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Free South Carolina Obituaries and Obituary Index Links

1/8/2021

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​One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family.  This family name information is often not found anywhere else.

Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.

​​Below is a list of links to South Carolina obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.

(Updated January, 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)

General U.S.
  • Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
  • Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016
  • U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002
  • United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs and Obituary Index
  • United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
  • United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012

South Carolina
  • Abbeville Press & Banner 1845-1869 Newspaper Abstracts 
  • Anderson County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Anderson County Local Obituary Index 1950-1954, 1980 & 2010-2018
  • Beaufort County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Beaufort County Obituary Index​ 
  • Berkeley County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Berkeley County Obituary Index 
  • Camden, Marriages and Death Notices abstracted from newspapers, 1822-1842
  • Charleston County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Charleston Newspapers Death Notices
  • Chesterfield County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Colleton County Press Standard Obituary Index 
  • Dillon County Obituary Index  
  • Greenville County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Greenville County Obituary Index 
  • Greenville County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1901-1975
  • Greenwood Newspapers Obituary Index
  • Hampton County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Horry County Obituaries 
  • Laurens County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Lexington County Death and Obituary Index 
  • Lexington County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Marion County Obituaries (transcriptions)
  • Marlboro County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Newberry County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Newberry Newspapers, Abstracts, 1878-1905
  • Richland County Obituaries
  • Richland County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Richland County, South Carolina, Obituary Index, 1892-2000
  • Richland Library WWI Digitized Obituaries
  • South Carolina Gazette, Death Notices 1732-1775
  • South Carolina GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
  • South Carolina Obituaries - Obit City​​ 
  • South Carolina Recent Newspaper Obituaries, Death Notices
  • South Carolina USGenWeb Obituary Project  
  • South Carolina, Wofford College Library Obituary Index, 1837-2008
  • Southern Christian Advocate Obituary Index 
  • Spartanburg County Obituaries (transcriptions) 
  • Spartanburg County Obituaries  
  • Sumter County Obituary Index 
  • York County Obituary Index 
  • Yorkville Miscellany Newspaper Obituaries (transcriptions) 

​If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on South Carolina Online Historical Newspapers Summary​
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Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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3 Comments
John Atkins
9/8/2019 09:59:47 am

As info: for the following links in SC:
South Carolina, Wofford College Library Obituary Index, 1837-2008
Southern Christian Advocate Obituary Index

Often, if the person was a Methodist, links to the Wofford College site are records from the "Southern Christian Advocate" Methodist periodical. This couldl include BDM info from several states in the south. Some links in Ancestry.com mistakenly think that links to Southern Christian Advocate are all South Carolina. This was the case for a few of my Methodist ancestors from Georgia. I am not sure how to put this in to your lists.

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Kenneth R Marks
9/8/2019 10:20:04 am

Thanks John. I'll take a look at it and add it. Much appreciated

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James C. Smith
1/16/2021 01:33:22 pm

Why Isn't Aiken And Barnwell SC Listed With This Obituary List Above Two Counties I'm Researching ? Just Wondering !

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