The Shirley Walker Boone South Carolina Collection (a.k.a. The South Carolina Room), was named in honor of librarian and long-time friend Shirley Walker Boone, houses an extensive collection of genealogical materials and South Carolina History materials. The room is located on the second floor of the library, in the Information Services Department.
The South Carolina collection includes publications like Horry County Cemetery records, Loris Centennial 1887-1987 and Horry County Survey of Historical Places. There are also materials for other states like the North Carolina Genealogical Society Magazine, North Carolina Wills 1665-1900, Maryland Marriages 1634-1777, the 1810 census of Virginia and many, many more. The South Carolina Room also has a growing collection of Myrtle Beach high school yearbooks and continues to accept donations to add to those numbers.
For the novice or experienced genealogy researcher other frequently used titles are the South Carolina magazines of Ancestral and Genealogical Research, The Confederate State Roster for both North Carolina and South Carolina, The Vital Records Handbook and the Colonial Records of South Carolina.
Other genealogy reference publications like Evidence Explained and Professional Genealogy by noted genealogist Elizabeth Shown Mills, are also available.
Ancestry - Library Edition (Available Inside Library Only)
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FamilySearch (Available Inside Library Only)
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Grand Strand Genealogy Club
Grand Strand Genealogy Club assembles people who are interested in genealogy and in preserving family history and provides a forum for individual research through monthly meetings, education, and impartial sharing of information.
Hearing Horry History
Hearing Horry History is a series of oral histories recorded by Dr. Carl E. Compton, former minister of the First Baptist Church of Myrtle Beach, S.C. Dr. Compton's interviews unearth a wide range of community memories. These oral histories reveal what life was like in Horry County, S.C. in the early to mid 20th century, primarily in and around Myrtle Beach.
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Horry County GIS : Cemetery Mapping
Search for elementary locations and grave sites within Horry County, SC. Includes headstone images.
Horry County Historical Society
The mission of the Horry County Historical Society is to discover and encourage the preservation of all written records and oral traditions touching on or pertaining to the history of Horry County, South Carolina.