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Darlington County, SC, African-American Genealogy Resources

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This website is designed to share documentary resources useful in tracing the genealogies of African Americans of Darlington County, SC, particularly in the slavery and Reconstruction periods.

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Scott Wilds
Philadelphia, PA

scottwilds@aol.com

Updated May 5, 2013

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All material not in the public domain is copyright 2012-2013 by Scott M. Wilds.  All rights reserved.
 
Please acknowledge me when citing this material.  "Fair use" allows limited quotation as needed for scholarly purposes.   Please do not reproduce documents or abstracts of deed books in full without permission.
 
 
South Carolina Genealogical Society Workshop, Columbia, SC, July 12-13, 2013,
 at the SC Archives, Columbia, SC.  Please join us for this annual event!
 
I will be giving two workshops on Saturday, July 13:
 
1)   Finding the Last Master:  Tricks and Tips in Breaking Through the 1870 Brick Wall in
       African American Research
 
2) DNA and Me: One Researcher’s Experience with FamilyTreeDNA, Ancestry and 23andMe 
For information, go to www.scgen.org.
Updated Ration Book! 
 
The original index to RB 3194 (Feb. - Mar. 1867) was incomplete.
 
I have completed and also noted the children's names and ages mentioned. 
Link to updated Ration Book.
 
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1870 Mortality Census

Added April 29, 2013
Link to1870 Mortality Census
New Ration Book added May 3, 2013

RB 3180 (June - August 1867?)
Link to the new Ration Book.
Deed Book R, part 1 (1853-1855) added May 3, 2013.
Deed Book R, part 2 (1855-1856) added May 5, 2013.