The Orangeburgh German-Swiss Genealogical Society is a family history organization which promotes the collection and preservation of early records of the people of Orangeburgh Township, South Carolina and their descendants. It is eleemosynary, non-profit, non-political, and non-sectarian.
Capt. Henry Felder's Canons
ACTIVITIES
- Oktoberfest
- OGSGS on Facebook
- OGSGS Photo Gallery
- Newsletter ContentsCurrent issue: Spring/Summer 2020
- Newsletter Indexes
- Publication Store
RESOURCES
- Research Resources
- Index of Colonial Land Records
- Orangeburgh E-mail Discussion Group
- Orangeburg Probate Court Index, 1865-1947New
- Links to Useful Web sites
PROJECTS
- First Families of Orangeburgh - 61 family biographies online.
- Immigrants to South Carolina - some information on 96 additional families.
- Orangeburgh Migrations - Nineteenth Century migrations West.
- Orangeburgh District DNA Project - adding DNA to Genealogy
HISTORY
- German-Swiss Immigration
- Recruitment in Europe
- Orangeburgh Town Plan
(SC Archives)
- South Carolina Town Plans - Dorchester, Orangeburgh, Saxe Gotha, etc. (SC Archives)
- Orangeburgh Citizens Petition
- The Early Orangeburgh Church
by Lawton Salley
- Old Pioneer Graveyard
- The Evolution of Orangeburg County
by A. S. Salley, Jr.