Lawrence Genealogy and Local History Room

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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

  • 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

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)