Subject: Re: birth and death certificates From: Gary Wilbanks Date: February 15, 1999 Message text written by INTERNET:[email protected] ><< Usually birth certificates and death certificates are held in the county for five years. After that you must submit a form to the SC dept of vital statistics with a check of $12.00 for each request. >>< Another source for death certificates is the SC Department of Archives and History in Columbia, SC. I don't know how much they charge or if they will even do a search. I was there a few months ago and saw the microfilmed death certificate records for all of the counties of SC beginning in 1915. I spent several hours trying to find my gg-grandfather, Daniel Harrison Howard, and finally found his death certificate in the SC Archives filed among the Abbeville deaths dated in September of 1925. It opened all sorts of research opportunities since it identified his parents who were previously unknown. ==== SCROOTS Mailing List ==== Go To: #, A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z, Main |