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United States South Carolina Greenwood County, South Carolina Greenwood County Library

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

Greenwood County Library
Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room
600 South Main Street
Greenwood, SC 29646
E-mail: ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org
For hours, please call 864-941-4655
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.

Microfilm[edit | edit source]

Newspapers

Vertical File[edit | edit source]

Books[edit | edit source]

Greenwood County Histories

Greenwood County Sketches: Old Roads and Early Families, by Margaret J Watson; Harry Legare Watson, Publisher: Greenwood, S.C., Attic Press [1970]

City Directories

Cemeteries

Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Obituary Index
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.

Heritage Quest

Ancestry.com Library Edition)

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+''[[United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Greenwood County, South Carolina]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]]'' '''Greenwood County Library'''
 === 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>
 South Main Street<br>
 Greenwood, SC 29646<br>
-'''Email:'''  ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org <br>
+E-mail:  ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org <br>
-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>
 === Microfilm ===
-Four microfilm reader/printers are available for viewing the microfilm in this room.  <br>
-<br>
 '''Newspapers'''
-* Abbeville Press and Banner, 1846-1903
-* Edgefield Advertiser, October 15, 1856-April 22, 1868
-* Greenwood Light, 1885-1886
-*Greenwood Tribune, 1886-1888
-*Greenwood Times, 1889
-*McCormick Advance, 1886-1887
-*McCormick News, 1892
-*Ninety-Six Guardian, 1878-1889
-*Ninety-Six Star, 1906
-*Psalm Singer, 1886
-*Saluda Argus, 1884
-*Greenwood Index, September 12, 1895-1918 (1906 missing)
-*Greenwood Journal., November 1, 1897-1918 (1906 missing)
-*Greenwood Index-Journal, 1939-present
-<br>
-'''Church Records'''<br>
-*Broadmouth Baptist Church, 1837-1966
-*Siloam Baptist Church, 1834-1876
-*Turkey Creek Baptist Church, 1785-1909<br>
-'''Military Records'''<br>
-Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (South Carolina 1-1 through 12 and Continental Troops 1-16-2)<br><br>
-'''Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps'''
-(Abbeville and Greenwood)
-<br><br>
-'''Virginia Court Records'''<br>
-A list of court records of the Virginia Counties on microfilm in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library<br><br>
-'''US Census''' <br>
--1930<br>
-<br>
-'''South Carolina State Census, 1829'''<br>
-*Fairfield
-*Laurens
-'''South Carolina State Census, 1839'''<br>
-*Beaufort
-*Chesterfield
-*Kershaw
-*Lexington<br><br>
-'''South Carolina 1868 Agricultural Census'''<br><br>
-'''South Carolina State Census, 1869'''<br><br>
-'''South Carolina State Census, 1875'''<br>
-*Aiken-Charleston
-*Clarendon-Sumter
-*Fairfield County (Townships 8-13)
-*Williamsburg-York<br><br>
-'''US Census for Maryland Counties'''<br>
-* 1840 US Census -Prince George and Queen Anne Counties
-*1850 US Census - Montgomery and Prince George Counties
-*1870 US Census - Prince George County
 === Vertical File ===
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 === Books ===
-'''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>
-'''Cemeteries'''<br>
-*'''Greenwood County, South Carolina Cemetery Records, Volume One''', By Old Ninety Six Chapter South Carolina Genealogical Society, 1996 (Gen 929.5 G V. 1)
-*'''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)
-'''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>
-*'''Greenwood County:  A History''', Ann Herd Bowen, Published by The Museum, Greenwood, SC, 1992 (GEN 975.733 BOWEN)<br><br>
-'''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)
-*'''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)
-*'''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)
 === Online Resources ===