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This Family Archive CD includes a great many of the earliest surviving South Carolina source records, among them census records, ships' passenger lists, naturalization records, land warrants and grants, and probate records. Originally published in eleven volumes by the Genealogical Publishing Company, images of every page of each of the eleven volumes can be accessed instantaneously on this CD by means of an electronic index of 125,000 names.

Among the many great source records included on this CD are the first two censuses for the state of South Carolina (1790 and 1800), an index to all wills recorded in the state before 1782, a complete list of naturalization records extending from 1783 to 1850, and a list of lands (and grantors) granted by North Carolina for property now situated in South Carolina. Also included are the following: a list of ships' passengers recorded in South Carolina's Council Journals between 1763 and 1773; documentation of Scotch-Irish migration to South Carolina in the year 1772; and a list of passenger arrivals at the port of Charleston, 1820-1829, based on the earliest customs passenger lists. The following is a list of all the books included on this CD:

*South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850
*North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina
*Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States . . . 1790: South Carolina
*Index to the 1800 Census of South Carolina
*A Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773
*Scotch-Irish Migration to South Carolina, 1772
*Passenger Arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829
*Warrants for Land in South Carolina, 1672-1711
*Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina
*Index to Wills of Charleston County, South Carolina, 1671-1868
*Jury Lists of South Carolina, 1778-1779

System Requirements: You must have a CD-ROM drive, and in order to read the CD you must use either the Family Archive Viewer (version 4.0 or higher), which is available as a free download at http://www.genealogical.com/content/dlfav6.html, or Family Tree Maker for Windows, version 4.0 or higher (Family Tree Maker software can be ordered from www.FamilyTreeMaker.com).

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using the Family Archive Viewer:

1. Install the Family Archive Viewer CD or download it from http://www.genealogy.com/dlfav6.html.
2. Start the Viewer if it is not already running
3. Insert the CD you wish to view into the CD-ROM drive. If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.
4. The CD should open automatically, but users of later versions of the Family Archive Viewer must click the CD/magnifying glass icon in the top toolbar (above the template in some versions) to read the CD.
5. When the screen entitled "About this Family Archive" appears, click OK where prompted.

To access information on our Family Archive CDs using Family Tree Maker:

1. Start your Family Tree Maker and open a Family File. (If the program is already running, skip to Step 2.)
2. Insert the CD in your computer's CD-ROM drive. (If you have 2 or more CD-ROM drives, the CD must be placed in the first one.)
3. From the View menu, select Family Finder, or select the Family Finder icon from the toolbar.
4. For FTM 2005, FTM 2006, or Version 16, you must go to the View menu, select Data CD, then View CD. For FTM 2008 or higher, you must download the Family Archive Viewer.

To search the CD for names, select the Search Expert button in the top right of your screen, then select "Search this archive for someone NOT from your Family File." You can also search for names by using the Index.

Note: If a window opens that contains a list of files on the CD, simply close it.