South Carolina Tri-County Genealogy Genealogy information for the genealogical researcher. Research centered in Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties of South Carolina. Research includes census reports, cemetery reports, will abstracts, genealogy helps and more.
      
Berkeley County, SC
Charleston County, SC
Dorchester County, SC

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Welcome to the South Carolina Tri County Genealogy Site. We are glad you came to visit. Please take time to look over the records and information we have here. This site covers Berkeley, Charleston and Dorchester Counties. At this time, this site is still getting started but we are working hard to put up as much information as possible BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP!. If you have records or documents that you would like to see us add, please contact us. Consider becoming a volunteer for one of the projects we have going and if you can do something you don't see listed on our Volunteers Needed page, please let us know and we will be more than happy to have you join us.

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Anyone can be a volunteer for as much or as little as they want. You can volunteer for whatever you have time or willingness to do, and you may quit at any time. Volunteers are the heart and back bone of this genealogy project so if you have access to Berkeley, Charleston and/or Dorchester County resources, and can give a few hours of your time to help promote free online genealogy, please contact Ginny Magee. To find out how you can help please visit our Volunteers Needed page. Remember, volunteer to do as little or as much as you can, but please volunteer!

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General Tri-County
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Berkeley Co, SC
Charleston Co., SC
Dorchester Co., SC
Resources that are not County Specific
 
Formed: 1882
Parent County: Charleston Co
County Seat: Moncks Corner
Formed: 1769
Parent County: Original County
County Seat: Charleston
Formed: 1897
Parent County: Berkeley and Colleton
County Seat: St. George
Column A
 
Column B
Column C
Column D
Royal Counties
or counties which weren't really counties in the modern sense.
  • 1895 Map of South Carolina
  • Collection of SC Maps 1683-1941
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    Historic Goose Creek, SC 1670-1980
    By: Michael J. Heitzler
  • Berkeley Co Map 1895
  • Map of Berkeley Co., SC Today
  • Charleston Co Map 1895
  • Birds Eye View of Charleston, 1872
  • Map of Charleston and vicinity, 1862
  • Map of Charleston Co Today

  • Map of Dorchester Co. Today
  • Parish Formations
     
    Berkeley Co. Towns & Parish Pages
    Charleston Co. Towns & Parishes
    Dorchester Co. Towns
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    Reference Section
    This section includes Vital Records Info including birth, death & baptism, Cemeteries, Census, and City Directories
    Tri-County Records
    Marriages from
    The Charleston Courier
    Bride Index:
    1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808
    Groom Index:
    1803, 1804, 1805, 1806, 1807, 1808
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    Berkeley County Records
    St. Thomas & St. Denis Parish
    Marriage Records 1703-1750
    Marriage Records 1751-1780
    Birth & Baptism Records-Working
    Charleston County Records
    2nd Presbyterian Church Records
    Marriages 1811-1814
    Marriages, Bride Index 1833-1870
    Marriages, Groom Index 1833-1870
    Baptisms 1809-1832
    Dorchester County Records
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    Church Records
    Register Union Chapel St. John, St. Stephen
    Baptisms 1828-1834
    Baptisms 1835-1882
    Baptisms & Burials by H.H.Phelps
    Marriage Records 1828-1842
    Funeral Records
    Other Church Records
    Trinity Church
    Church of The Epiphany
    Church Records
    Records Filmed at St. Philips Protestant Episcopal Church
    Burials 1753-1765
    1753-1760 Online
    Places of Worship
    Church Records
    Places of Worship
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    Census Records
    Berkeley County Census Index
    All of 1790 Online
    Census Records & Directories
    Charleston Census Index
    All of 1790 Online
    1794 Charleston City Directory
    Census Records
    Dorchester County Census Index
    1725 & 1790 St. Georges Parish Online
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    Court Records
    Berkeley Jury Lists 1718-1783-Working
    Court Records
    Charleston Jury Lists 1718-1783-Working
    Court Records
    St. Georges Parish Jury Lists 1718-1783-Working
     
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    Military Records
     
    Military Records
    Charleston County Confederate Pension Records 1919-1969
    Military Records
     
    Lookup Volunteers
    For all three counties
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    Cemetery & Obit Records
    Berkeley County Cemetery Index
    Berkeley County Obituaries
    Cemetery & Obit Records
    Charleston County Cemetery Index
    Charleston County Obituaries
    Charleston Co Death Records-1950
    Cemetery & Obit Records
    Dorchester County Cemetery Index
    Dorchester County Obituaries
    History Section
    This section includes Plantations and Ships Passenger Lists
    The CSS Hunley
    Visit the Confederate Ship Hunley
    Friends of The Hunley
    C.S.S. Hunley Submarine Recovery Information
    The Hunley.Com
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    Historic Plantation
    Berkeley Co. Historic Plantations & Houses
    Ships Passenger Lists
    Ships Passenger Lists
    Arriving at the Port of Charleston
    Off Site Areas of Interest
    This area is a collection of other sites with South Carolina Information
    South Carolina Dept of
    History & Archives

    Index Online
    Several databases to search.
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    The Santee Cooper Project
    Removal of Graves
    by the Santee Cooper Project, Moncks Corners, South Carolina
    The 1886 Charleston, SC Earthquake
    Search Marriage Records
    Charleston Co.

    1879 to Present.
    Tri-County Neighbors
    Georgetown - USGenWeb
    Willamsburg - ALHN
    Clarendon - USGenWeb
    Orangeburg - AHGP
    Bamburg - USGenWeb
    Colleton - ALHN
    Other Stuff
     
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