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| ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina Genealogy|South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Greenwood County, South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Greenwood County Library''' | | ''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Greenwood County, South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Greenwood County Library''' |
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| === Contact Information === | | === Contact Information === |
| '''Greenwood County Library''' <br>
| | Greenwood County Library <br> |
| [http://www2.youseemore.com/Greenwood/contentpages.asp?loc=73 Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room] <br>
| | Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room<br> |
| '''Address:'''<br>
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| 600 South Main Street<br> | | 600 South Main Street<br> |
| Greenwood, SC 29646<br> | | Greenwood, SC 29646<br> |
| '''Email:''' ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org <br>
| | E-mail: ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org |
| For hours, please call '''864-941-4655'''<br> | | For hours, please call 864-941-4655<br> |
| If you visit the Library when the Lawrence Room is closed, please ask the Reference Librarian for assistance. Library staff will be happy to retrieve materials for you. <br> | | If you visit the Library when the Lawrence Room is closed, please ask the Reference Librarian for assistance. Library staff will be happy to retrieve materials for you. <br> |
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| === Microfilm === | | === Microfilm === |
| Four microfilm reader/printers are available for viewing the microfilm in this room. <br>
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| '''Newspapers''' | | '''Newspapers''' |
| * Abbeville Press and Banner, 1846-1903
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| * Edgefield Advertiser, October 15, 1856-April 22, 1868
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| * Greenwood Light, 1885-1886
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| *Greenwood Tribune, 1886-1888
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| *Greenwood Times, 1889
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| *McCormick Advance, 1886-1887
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| *McCormick News, 1892
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| *Ninety-Six Guardian, 1878-1889
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| *Ninety-Six Star, 1906
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| *Psalm Singer, 1886
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| *Saluda Argus, 1884
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| *Greenwood Index, September 12, 1895-1918 (1906 missing)
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| *Greenwood Journal., November 1, 1897-1918 (1906 missing)
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| *Greenwood Index-Journal, 1939-present
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| '''Church Records'''<br>
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| *Broadmouth Baptist Church, 1837-1966
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| *Siloam Baptist Church, 1834-1876
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| *Turkey Creek Baptist Church, 1785-1909<br>
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| '''Military Records'''<br>
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| Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (South Carolina 1-1 through 12 and Continental Troops 1-16-2)<br><br>
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| '''Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps'''
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| (Abbeville and Greenwood)
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| '''Virginia Court Records'''<br>
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| A list of court records of the Virginia Counties on microfilm in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library<br><br>
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| '''US Census''' <br>
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| 1790-1930<br>
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| '''South Carolina State Census, 1829'''<br>
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| *Fairfield
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| *Laurens
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| '''South Carolina State Census, 1839'''<br>
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| *Beaufort
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| *Chesterfield
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| *Kershaw
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| *Lexington<br><br>
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| '''South Carolina 1868 Agricultural Census'''<br><br>
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| '''South Carolina State Census, 1869'''<br><br>
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| '''South Carolina State Census, 1875'''<br>
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| *Aiken-Charleston
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| *Clarendon-Sumter
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| *Fairfield County (Townships 8-13)
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| *Williamsburg-York<br><br>
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| '''US Census for Maryland Counties'''<br>
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| * 1840 US Census -Prince George and Queen Anne Counties
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| *1850 US Census - Montgomery and Prince George Counties
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| *1870 US Census - Prince George County
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| === Vertical File === | | === Vertical File === |
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| === Books === | | === Books === |
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| '''City Directories''' <br><br>
| | '''Greenwood County Histories''' |
| '''African American'''<br>
| | * '''Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families,''' by Margaret J Watson; Harry Legare Watson, Publisher: Greenwood, S.C., Attic Press [1970] |
| *'''Promiseland, A Century of Life in a Negro Community''' by Elizabeth Raul Bethel, Published by Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 1981 (GEN 975.733 BETHE)<br><br>
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| '''Cemeteries'''<br>
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| *'''Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume One''', By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 1996 (Gen 929.5 G V. 1)
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| *'''Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume Two''', By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2008 (Gen 929.5 G V. 2) | |
| *'''Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume Three''', By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 2010 (Gen 929.5 G V. 3)
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| '''Greenwood County Histories''' <br> | | '''City Directories''' |
| *'''Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families,''' by Margaret J Watson; Harry Legare Watson, Publisher: Greenwood, S.C., Attic Press [1970] (975.7 W)<br>
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| *'''Greenwood County: A History''', Ann Herd Bowen, Published by The Museum, Greenwood, SC, 1992 (GEN 975.733 BOWEN)<br><br>
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| '''Land'''<br> | | '''Cemeteries''' |
| *'''Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1672-1679''', edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1910 (GEN 929.375 SOUTH 1672-79)
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| *'''Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1680-1692''', edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1911 (GEN 929.375 SOUTH 1680-92)
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| *'''Warrants for Lands in South Carolina 1692-1711''', edited by A. S. Salley, Jr, Published by The State Co., Columbia, SC, 1915 (GEN 929.375 SOUTH 1692-17)
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| === Online Resources === | | === Online Resources === |
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| '''Obituary Index'''<br> | | '''Obituary Index''' |
| [http://obits.greenwoodcountylibrary.org/ Obituary and death notice index] for the Greenwood Index-Journal newspaper, abstracted from the Greenwood County Library's microfilm holdings by the GCL Reference Department staff and volunteers.
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| '''Heritage Quest''' | | '''Heritage Quest''' |
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| '''Ancestry.com Library Edition)''' | | '''Ancestry.com''' |
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