Information from each notice often includes location of event, the reverend attending the ceremony, and attending witnesses, where appropriate. Some notices even include birthplace. Since South Carolina did not require marriage licenses until the 20th Century, this database can be immensely helpful to the researcher looking for South Carolina ancestors. This database is an index to marriage notices in the South Carolina Gazette between 1732 and 1801. Each entry includes the names of both bride and groom along with the date the notice appeared in the newspaper.
Most records also provide the marriage date and the name of the bride's father.
In some cases residence information is included. For researchers of early South Carolina ancestors, this database can be helpful and informative. This database is a collection of marriage and obituary notices from eight newspapers in the area and contains over 5000 names of persons found in the notices. Persons from outside York County can also be found here, such as residents of surrounding counties and even North Carolina, as many came to Yorkville to be married and avoid the marriage bond required in their resident state.