South Carolina marriage records can be a huge source of information to help you to track your genealogy. There can be a lot of information on those forms that you can use as long as you use it in the right way. The thing is you need to know how to get these forms as well as what it is you need to look for that will provide you the best information and opportunity to help to track your history. You need to know what you need to get the forms and how use them in the right way to get more information or to provide the data that you need.

You will need to make sure you know the name of the person who got married. You will need at least one of the names of the people who were married. You will also need to make sure that you submit your request to the right place in order to have the best chance to get what you seek. The best place to go is the South Carolina Department of Health and Environment Control 
Bureau of Vital Statistics here you will be able to get the most accurate information. The problem with this is that it was not being kept until 1915. Since there was no law in South Carolina that required marriage licenses before 1911, the best thing you could do is to look at the local areas and the counties to see if there was any type of records kept or information that was recorded.

·        Maiden name or previous names. This way you will be able to find more branches on the family tree and find more relatives.

 

·        Location and date of ceremony. This way you will know when they were actually married and what type of ceremony it was.

 

·        Who performed the ceremony. This way you might be able to find and talk to them depending on how far back you are looking.

 

·        Wedding witnesses. These people may be relatives or may be able to provide insight into the people that were married.

 

·        Address of the married couple. This way you will know where they lived and then use this information to open another window for information.

There is other information you may or may not find when you are looking for these South Carolina wedding records. You need to know if the information is helpful or if it is useless. All of these different things will allow you to be able to see more information and to create new paths to look at when you are trying to get the information you seek. It will allow you to find a lot of information you did not have before and you could not use, or did not even know existed.

• South Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy

• South Carolina Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

• South Carolina Marriage Certificates & Records

• South Carolina Marriage License Laws