At 06:46 AM 1/18/01, you wrote:
>Can someone please tell me the procedure for obtaining copies of
>documents from the SC Archives?  Is there a surcharge for out-of-state
>residents?


See:
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/respol.htm
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/mailpol.htm
http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/guide/guide.htm


Following Copied from: http://www.state.sc.us/scdah/mailpol.htm

Genealogy Mail Service
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Our agency collects the permanently valuable state and county government 
records of South Carolina. For genealogical mail requests our reference 
staff will check the following pertinent sources if provided with the name 
of an individual, county and approximate dates of residence in South 
Carolina. Please send a self addressed stamped envelope with each 
request.  If you are communicating via E-Mail, please include your full 
postal address.  Please limit index checks to one name per letter.

Land Records
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Combined Alphabetical Index (colonial land records)
State Plats Combined Alphabetical Index 1784-1882
State Land Grants 1784-1870

Probate Records
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South Carolina Will Transcripts 1671-1868
County Estate Files

Military Records
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Audited Accounts for Revolutionary services
Confederate Military Service and Pension Records
If information is found about the individual you seek, our staff will 
provide quotes for copies of up to ten records per letter. Indexes and 
records will be quoted as they appear. We cannot verify identities, check 
the contents of records, or attempt to determine parentage. Please send no 
money until you receive an order form listing the cost of copies of 
materials located by our staff.  When you return this form with payment, we 
will process your order.

Our agency maintains no family research files, nor does it collect 
genealogies or newspapers. For the most complete guide to this type of 
information please consult Richard N. Cote, Local and Family History in 
South Carolina: A Bibliography (Greenville, SC: Southern Historical Press, 
1981). Please remember that the following counties suffered major losses of 
their pre-Civil War records: Abbeville, Beaufort, Chesterfield, Clarendon, 
Colleton, Georgetown, Lancaster, Lexington, Orangeburg, and Richland. A 
list of professional genealogical researchers is available upon 
request.  For a complete list of holdings in the South Carolina Department 
of Archives and History, see the online version of the South Carolina 
Summary Guide to Holdings.



Please send mail inquiries to:

The South Carolina Department of Archives and History
Attn: Reference Staff
8301 Parklane Road
Columbia, SC 29223

or via e-mail to [email protected]
Please include your full postal address in all communications

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