The Columbia Chapter, SCGS is a non profit organization located in Richland County, South Carolina.  Our purpose is to acquire, preserve, make available and publish material relevant to South Carolina and Richland County genealogy and history.  We are staffed entirely by volunteers and our membership is open to anyone interested in genealogy.

Chapter meetings are held on the second Sunday of each month at 3:00 p.m. at the South Carolina State Museum, Gervais Street, Columbia, SC. No meeting is held in July. 

Annual membership dues are $20 for individuals, $25 for family and $15 for associate members.  Members receive the Columbia Cronicle and the Carolina Herald and Newsletter, the quarterly publications of the Columbis Chapter and the South Carolina Genealogical Society.