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Dorchester County
SCGenWeb has just
moved to its new server in March 2008, and it may take awhile to check
and fix links. Please let me know if you find any broken
links. The USGenWeb Project consists of a group of volunteers working together to provide Internet websites for genealogical research in every county and every state of the United States. The Project is non-commercial and fully committed to free access for everyone. Organization is by county and state, and this website provides you with links to all the state websites which, in turn, provide gateways to the counties. The USGenWeb Project also sponsors important Special Projects at the national level and this website provides an entry point to all of those pages, as well. Read about the History of the USGenWeb Project. I am Pat
Sabin, your host for the Dorchester County SCGenWeb Project.
I also host the Colleton and Bamberg County SCGenWeb sites. My
contribution
to the Dorchester County SCGenWeb site is in maintaining the project
site.
If you have any documents, such as wills, deeds, Bible records, old
letters,
groups photos, church histories, etc., please consider submitting them
to the Dorchester County SCGenWeb Project to share with other
"seekers."
BRIEF HISTORY OF DORCHESTER COUNTY
Dorchester County was named for Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1696 Congregationalists migrated from Dorchester, Massachusetts to South Carolina, establishing a new settlement called Dorchester. The original town had been abandoned by 1788, but the parish continued to refer to it as St. George Dorchester. The area of modern Dorchester County was, in 1710, part of
the old
Colleton and Berkeley Districts. In 1769 it became part of the
Orangeburgh
and Charleston Districts. In 1801 it was incorporated into
the new Colleton County. Dorchester County was formed in
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How to Get Started in Your Dorchester County Research |
| MEMORIALS |
| Cemetery
Transcriptions - Dorchester Cemetery Transcriptions - Colleton |
Research
& Resources
- Transcriptions & Links to Additional Information |
| Lookup Volunteers | Surname
Registry | Family Reunions |
| Dorchester Photo Album | Dorchester Places & Towns |
| African
American Genealogy Dorchester, Colleton & Bamberg Counties |
SCDORCHE-L Dorchester County Mailing List |
| Dorchester Co Queries | How You Can Contribute to the Dorchester County SCGenWeb! |
| David Gavin Diary |
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| Upper Dorchester Historical Society | Historic Bed & Breakfast Inns |
 SC
GenWeb Project |
 US
GenWeb Project |
Pat
Sabin, County
Coordinator Pat's
Place © 2001-2008 Pat Sabin for the Dorchester County
SCGenWeb |
