Saturday, June 4, 2011

ABC's of Abbeville County, SC: SCDAH Online Index

ON-LINE RECORDS  INDEX at SCDAH (Click on image).
There is a scavenger hunt going on at the South Carolina Genealogy Research Community  on Facebook for Abbeville County, South Carolina.  Well if you are on a scavenger hunt for records, it would help to know how to use the Online Index at the South Carolina Department of Archives and History


Search for John Waller at ON-LINE RECORDS  INDEX (Click on image).


 This is how the records are grouped:


 Records of Confederate Veterans 1909 - 1973 10,756 items
 Criminal Court Records  4,144 items
 Index to Multiple Record Series ca. 1675 -1929  173,216 items
 Legislative Papers 1782 - 1866 53,489 items
 National Register of Historic Places 1,415 items
 Plats for State Land Grants 1784 - 1868 51,809 items
 School Insurance Photographs 1935 - 1952  2,662 items
 Will Transcripts 1782 - 1855 11,059 items
  TOTAL: 308,580 items

                                     See: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/ 


Go to ON-LINE RECORDS  INDEX enter the name of your ancestor first, put a comma, then begin to enter the last name.  You will see suggestions pop up, and you may recognize some of the names that come up.


For example, I entered the name "Waller, John" and several choices came up.  Let's say the John Waller I was looking for lived in Abbeville prior to 1868.  Prior to 1868 we would be looking for records in Abbeville District.  It was renamed Abbeville County in 1868. I entered Abbeville District and clicked search.  That brought me to seven records. Some are even online. 
Seven results for John Waller on the ON-LINE RECORDS  INDEX at SCDAH (Click on image).


 I chose to look at this record:


Series: S108093
Reel: 0002
Frame: 00332
Item: 000
Record 3
of 7 records
WALLER, JOHN N. OF ABBEVILLE DISTRICT, WILL TYPESCRIPT (MSS WILL: ESTATE RECORD BOOK 1, PAGE 269; ESTATE PACKET: BOX 98, PKG 2398) (2 FRAMES). View all index terms 1802 Online images available

If the image was not available online, I would go the the archives with the above information and locate the records on microfilm. If I lived too far, I could contact them and request a photocopy.




Click here to view the image for yourself.  Now try it out yourself.


If you find an ancestor, post the good news here: 

South Carolina Genealogy Research Community

Happy Hunting!
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