is open to everyone. |
Map
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1682-present
Maps Tracing the Formation of
South Carolina Counties - free online at South Carolina Archives
In most areas of the United States genealogy records
can be found under the county name. This is the case in South Caroling.
Therefore, it is important to understand the formation of counties.
Therefore when a large county was divided into smaller counties, most of
the time the county that retains the county name will most likely have the
records for the rest of the smaller counties prior to the time the small
county was formed. To locate the records of ancestors that lived in the
area prior to the time the county was created, researchers must look in
the county from which the small county was formed. The maps found on this
web site assist in locating the earlier county names. |
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1895
U.S. 1895 Atlas (Kershaw County, South Carolina) - free online |
Vital Records
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1915-1949
South Carolina Death Index, 1915-1949- online at Ancestry.com
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1937-current
Social Security Death Index
- at Ancestry.com |
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1950-1952
South Carolina Death Index, 1950-1952
- online at Ancestry.com
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