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About Myrtle Beach Residents Directory

Myrtle Beach has no single current residents book. A property question may lead to Horry County Land Records, a recorded-document question to the Horry County Register of Deeds, a court question to the Judicial Branch, and a historical clue to Chapin Memorial Library or the Horry County Archives Center. This private reference site organizes those distinct paths so a name, address, or dated local question starts with the office or collection that actually holds the relevant record.

Why This Local Guide Exists

Records tied to Myrtle Beach are often kept at different levels of government and in different places. Horry County maintains land, recorded-instrument, election, and many court routes, with several public counters in Conway. The City of Myrtle Beach has its own municipal records and FOIA process. South Carolina Department of Public Health controls vital-record access, while library and university collections hold dated historical material. This guide identifies those channels, their verified limits, and the kind of question each one can answer.

The local record trail also has real access differences. Horry property-address display requires a free county account as of March 16, 2026. The Register of Deeds form documents an online name route from 1984, while Chapin's Digital Reel is an in-library resource. Those limits help readers avoid treating a login screen, an absent result, or an old directory clue as final proof.

What You Can Find Here

  • Pages by research angle: the Street Directory for address-led document work, the Directory Book for dated collections, and the Resident Lookup for one-person verification paths.
  • Local custodian routes: Horry County Land Records, Horry Acclaim, Horry Public Index, the City FOIA channel, DPH Vital Records, and Horry County library and archive resources.
  • Access guidance: account requirements, official search limits, counter and request alternatives, source dates, and privacy restrictions.
  • Context for local history: documented 1959 and 1965 directory editions, 1938 to 2017 newspaper coverage, 1938 to 1949 Sanborn maps, and Horry County archival leads.

What This Site Cannot Do

This is a privately operated reference, not a Myrtle Beach office, Horry County department, court, library, archive, or state agency. It does not host government records, certify a copy, confirm a person's current location, or alter a public record. Those tasks belong to the relevant custodian, such as the Horry County Register of Deeds, Horry Land Records, the Clerk of Court, Horry County Elections, South Carolina DPH, Chapin Memorial Library, or the Horry County Archives Center.

  • We cannot determine who currently occupies an address.
  • We cannot override a sealed, restricted, redacted, or protected record.
  • We cannot correct a source owned by a government office, court, library, or archive.
  • We cannot advise on legal rights, an estate, a boundary, or a court matter.