Burned Courthouse? Your Substitute Stack in Order

Edited by Avery Parker for South Carolina Genealogy · Article · Last reviewed November 12, 2026 · How we work & cite

Published November 12, 2026

Not every loss is a total “burned county,” but the substitute order is the same: parent jurisdictions → neighbors → church/cemetery → newspapers → SCDAH/state collections → federal records.

Pack: Burned / thin courthouse pack · Panel: “If not found here” on every county hub.