South Carolina – Historical and Genealogical Organizations

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Historical and Genealogical Organizations in SC

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SC Historical, Genealogical Organizations

• African American Historical Alliance - Charleston
• Aiken-Barnwell Genealogical Society
  
• American College of the Building Arts - Charleston
• Anderson Heritage
• Archaeological Society of South Carolina

• Berkeley County Historical Society
• Berkeley County Huguenot Society
• Bluffton Historical Preservation Society
• Boonesborough Historical Society - Abbeville and Anderson counties - especially Donalds, Due West, and Honea Path
  

• Carolina Indian Heritage Association
• Center for African American History, Art and Culture - Aiken
  
• Center for Heirs' Property Preservation - educational and legal services for owners of heirs property in the Lowcountry
• Central Heritage Society - scroll down
• Cherokee County Historical & Preservation Society - CHAPS
  
• Chicora Foundation - archaeological and historical research, cultural resource surveys, site assessments
  
• Colleton County Historical and Preservation Society
• Confederate Heritage Trust - Charleston
• Confederation of South Carolina Local Historical Societies
• Council of South Carolina Professional Archaeologists

• Daughters of the American Revolution - SC Society - DAR
  – Ann Pamela Cuningham Chapter - Columbia
  – Fort Sullivan Chapter - Charleston
  – General Marion's Brigade Chapter - Moncks Corner
  – Major John Bowie Chapter - Abbeville
  
• Dillon County Historical Society

• Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society

• Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historic Trust
  – Sesquicentennial of the Civil War
  
• Freewoods Farm - Horry County - living farm highlights the contributions of family-owned, African-American farms in the post-Civil War era
• Friends of McLeod - preservation of McLeod Plantation

• Georgetown County Historical Society
• Glenn Springs Preservation Society
• Greenville County Historical Preservation Commission
• Greenville County Historical Society

• Historic Beaufort Foundation
• Historic Charleston Foundation
• Historic Columbia Foundation
• Historic Marion Revitalization Association
• Historic Rock Hill
• Horry County Historical Society
• Huguenot Society of South Carolina

• Kershaw County Historical Society

• Lexington Genealogical Association

• Middleton Place Foundation

• Newberry County Historical and Museum Society
• Ninety Six Historical Society

• Orangeburg County Historical Society
  
• Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogy Society

• Palmetto Archives, Libraries, and Museums Council on Preservation - PALMCOP
• Palmetto Conservation Foundation
• Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation
• Pendleton Historic Foundation
• Piedmont Historical Society
• Preservation Society of Charleston

• Reenactment groups
  – Revolutionary War | Civil War

• Saluda County Historical Society
• Savannah River Archaeological Research Program - New Ellenton
• Sons of the American Revolution - SC Society
  – South Atlantic District
  
• Sons of Confederate Veterans - South Carolina Division
  – Gen. Richard Heron Anderson No 47 - Beaufort
  – Brigadier General Barnard E. Bee Camp No 1575 - Aiken
  – Pvt. John S Bird - Palmetto Guard No 38 - North Charleston
  – Gen. Ellison Capers Camp No 1212 - Moncks Corner
  – Jefferson Davis Regiment Camp No 7 - Easley
  – 15th Regiment SC Volunteers Camp No 51 - Lexington
  – Cpt. Moses T Fowler Camp No 1721 - Fountain Inn
  – Lt. Gen. Wade Hampton Camp No 273 - Columbia
  – Cpt. Andrew T Harllee Camp No 2010 - Dillon
  – H.L. Hunley Camp No 143 - Summerville
  – Litchfield Camp No 132 - Conway
  – Moultrie Camp No 27 - Mount Pleasant
  – Olde Abbeville Camp No 39 - Greenwood
  – Palmetto Camp No 22 - Columbia
  – Pee Dee Rifles Camp No 1419 - Florence
  – Rivers Bridge Camp No 842 - Fairfax
  – Secession Camp No 4 - Charleston
  
• South Carolina Archival Association
• South Carolina Department of Archives and History
  – On-line Research
  
• South Carolina Genealogical Society
  – Anderson County Chapter
  – Catawba Wateree Genealogical Society - Kershaw, Lancaster counties
  – Charleston Chapter
  – Chesterfield District
  – Columbia Chapter
  – Dutch Fork Chapter - Lexington, Newberry, Richland counties
  – Fairfield Chapter
  – Greenville Chapter
  – Laurens District Chapter
  – Old Darlington District Chapter
  – Old Edgefield District
  – Old Marion District - Pee Dee Chapter - Marion, Florence, Dillon counties
  – Old Newberry District Chapter
  – Old Pendleton District Chapter - Anderson, Oconee, Pickens counties
  – Old St Bartholomew Chapter - Colleton County
  – Pinckney District Chapter - Cherokee, Spartanburg, Union counties
  – Sumter County Chapter
  
• South Carolina Historic Aviation Foundation
• South Carolina Historical Society - 843-723-3225
• South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
  – Maritime Research Division
  
• South Carolina Public Records Association
• South Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution - DAR
  – Ann Pamela Cuningham Chapter - Columbia
  – Fort Sullivan Chapter - Charleston
  – General Marion's Brigade Chapter - Moncks Corner
  – Major John Bowie Chapter - Abbeville
  
• South Carolina Society, Order of Confederate Rose
  – Ann Eliza Harllee Chapter No 14 - Dillon
  – Mary A Huntt Chapter No 13 - Columbia
  – Louisa McCord Chapter No 12 - Lexington
  – Mary Yates Snowden Chapter No 3 - Charleston
  – Wild Rose Chapter No 8 - Aiken
  
• South Carolina Society of Sons of the American Revolution
  – South Atlantic District
  
• South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office
• South Carolina State Historical Records Advisory Board - SHRAB
• South Carolina's Civil War Sesquicentennial - planning 2011-2015 statewide observance for the sesquicentennial of the Civil War
  
• Southern Campaigns of the American Revolution
• Spartanburg Historical Association

• Three Rivers Historical Society - Williamsburg County

• United Daughters of the Confederacy - South Carolina Division
  – Berry Benson No 2584 - North Augusta
  – Dick Anderson No 75 - Sumter
  – Greenville No 51
  – Hunley No 2667 - Greenville
  
• Upper Dorchester County Historical Society

• York County Culture and Heritage Museums
• Yorkville Historical Society

Other Historical, Genealogical Organizations

• National Trust for Historic Preservation
  – Drayton Hall