Articles & News

Historical notes, events, and genealogy columns imported from the original site — ready to expand with fresh research content.

• How to Use the SC Research System featured
  July 12, 2026
  The sequenced path from jurisdiction to county hub to free tools—bookmark this.
• A Beginner’s Path: Start Here → Guide → County → Topic featured
  July 11, 2026
  The site’s intended journey for new SC researchers—and how to stay unstuck.
• Researching Women When Her Maiden Name Is Missing featured
  July 11, 2026
  Dower, equity, church rolls, and obituaries—practical SC tactics.
• Which Free Printable Should You Use First? featured
  July 11, 2026
  Starter checklist vs cheatsheet vs burned-county vs AA pack.
• Internal Linking for SC Research: Guides, Hubs, and Neighbors featured
  July 11, 2026
  How this site is wired so you always have a next click.
• Charleston Template Everywhere: What Every County Hub Now Includes featured
  July 11, 2026
  The master-plan differentiator: consistent structure across all 46 counties.
• How to Use the Record Availability Matrix on Every County Page featured
  July 11, 2026
  Coverage badges are guidance—not guarantees. Here’s the correct research order.
• How South Carolina Genealogy Works: Citations, Updates & Corrections featured
  July 11, 2026
  What our county hubs include, how we cite, and how to send corrections that actually get used.
• Plantation & Community Names: A Lowcountry Research Crosswalk featured
  July 11, 2026
  Why “they lived at X plantation” is a geography clue—and how to turn it into a record search.
• South Carolina Migration Corridors: An Atlas for Family Historians featured
  July 11, 2026
  Great Wagon Road, Pee Dee, Savannah River, textile belt, and coastal in-migration—mapped as research paths.
• Military Research Hub: Revolution to 20th Century in South Carolina featured
  July 11, 2026
  A curated jump-list from statewide method to the county battlefields and bases that generate records.
• African American Research Hub for South Carolina featured
  July 11, 2026
  Reading path from freedom stories to county paper trails—Lowcountry, Midlands, and Upstate.
• Indigenous & Catawba Research Hub featured
  July 11, 2026
  Respectful research paths for Catawba and broader Indigenous presence in South Carolina records.
• South Carolina Genealogy Relaunch: A Major Overhaul featured
  July 10, 2026
  After years on aging WordPress infrastructure, South Carolina Genealogy is being rebuilt from the ground up: modern PHP, richer county research pages, preserved forum history, and…
• How to Use Neighbor Counties When the Courthouse Is Empty
  July 11, 2026
  A practical checklist for fanning out deeds, marriages, and newspapers across SC county lines.
• A One-Hour SC Research Session Plan
  July 11, 2026
  Stay focused: one person, one decade, one jurisdiction.
• Finding Free Black Ancestors in Antebellum South Carolina
  July 11, 2026
  Tax lists, freedom papers, church rolls, and careful reading of probate.
• Using the On This Day and This Week History Tools
  July 11, 2026
  Turn commemorative dates into research prompts for county hubs.
• What to Bring to an SCDAH Research Trip
  July 11, 2026
  Prepare jurisdiction notes, surname variants, and a narrow question before you arrive.
• How to Research a Burned County in South Carolina
  July 10, 2026
  When the courthouse is thin or gone: neighbors, churches, newspapers, and state substitutes.
• Using the County Record Matrix on This Site
  July 10, 2026
  How to read coverage badges and year ranges before you waste a search day.
• African American Research Paths in South Carolina
  July 10, 2026
  A practical order of sources from freedom documents to plantation context—and why jurisdiction still matters.
• DNA, Endogamy, and South Carolina Family Trees
  July 10, 2026
  Why match lists get noisy in SC clusters—and how to combine DNA with jurisdiction-aware paper research.
• How to Research Charleston County Records in 2026
  July 10, 2026
  A practical 2026 workflow for Charleston County: parishes, islands, SCDAH, FamilySearch, and the new county hub on this site.
• South Carolina Migration Tips: Into, Across, and Out of the State
  July 10, 2026
  How SC families arrived (Wagon Road, ports, townships), moved between districts, and left for Georgia, Alabama, and mill towns.
• DNA for South Carolina Roots: Clusters, Endogamy, and Documents
  July 10, 2026
  How to use autosomal DNA on SC lines without drowning in matches—especially in endogamous Upstate and Lowcountry communities.
• What's New on South Carolina Genealogy (2026 Rebuild)
  July 10, 2026
  Research guides, town pages, record matrices, timeline, PWA, stats, and how to get the free starter checklist.
• Forum Mess Cleaned Out
  January 11, 2013
• Wofford Shape Note Singing - March 17th
  March 14, 2012
• Civil War Spy Games and Intrigue to be Topic at Limestone on March 5th
  March 1, 2012
• Walnut Grove Plantation is Open for Public Tours on Saturdays in March
  February 27, 2012
• Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience
  February 27, 2012
• Black History Month Celebration
  February 14, 2012
• Civil War Reading and Discussion Series
  February 5, 2012
• Spartanburg History Hub Events This Weekend
  January 25, 2012
• Cowpens Reenactment this Weekend
  January 12, 2012
• Spartanburg Regional History Museum - Free Admission
  December 1, 2011
• Help the Spartanburg Historical Association win $25000
  November 17, 2011
• Spartanburg History Hub November 17
  November 15, 2011
• Off topic
  November 2, 2011
• Victorian Picnic Oct. 22 in Magnolia Cemetery
  October 18, 2011
• Upcoming SC Genealogy and History Events
  October 14, 2011
• Annual Revolutionary War Re-enactment October 1-2 during FestiFall at Walnut Grove Plantation
  September 27, 2011
• Spartanburg - Lunch and Learn September 23
  September 22, 2011
• Spartanburg History Hub - September 22nd, 2011
  September 20, 2011
• Revolutionary War Flags to be Topic at Season’s Final Friday Campfire at Walnut Grove Plantation
  September 6, 2011
• Saturday at the Seay House - August 20
  August 15, 2011
• Happy Independence Day!
  July 4, 2011
• Historic Price House to Hold First-Ever Summer Day Camp This Month
  June 17, 2011
• Chautauqua at The Library - June 18, 20, 21, 22 & 23
  June 17, 2011
• Seay House Saturday June 18th 10-4
  June 14, 2011
• Hampton Heights Book Release Party - June 5
  May 30, 2011
• Planning for Summer Camps?
  May 27, 2011
• Lunch & Learn Spartanburg - The American Legion Post 28 Military Museum Tour - May 27th
  May 25, 2011
• Walnut Grove Plantation’s Law & Order: Backcountry Investigates How Settlers Kept Peace on South Carolina's Frontier
  May 25, 2011
• Spartanburg History Hub - May 26th 7pm
  May 25, 2011
• Taste of the Backcountry - May 7th, 2011
  April 27, 2011
• Stone Soup Storytelling Festival, April 29-30, Woodruff, SC
  April 25, 2011
• Militia Drill or Tea Party & Fashion Show - Saturday, April 23
  April 17, 2011
• Piedmont Historical Society April Meeting
  April 16, 2011
• Hub City Railroad Museum has a New Website!
  April 16, 2011
• Civil War Sesquicentennial Programming - Wofford - April 12/25
  April 12, 2011
• Living Green at the Seay House - April 16th
  April 12, 2011
• Bloody Bill Cunningham - Nov-Dec 1781
  April 4, 2011
• Re-live Andrew Barry Moore’s Childhood at Walnut Grove Plantation on Saturday, April 9
  April 3, 2011
• Spartanburg Methodist College Folk Festival
  March 29, 2011
• Spring Into History at Walnut Grove Plantation
  March 25, 2011
• Spartanburg History Hub March 24th at 6:30
  March 23, 2011
• Singin' Billy Walker Shape Note Singing - March 19th @ Wofford - SC Hall of Fame Induction March 28th at Myrtle Beach
  March 11, 2011
• Candlelight Supper at Walnut Grove Plantation - March 19th
  March 10, 2011
• Piedmont Historical Society - March 10th
  March 7, 2011
• Spartanburg area - Art & Antiques How-To Friday 25th/Saturday 26th
  February 24, 2011
• Susanna Ashton's Slave narratives book - Thursday, Feb 24
  February 21, 2011
• Spartanburg Music Trail - Ribbon Cutting
  February 9, 2011
• Registrations Temporarily Disabled
  February 9, 2011
• South Carolina Cemetery Project Looking for Some Help
  February 8, 2011
• Wofford College Black History Month Events
  February 6, 2011
• Converse College Black History Month Series
  February 4, 2011
• Piedmont Historical Society meets Thursday February 10th
  February 4, 2011
• News for Shape Note Singers and Historians - Descendant Search
  January 30, 2011
• Saturday 1-30-11 - Spartanburg County Historical Association Annual Meeting
  January 27, 2011
• Lunch and Learn Spartanburg - 1-28-11 - Dr. Deno Trakas: Because Memory Isn’t Eternal: A Story of Greeks in Upstate South Carolina
  January 27, 2011
• Main Street Trolley Holiday Lights Tour in Spartanburg
  December 2, 2010
• Hub City Bookstore Sale
  November 30, 2010
• Spartanburg - Dickens of a Christmas - Now Cancelled
  November 30, 2010
• Celebrate a Historic Christmas with the Spartanburg County Historical Association
  November 27, 2010
• Reminder about the Hub City Railroad Museum
  November 24, 2010
• Liberty in the Lowcountry: Revolutionary War Tour of the Beaufort District, South Carolina
  November 19, 2010
• Spartanburg History Hub Happenings for November and December
  November 16, 2010
• Old Candles Needed for Walnut Grove Plantation
  October 29, 2010
• Spartanburg History Hub Meeting September 23rd @ 7PM
  September 21, 2010
• FestiFall at Walnut Grove Plantation - October 1-3, 2010
  September 20, 2010
• Lunch and Learn Series - Spartanburg - Mr. Ross E. Beard on “David ‘Carbine’ Williams and His Weapons Innovations"
  September 19, 2010
• Saturday at the Seay House - September 18th
  September 16, 2010
• Constitution Day at USC Upstate
  September 11, 2010
• Tour of Homes Sept 12th - J. Frank Collins homes in Converse Heights
  September 9, 2010
• Final Friday Campfire for the Year at Walnut Grove Sept. 10th
  September 8, 2010
• Lunch & Learn Spartanburg - August 27th
  August 26, 2010
• Rudy Mancke to appear at Price House Nature Trail dedication on Saturday, August 28
  August 23, 2010
• Oral History Workshop at Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  August 22, 2010
• Meet Dr. Emerson of the SC Dept. of Archives and History at Wofford Monday the 23rd
  August 21, 2010
• Saturday at the Seay House - August 21, 2010 10am-4pm
  August 20, 2010
• Musgrove Mill Anniversary Celebration
  August 13, 2010
• Monument Re-dedication - Children of the Confederacy
  August 13, 2010
• Campfire at the Historic Price House
  August 13, 2010
• New Sister Site for Alabama Genealogy
  July 27, 2010
• Colonial Gardening Day at Walnut Grove Plantation
  July 23, 2010
• Rhode Island Genealogy Sister Site Launches!
  July 16, 2010
• Preservation Trust of Spartanburg Welcomes New Executive Director
  July 13, 2010
• Spartanburg History Updates - Biltmore Wine Label - Peach History and Battle of Cedar Spring
  July 10, 2010
• Broken Links.... Fixed
  July 5, 2010
• Revolutionary War Roundtable June 26th
  June 17, 2010
• Lunch and Learn Spartanburg for June 25th
  June 17, 2010
• A Couple of Spartanburg History Related events June 19th
  June 17, 2010
• Book on the Brice Family Available
  June 17, 2010
• Spartanburg County History Autobiography
  June 17, 2010
• Downtown Spartanburg Walking Tour Saturday May 29, 2010, 10am to 11:30am
  May 25, 2010
• Spartanburg History Hub May 27th at 7PM
  May 25, 2010
• Chautauqua Spartanburg starting tonight May 24th at 7PM
  May 24, 2010
• Spartanburg Downtown Airport - Lunch and Learn Series
  May 18, 2010
• Spartanburg History Hub Meeting May 27th @ 7PM
  May 17, 2010
• Spartanburg Historical Association Roundup - Hub City Railroad Museum - Seay House
  May 12, 2010
• Spartanburg - Hub City Railroad Museum Grand Opening Saturday!
  April 29, 2010
• Lunch and Learn Speaker Series - The Cult of True Womanhood - This Friday
  April 28, 2010
• Washington Post Features Spartanburg Area - it's History and Present
  April 27, 2010
• Childhood on the Plantation
  April 21, 2010
• Living Green at the Seay House - April 17th
  April 13, 2010
• Revolutionary War Roundtable of the Backcountry
  April 9, 2010
• Taste of the Backcountry - Experience 1800s SC
  March 21, 2010
• Shape Note Singing at Wofford
  March 18, 2010
• Spartanburg History Hub Meeting
  March 17, 2010
• Greer Heritage Museum - Black History Month Event
  February 26, 2010
• New History Network - The Spartanburg History Hub
  January 21, 2010
• Hyrne Family Letters
  January 18, 2010
• Getting Close to the Holidays
  November 8, 2009
• Voice Broadcast Technology that could help in organizing family get togethers or just keep the Family up to speed on what's happening
  August 26, 2009
• Medieval Battle Records available online
  July 24, 2009
• Happy Independence Day!
  July 4, 2009
• Grand Strand Vacation - Brookgreen Gardens, etc.
  April 19, 2009
• Popular given Names in the 1870s
  January 7, 2009
• Popular Baby Names from 1890
  December 31, 2008
• Systems back to normal
  December 24, 2008
• Popular Baby names from 1910
  December 24, 2008
• Popular Baby Names from 1930
  December 17, 2008
• Popular Baby Names from 1950
  December 10, 2008
• Popular Baby Names for 1970
  December 3, 2008
• Popular Baby Names for 1990
  November 26, 2008
• Popular Baby Names for 2007
  November 19, 2008
• Christmas Ideas From the Family Genealogist
  November 12, 2008
• Forum feeds added to Pages
  November 10, 2008
• History of United States Presidential Elections
  November 5, 2008
• Picasa 3 for the Family Genealogist and Facial Recognition
  October 29, 2008
• Francis Marion - the "Swamp Fox"
  October 22, 2008
• South Carolina African American History Resources via sciway
  October 15, 2008
• Page Updates
  October 9, 2008
• Lancaster County, South Carolina
  October 8, 2008
• Yes, I'm still here....
  October 1, 2008
• Sad news in Lancaster County, SC this summer
  September 24, 2008
• Charleston, SC Old Slave Market (Old Slave Mart)
  July 9, 2008
• South Carolina Independence Day Events | Declaration of Independence Reading
  July 2, 2008
• South Carolina Geography
  June 25, 2008
• Georgetown County Digital Library
  June 18, 2008
• Reference | Old Disease Names
  June 11, 2008
• Aiken County, South Carolina Genealogy
  June 4, 2008
• Newry Folk Festival | Oconee Heritage Center | Newry, SC
  May 28, 2008
• Making Good Use of Digital Cameras to Preserve Family History
  May 21, 2008
• Hartsville Genealogical Research Library
  May 14, 2008
• Abbeville County, South Carolina Genealogy
  May 7, 2008
• Let Google Keep you Informed on South Carolina Genealogy News
  April 30, 2008
• New series of articles
  April 23, 2008
• LowCountry Africana - Documenting the history of African American Slaves in South Carolina
  April 16, 2008
• South Carolina Historical Sites - The Abbeville Opera House
  April 9, 2008
• Getting Started on Your Genealogy - Scanning Photos
  April 2, 2008
• Finding Priscilla's Children
  March 26, 2008
• African American Genealogy Research
  March 19, 2008
• Press Release flood
  March 18, 2008
• SouthCarolinaGenealogy.org Announces Completion of County Detail Pages for each County of South Carolina
  March 18, 2008
• SouthCarolinaGenealogy.org Requests User Submitted Articles
  March 18, 2008
• SouthCarolinaGenealogy.org Announces Query Forums for each County of South Carolina
  March 18, 2008
• Newsletter Launched
  March 18, 2008
• How to Start out to Work on Your Family Genealogy
  March 12, 2008
• The Usefullness of Queries Posted on Genealogy Forums
  March 5, 2008
• South Carolina Genealogical Society
  February 28, 2008
• Old Shandon
  February 20, 2008
• Historic Brattonsville
  February 13, 2008
• New South Carolina Query Forum, Genealogy Web Directory and Free Newsletter
  February 6, 2008
• Link Requests, Site Updates
  February 1, 2008
• Getting Organized for Genealogy Research
  January 30, 2008
• Quick Update
  January 28, 2008
• Kershaw-Cornwallis House - Camden Revolutionary War Site
  January 23, 2008
• Sorry for the disruption
  January 22, 2008
• Changes Coming Here Soon
  January 20, 2008
• Comment Spam
  October 3, 2007
• Did I mention I had a CD out too?
  October 27, 2006
• 2007 WNC Calendar
  October 27, 2006
• Spartanburg County Public library will host genealogy talk
  October 9, 2006
• Battle of Eutaw Springs Revolutionary War lecture and encampment
  September 1, 2006
• Upcoming SC Genealogy events
  September 1, 2006
• Charleston Chapter - SC Genealogy Society meeting...
  May 19, 2006
• History of Charleston
  September 20, 2005