South Carolina Genealogical Periodicals and Publications

One of the most formidable challenges facing genealogists is finding all the information for a particular ancestor and a specific geographic area of interest—the challenge of comprehensive searching. So much of the success one enjoys—or the frustration one endures—is directly tied to finding and using the widest range of sources. The many different kinds of magazines and periodicals published by individuals and organizations in the field are often overlooked sources of genealogical clues.

With the many thousands of periodicals currently being published or having been published, the task of finding specific geographic and surname data may at first appear daunting. But there are numerous ways of both finding the right periodical and locating the meaningful articles for research. These ways come in the form of directories and lists as well as a wide variety to indexes providing access to the world of genealogical periodical literature.

Like most other states, South Carolina historical and genealogical organizations publish excellent periodicals. Two important private publications are and . The South Carolina Department of Archives and History and the FHL have these and other periodicals pertaining to South Carolina genealogy.

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South Carolina Historical Magazine (Charleston, S.C.: South Carolina Historical Society, 1900–present)
Carolina Herald (Greenville, S.C.: Carolina Genealogical Society, 1974–present)
Transactions of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina (Charleston, S.C.: The Huguenot Society of South Carolina, 1888–present)
The South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research (Columbia, S.C.: Brent Howard Holcomb, 1973–present)
Carolina Genealogist (Danielsville, Ga.: Mary B. Warren, 1969–present)
Upper South Carolina Genealogy and History (Piedmont Historical Society)

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