Genealogy and Local History Resource Links
Available in libraries only.
Genealogy and History
Anderson County Museum Digital Collections
City Directories of South Carolina, 1859-1922
Crown of the Carolinas – Lake Hartwell Country Digitized Archives
DAR Genealogical Research System
Faith Clayton Room – Southern Wesleyan University
Georgia’s Virtual Vault to Genealogy & History
Historical Collection – Pickens County Library System
North Carolina Digital Collections
Pendleton District Collections and Archives
South Carolina Death Index, 1915-1962
South Carolina Department of Archives & History Online
Records Index
South Carolina Digital Library
South Carolina History Room – Oconee County Public Library
South Carolina Room – Greenville County Library System
Local Government and Organizations
Anderson Area Chamber of Commerce
Anderson Convention and Visitor’s Bureau
Anderson County Chapter of SC Genealogical Society
Appalachian Council of Governments
Directory of County Officials for SC 2023
Old Pendleton District Genealogical Society
Pelzer Heritage Commission-Facebook page
Pendleton District – Lake Hartwell Country
State of South Carolina Official Web Site
Legal and Criminal
Anderson County Code of Ordinances
City of Anderson Code of Ordinances
South Carolina Case Records Search
South Carolina Code of Regulations
South Carolina Legislative Manual
Maps
2022 South Carolina Airport Directory and Pilot’s Guide
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps of South Carolina
South Carolina Digital Library
Topographic Maps of South Carolina, 1888-1975
Microfilm Collection
Includes newspapers, military records, court records, land records, probate records, tax records, and more. Available to view at the Anderson Main Library.
See our full listing of holdings.
Military
National Archives & Records Administration (NARA)
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Archival Databases
American Merchant Marine at War
Civil War Soldiers & Sailors Database
Clara Barton Civil War Searchable Databases
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency
Official Roster of South Carolina Soldiers, Sailors and Marines in the World War, 1917-18
SC Department of Archives & History’s Online Records Index
Newspapers and Periodicals
Historical Newspapers of South Carolina (via University of South Carolina Libraries)
Sandlapper: the Magazine of South Carolina (via SC State Library’s Digital Collections)
South Carolina Digital Newspapers (via the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America project), including The Anderson Intelligencer, 1860-1900
Yearbooks
Anderson University -The Columns, 1942-1998
Contact Us
Email research@andersonlibrary.org or call 864-260-4500 x130.