Genealogists interested in researching when their ancestors settled in the Charleston area will learn about what naturalization records and ship passenger lists are available. The guide also lists books on early settlers to South Carolina.
| SCR 284 Revill | Compilation of the Original Lists of Protestant Immigrants to South Carolina, 1763-1773 |
| SCR 325.241 Kennedy | Scots-Irish in the Carolinas |
| SCR 325.241 Porter | Destiny of the Scotch-Irish |
| GENEALGY 929.3 Passe | Passenger and Immigration Lists Index |
| GENEALGY 929.3 Passe | Passenger and Immigration Lists Bibliography |
| SCR 929.3 S | Ship Registers in the South Carolina Archives, 1734-1780 |
| SCR 929.308941 Ravenel | Liste des Francois et Suissess |
| SCR 929.309757 Holcomb | Passenger arrivals at the Port of Charleston, 1820-1829 |
| SCR 929.367578 Gregg | Early Pee Dee Settlers |
| SCR 929.375 Boyer | Ship Passenger Lists: the South, 1538-1825 |
| SCR 929.3757 Baldwin | First Settlers of South Carolina, 1670-1700 |
| SCR 929.3757 Holcomb | South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850 |
| SCR 929.3757 Jones | South Carolina Immigrants, 1760-1770 |
| SCR 929.3757 Warren | Citizens and Immigrants - South Carolina, 1768 |
| SCR 970.088245 Baird | History of the Huguenot Emigration to America |
| SCR microfilm | Charleston County Clerk of Court: Naturalization Records, 1836-1905, Registration of Aliens Under Act of 1940 |
| SCR microfilm | Pre-Federal Admiralty Court Records, Province and State of South Carolina, 1716-1789 |
| SCR microfilm | Records of the South Carolina Court of Admiralty, 1716-1732 |
| SCR microfilm | Records of Admissions to Citizenship, District of South Carolina, 1790-1906 |
| SCR microfilm | Records in the British Public Record Office Relating to South Carolina, 1663-1782 |
| SCR microfilm | Index to Passengers of Vessels Arriving at Ports in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina, 1890-1924 |