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Tier A County Starter Pack

Lead magnet sample · Greenville · Richland · Beaufort · Spartanburg · York · 2026 · Free

What this is: A one-sitting field card for the five priority counties deepened to Charleston-class depth after the flagship hub. Open the live county page for full topics, matrix, newspapers, and towns—this card is the session skeleton.

Universal 45-minute session

  1. Write person + event year + place name (town/village/island).
  2. Open the county hub → read researcher path + formation facts.
  3. Run census cluster (target decade) → note neighbors on the page.
  4. Pick one: land/probate or church/newspaper (not both if time-boxed).
  5. Log citations; print the county cheatsheet for next session.

County cards

1. Greenville (Upstate)

Watch-outsCity wards ≠ mill villages; Greer is dual-county with Spartanburg; NC border migration common.
Start linksHub · Cheatsheet · Textile belt & directory topics
This weekOne city directory decade + nearest church for one address cluster.

2. Richland / Columbia (Midlands)

Watch-outsState + city + county overlap; 1865 urban loss ≠ “all records burned”; fan out to Lexington/Fairfield.
Start linksHub · Cheatsheet · SCDAH session plan topic
This week1860–1870 timeline for one household + one Columbia newspaper search.

3. Beaufort (Lowcountry)

Watch-outsPort Royal occupation 1861 changes freedom timelines; name the island; heirs’ property needs kinship maps.
Start linksHub · Cheatsheet · AA pack
This weekDate your problem against occupation vs inland enslavement; open Port Royal 1861 topic.

4. Spartanburg (Upstate)

Watch-outsPick pension toolkit or mill-directory toolkit; Cowpens is a multi-county region; Greer dual-county.
Start linksHub · Cheatsheet · Cowpens / textile topics
This weekOne pension search or one mill village church + directory pair.

5. York (Border / Catawba / Rock Hill)

Watch-outsThree lanes: Kings Mountain pensions, Catawba protocols, Rock Hill urban; NC line always on the table.
Start linksHub · Cheatsheet · NC Genealogy
This weekChoose one lane only; if border family, open NC sister hub the same day.

Lead magnet outline (for email / nurture)

  1. Hook: “Five SC counties most researchers hit after Charleston—session cards inside.”
  2. Gift: This printable + link to starter checklist.
  3. Nurture 1: Jurisdiction rule (day 2).
  4. Nurture 2: Church-first when vitals late (day 5).
  5. Nurture 3: SC↔NC border workflow (day 9).
  6. Nurture 4: Invite surname query + society share (day 14).

Full MailerLite copy: site docs MAILERLITE_NURTURE.md.

southcarolinagenealogy.org · Free digital product · Not a substitute for original records · Companion: Cheatsheet bundle