Annual Fund Campaign

Our Annual Fund Campaign is underway.  Your donations are important to the life of the library and will be greatly appreciated!  If you are a member, you will be receiving a letter with a return envelope for your check, or you can donate online by clicking on the "Donate" button at the top of this page.

Thank you for your support!

One Free Hour of Research Assistance

Mondays and Tuesdays, 10:30 am and 1:00 pm. By appointment only.

Experienced researchers are available to offer a free hour of research assistance to any patron!

Call 843-686-6560 for reservation.

Ancestry.com now has the 1940 Federal Census!

Vist the Heritage Library to research your family in the 1940 census.

The Library contains over 4,500 books. Our collection deals half with genealogy and half with history. We also have material on microfilm, CD-ROMs, and in our vertical files. The collection is constantly growing, as history aficionados donate material. About 10% of our holdings deal with South Carolina; the balance is of other states and countries.

Volunteers help guide patrons to an extensive collection of data including census and other Hilton Head records transcribed and indexed by the Library. Complete research facilities include computers, high-speed Internet, microfilm readers and printers. The Library is also an accredited branch of the LDS library in Salt Lake City; here you can order microfilm from their voluminous files.

Members of the Heritage Library Foundation have unlimited access to our extensive files, data  collections, and volumes of history. Through this Web site they can access many of the Library’s files. Premiere members may also access HeritageQuest.com through this site. Non-members are welcome and may use the facility for a nominal fee.