Welcome to

South Carolina

Genealogy Trails

 


My name is Dena and I'm proud to be your South Carolina State Coordinator. We are a new website and a group of dedicated genealogist ourselves. Most of us are involved with the very successful "Illinois Trails" Website. Our goal with "Genealogy Trails" is to bring Free, Informative, Genealogical and Historical information throughout each State.

I very much want to make you part of the Website - If you have information that you'd like to share about any town, family, county or subject, please send it to me and I'll make sure it gets posted to the right county. We are looking for Biographies, Obituaries, Newspaper Stories, History and Family stories. Things that you won't find on any other website. Along the way we will acquire Births, Deaths, Marriages, Cemetery Listings and everything in between - things that will be of importance to the South Carolina Researcher.  We want to welcome you and hope you will join us as we travel the Trails of our Ancestors through this wonderful state.

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Columbia is the capital.
At the left is the State Capital Building


We need State and County Co-Ordinators
Its fun, informative, challenging and its a great group of people to work with.
If interested - View our Volunteer Information Page and contact me
If you have data you'd like to contribute to any of the South Carolina counties, 
e-mail me.
 


Gardens of South Carolina

State Flower - Yellow Jessamine

**** South Carolina's History *****

South Carolina was named to honor King Charles I (Carolus is Latin for Charles).

Following exploration of the coast in 1521 by Francisco de Gordillo, the Spanish tried unsuccessfully to establish a colony near present-day Georgetown in 1526, and the French also failed to colonize Parris Island near Fort Royal in 1562. The first English settlement was made in 1670 at Albemarle Point on the Ashley River, but poor conditions drove the settlers to the site of Charleston (originally called Charles Town).

South Carolina was based on a plantation culture with an aristocratic, wealthy society that was dependent on black slave labor. One of the original 13 colonies, South Carolina was first formed in 1729 when the Carolina colony was divided in two to form North and South Carolina. The attack on Fort Sumter in the Charleston harbor launched the Civil War. After the war, the structure of the state changed.

It was admitted to the Union on May 23, 1788 and became the 8th state.

**** State Symbols *****

  • Mottoes: Animis opibusque parati (Prepared in mind and resources) and Dum spiro spero (While I breathe, I hope)
  • Flower: Carolina yellow jessamine (1924)
  • Tree: Palmetto tree (1939)
  • Bird: Carolina wren (1948)
  • Song: “Carolina” (1911)
  • Nickname: Palmetto State

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Dena Whitesell - State Coordinator 2007-2008

 


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