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**South Carolina**

**Event:** Birth or death 

**Cost of copy:** $12.00 

**Address:**    Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems    South Carolina Department of Health andEnvironmental    Control    2600 Bull Street    Columbia, SC 29201 

**Remarks:** State office    has had records since January 1915. City of Charleston births from 1877 and deaths from    1821 are on file at Charleston County Health Department. Ledger entries of Florence City    births and deaths from 1895 to 1914 are on file at Florence County Health Department.    Ledger entries of Newberry City births and deaths from the late 1800's are on file at    Newberry County Health Department. These are the only early records obtainable. Additional    copies of the same birth records ordered at the same time of certification are $3.00. 

Check or money order should be made    payable to **Department of Health and Environmental Control**. Personal    checks are accepted. To verify current fees, the telephone number is **(803)    898-3630**. 

**Event:** Marriage (State) 

**Cost of copy:** $12.00 

**Address:**    Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems    South Carolina Department of Health andEnvironmental    Control    2600 Bull Street    Columbia, SC 29201 

**Remarks:** Records since    July 1950. 

**Event:** Marriage (county)    

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Records since    July 1911. Probate Judge in county where license was issued. 

**Event:** Divorce (State) 

**Cost of copy:** $12.00 

**Address:**    Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Systems    South Carolina Department of Health andEnvironmental    Control    2600 Bull Street    Columbia, SC 29201 

**Remarks:** Records since    July 1962. 

**Event:** Divorce (county) 

**Cost of copy:** Varies 

**Address:** See remarks 

**Remarks:** Records since    April 1949. Clerk of county where petition was filed. 
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This page last reviewed August 25, 2000

**U.S.    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES****Centers    for Disease Control and Prevention**    National Center for Health Statistics    Division of Data Services     Hyattsville, MD    20782-2003    (301) 458-4636
 

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