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.
Posted: 18 Oct 2021
Fall Newsletter
The Fall Newsletter was mailed out just before Oktoberfest 2021.
Posted: 10 Oct 2021
Virtual Oktoberfest 2021
Oktoberfest 2021 was held virtually via Zoom and YouTube on Saturday, October 9, 2021. Thank you speakers and attendees.
Registered attendees may view the presentations at will. Presentations may be posted for public viewing later this year.
Capt. Henry Felder's Canons
MEMBERSHIP
ACTIVITIES
- Oktoberfest
- OGSGS on Facebook
- OGSGS Photo Gallery
- Newsletter ContentsCurrent issue: Fall 2021
- 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.