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Revision as of 08:28, 8 May 2014
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]
Four microfilm reader/printers are available for viewing the microfilm in this room.
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
Church Records
- Broadmouth Baptist Church, 1837-1966
- Siloam Baptist Church, 1834-1876
- Turkey Creek Baptist Church, 1785-1909
Military Records
Revolutionary War Rolls, 1775-1783 (South Carolina 1-1 through 12 and Continental Troops 1-16-2)
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
(Abbeville and Greenwood)
Virginia Court Records
A list of court records of the Virginia Counties on microfilm in the Archives Division of the Virginia State Library
US Census
1790-1930
South Carolina State Census, 1829
- Fairfield
- Laurens
South Carolina State Census, 1839
- Beaufort
- Chesterfield
- Kershaw
- Lexington
South Carolina 1868 Agricultural Census
South Carolina State Census, 1869
South Carolina State Census, 1875
- Aiken-Charleston
- Clarendon-Sumter
- Fairfield County (Townships 8-13)
- Williamsburg-York
US Census for Maryland Counties
- 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[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)