South Carolina Archives: 103 Newspapers for Genealogy Research was originally published at .
South Carolina, the 40th largest and 24th most populous of the United States, has a long history of independence. South Carolina was the first of the 13 British North American colonies to declare its independence from the British Crown (a prelude to the American Revolutionary War), the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation, and the first state to secede from the Union (a prelude to the American Civil War).
Photo: a historic home in “The Battery,” a neighborhood/park area in the downtown historic district of Charleston, South Carolina. Credit: Evan Schmidt; Wikimedia Commons.
If you are researching your ancestry from South Carolina, you will want to use GenealogyBank’s online SC newspaper archives: 103 titles to help you search your family history in “The Palmetto State,” providing coverage from 1735 to Today. There are more than 17 million articles and records in our online South Carolina archives!
Dig deep into our archives and search for historical and recent obituaries and other news articles about your South Carolina ancestors in these SC newspapers online. Our South Carolina newspapers are divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only).
Search South Carolina Newspaper Archives (1735 – 1970)
Search South Carolina Recent Obituaries (1987 – Current)
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Here is a list of online South Carolina newspapers in the archives. Each newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more. The SC newspaper titles are listed alphabetically by city.
| City | Title | Date Range* | Collection |
| Aiken | Aiken Standard | 8/27/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Anderson | Anderson Independent-Mail | 1/15/1998 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Beaufort | Free South | 1/10/1863 – 4/16/1864 | Newspaper Archives |
| Beaufort | Beaufort Today | 1/25/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Beaufort | Beaufort Gazette | 1/10/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Belton | Belton & Honea Path News-Chronicle | 3/28/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Bluffton | Bluffton Today | 7/1/1999 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Camden | Camden Gazette | 4/4/1816 – 2/7/1822 | Newspaper Archives |
| Camden | Southern Chronicle | 3/14/1822 – 8/13/1825 | Newspaper Archives |
| Camden | Camden Journal | 4/4/1840 – 4/27/1842 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston News and Courier | 4/7/1873 – 12/31/1970 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Evening Post | 10/1/1894 – 12/31/1923 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | City Gazette | 11/6/1787 – 4/13/1833 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston Courier | 1/10/1803 – 4/25/1872 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Southern Patriot | 1/29/1831 – 12/30/1848 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | South-Carolina State-Gazette | 1/1/1794 – 9/20/1802 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston Mercury | 6/4/1831 – 11/14/1868 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Carolina Gazette | 1/2/1800 – 12/31/1828 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Columbian Herald | 11/23/1784 – 12/17/1796 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | State Gazette of South-Carolina | 3/28/1785 – 12/31/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | South-Carolina Gazette and General Advertiser | 3/15/1783 – 7/26/1785 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston Morning Post | 1/18/1786 – 10/17/1787 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston Evening Gazette | 7/11/1785 – 10/18/1786 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | South-Carolina Weekly Gazette | 2/15/1783 – 1/14/1786 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Investigator | 8/22/1812 – 2/9/1814 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Carolina Weekly Messenger | 8/11/1807 – 11/7/1809 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston Daily News | 1/1/1873 – 4/5/1873 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Times | 10/8/1800 – 5/25/1820 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Southern Evangelical Intelligencer | 3/27/1819 – 12/29/1821 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | South-Carolina Gazette | 1/11/1735 – 12/29/1737 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Strength of the People | 6/24/1809 – 9/6/1810 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | South-Carolina and American General Gazette | 3/11/1768 – 10/1/1778 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Oracle | 1/1/1807 – 12/8/1807 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Evening Courier | 7/31/1798 – 11/16/1798 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | States Rights and Free Trade Evening Post | 10/31/1831 – 2/9/1832 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Charleston Spectator | 8/9/1806 – 12/5/1806 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | South Carolina Leader | 10/7/1865 – 5/12/1866 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | South-Carolina Weekly Advertiser | 2/19/1783 – 4/23/1783 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Daily Evening Gazette: and Charleston Tea-Table Companion | 1/10/1795 – 2/18/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Echo du Sud, Moniteur Francais | 6/22/1801 – 7/15/1801 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Royal South Carolina Gazette | 6/8/1780 – 7/16/1782 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Telegraphe: and Charleston Daily Advertiser | 3/16/1795 – 3/20/1795 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Free Press | 4/5/1868 – 4/11/1868 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Royal Gazette | 2/9/1782 – 2/9/1782 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Afro-American Citizen | 1/17/1900 – 1/17/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Missionary Record | 7/5/1873 – 7/5/1873 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Chronicle of Liberty, or the Republican Intelligencer | 3/25/1783 – 3/25/1783 | Newspaper Archives |
| Charleston | Post and Courier | 12/6/1994 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Cheraw | Cheraw Chronicle | 8/23/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Chester | Chester News & Reporter | 11/24/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Clemson | Tiger | 4/14/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbia | State | 2/18/1891 – 12/31/1922 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | South Carolina State Gazette | 8/30/1799 – 6/20/1829 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | Telescope | 12/19/1815 – 7/8/1817 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | Southern Indicator | 2/12/1921 – 2/3/1923 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | South Carolina Gazette | 7/10/1792 – 9/3/1793 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | Columbia Gazette | 1/14/1794 – 12/9/1794 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | Lighthouse and Informer | 1/21/1950 – 1/21/1950 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | People’s Recorder | 1/13/1900 – 1/27/1900 | Newspaper Archives |
| Columbia | Carolina Panorama | 1/7/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbia | State | 12/15/1987 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Columbia | Columbia Star | 10/8/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Conway | Horry Independent | 4/5/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Easley | Powdersville Post | 4/30/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Easley | Easley Progress | 3/4/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Edgefield | Anti-Monarchist, and South-Carolina Advertiser | 9/9/1811 – 11/2/1811 | Newspaper Archives |
| Edgefield | Edgefield Advertiser | 2/27/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Florence | Morning News | 11/1/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Fort Mill | Fort Mill Times | 8/11/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Gaffney | Gaffney Ledger | 10/29/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Georgetown | Winyaw Intelligencer | 11/15/1817 – 6/27/1833 | Newspaper Archives |
| Georgetown | Georgetown Gazette | 5/8/1798 – 10/13/1826 | Newspaper Archives |
| Georgetown | South-Carolina Independent Gazette | 5/21/1791 – 9/15/1792 | Newspaper Archives |
| Georgetown | Georgetown Planet | 5/31/1873 – 5/31/1873 | Newspaper Archives |
| Georgetown | Georgetown Times | 8/8/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Greenwood | Index-Journal | 7/1/2012 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Greer | Greer Citizen | 11/24/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hardeeville | Hardeeville Today | 3/19/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hartsville | Messenger | 4/20/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hemingway | Weekly Observer | 11/1/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Hilton Head | Island Packet | 10/16/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lake City | News & Post | 11/5/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lake Wylie | Lake Wylie Pilot | 7/21/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lancaster | Lancaster News | 11/29/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Lancaster | Carolina Gateway | 2/16/2009 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Mullins | Marion Star & Mullins Enterprise | 11/2/2007 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Murrells Inlet | Waccamaw Times | 5/30/2014 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Myrtle Beach | Sun News | 5/1/1996 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Newberry | Newberry Observer | 1/2/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Orangeburg | Times and Democrat | 5/30/2002 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Pageland | Pageland Progressive-Journal | 1/18/2011 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Pawleys Island | Coastal Observer | 11/11/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Pendleton | Miller’s Weekly Messenger | 3/20/1807 – 4/2/1841 | Newspaper Archives |
| Pickens | Pickens Sentinel | 8/13/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Rock Hill | Herald | 5/1/2004 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Seneca | Journal | 12/22/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Spartanburg | Herald-Journal | 1/4/1997 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| St. George | Eagle-Record | 12/25/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Union | Union Daily Times | 1/2/2006 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Walterboro | Dispatch | 2/14/2007 – 11/10/2010 | Recent Obituaries |
| Williamston | Journal | 10/31/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| Winnsboro | Herald Independent | 4/25/2008 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
| York | Enquirer-Herald | 8/12/2010 – Current | Recent Obituaries |
*Date Ranges may have selected coverage unavailable.
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