STATE AGENCIES

• Bureau of Vital Statistics
  Department of Health and Environmental Control (DHEC)
  J. Marion Sims Building
  2600 Bull Street
  Columbia, S.C. 29201
  Tel: (803) 734-4830.
  [Holds modern vital records - birth certificate (beginning 1915), death (past 50 years), marriage license (past 50 years), divorce (beginning 1962) ]

• South Carolina Department of Archives and History
  [Holdings include death certificates from 1915 to year before the fifty-year restriction, e.g., 1915-1951]
  South Carolina Archives & History Center
  8301 Parklane Road
  Columbia, SC 29223
  Tele: (803) 896-6100
  Fax: (803) 896-6198

  For email research requests, check the SCDAH web page:
  Research Queries

COUNTY AGENCIES

• Marion County Health Department
  Beeson Bldg., Marion, S.C. 29571
  Tel: (843) 423-8295
  [Holds birth certificates from 1915 to present, death and burial records]

• Probate Judge
  [Holds Marriage license (1911-1949) and probate records]

• Marion County Clerk of Court
  201 Court Street, Marion, S.C. 29571
  Tel: (843) 423-8210
  [Holds divorce records (beginning 1950)

• Marion County Early Records (up to c. 1900)
  • Marion County Archives & History Center
    101 N. Main St.
    Marion SC 29571
    (843) 431-5024
    Maxcy Foxworth, Archivist
    Hours: Monday - Thursday, 12 noon to 5 pm

Records of Baptist Churches are available at Baptist Historical Collection, Furman University Library, Furman University, Greenville, S.C. 29613, and records of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches are available at the Historical Foundation of the Presbyterian and Reformed Churches, P.O. Box 849, Montreat, N.C. 28757, (704) 669-7061.

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Useful addresses for Marion County:

1. County information:
   • Marion Chamber of Commerce
     118 Harllee Street
     Marion, S.C. 29571
     Tel: (843) 423-3561

   • County of Marion
   • City of Marion
   • City of Mullins

   • Marion County Officials

   • Historic Marion Revitalization Association
     Betty C. Owens, Executive Director
     302 North Main Street, Marion, S.C. 29571
     Telephone/Fax: 843.423.9918
     hmra@bellsouth.net

2. Newspapers:
   • The Star & Enterprise
     211 E. Railroad Avenue
     Marion, S.C. 29571
     Tel: (843) 423-2050
     

3. County Libraries:
   • Marion County Library
     101 E. Court Street, Marion, S.C. 29571-3699
     Tel: (843) 423-8300
     Fax: (843) 423-8302

   • Mullins Public Library
     210 N. Main St.
     Mullins, SC 29574
     Tel: (843) 464-9621
     Fax: (843) 464-9621

   • Nichols Public Library
     Floyd St.
     Nichols, SC 29581
     Tel: (843) 526-2541

4. Museums:
   • Marion County Museum:
     101 Willcox Avenue (in the old Marion Academy Building)
     Marion, SC 29571
     Hours: Tuesday through Friday, 9am to 12pm - 1pm to 5pm or by appointment

   • South Carolina Tobacco Museum
     Mullins, SC
5. Genealogical societies and publications:
   • Pee Dee Chapter
     South Carolina Genealogical Society
     P.O. Box 1428
     Marion, South Carolina 29571
     (publishes thePee Dee Queue, a monthly newsletter)

   • South Carolina Genealogical Society (SCGS)
     P.O. Box 16355
     Greenville, SC 29606
     (publishes The Carolina Herald, South Carolina Genealogical Newsletter)

   • South Carolina Historical Society
     100 Meeting Street
     Charleston, SC 29401
     Telephone: (843) 723-3225

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