Charleston does have a City Archives, but its holdings are limited. The information I have is several years old, but address was 701 East Bay Street, Suite 348, Charleston, SC 29401 phone 843 724 7301 These are predominantly municipal records. Other resources: Charleston Co Health Department has death records 1915 - date. Birth records 1877-1915 (address I have is definitely incorrect- Don't know if they have a web site or not. Phone might be correct : 843 724 5930 Clerk of Common Pleas 2144 Melbourne Ave., North Charleston SC 29405; 843 740 5700 has records of civil actions 1856 - date (Note: this office might have moved - its been in a temporary facility until the new county courthouse is completed Judge of Probate - 2144 Melbourne Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405; 843 740 5890 has marriage records late 1800s - date; Wills 1869 - date. As with the Clerk of Court for Common Pleas, this office might have moved (or may move soon) Register of Mesne Conveyance - 2 Courthouse Square, Charleston SC 29401. 843 723 6780 - Deeds from 1719 - date. This information comes from a hand-out provided by the Charleston County Library. This is several years old and you might check various on-line resources for current holdings, addresses and phones. Generally, records in Charleston are highly scattered throughout a broad range of repositories. -----Original Message----- From: Frances Rouse <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Friday, July 23, 1999 7:19 AM Subject: [SCCHARLE-L] CITY ARCHIVES >I read somewhere that Charleston had a city Archives, I am unable to >locate this information or the address. Can anyone fill in the >information? >Frances >