BURYING GROUNDS, GRAVEYARDS AND CEMETERIES
                                                     Laurens County. South Carolina - - Volume One

Laurens County Library   1017 West Main St.   Laurens, SC 29360  Phone No. (864)984-0596

Hours:  Monday, Tuesday & Thursday 9:00 am - 8:30 pm  Wednesday 9:00 am - 6:00 pm  Friday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm  Saturday 9:00 am - 1:00 pm  Sunday - Closed

Elaine Martin - Local History Librarian  Kathryn Johnson - Assistant Local History Librarian

If you would like to write the library, please send a Self Addressed Stamped Envelope, be specific as to what info is desired, and as to what records you want searched, such as wills, newspaper, etc.

Laurens Specialized Library Resources:
• Census Records on Microfilm: S. Carolina for 1790 – 1920 (no 1890); some NC, VA, GA, TN & KY Federal Census.
• Military Records for Revolution, Civil War and World Wars I and II.
• **There are no official marriage records prior to 1912, nor birth/death records for SC until 1915. We do have various compiled info from minister, church and newspaper accounts.
• South Carolina Death Certificate Index on microfiche, 1915-1924, 1925-1934, 1935-1944. Note: Death records less than 50 years old are closed to the public.
• Will & Estate Records for Laurens County are on microfilm for the time period 1785-1900.
• Land Records for Laurens County are on microfilm for the time period of 1785-1900.
• DAR lineage books & Cemetery Records for Laurens & adjacent counties.
• Local Newspapers: Clinton Chronicle on microfilm (housed at Presbyterian College, Clinton, SC) beginning 1919; Laurens Advertiser beginning 1885; Laurensville Herald, June 1845 to July 1929 (some years are incomplete).
• Other Resources: Maps, Family Histories (929.2), Bible & Church Records.
• Genealogical Magazines: South Carolina Magazine of Ancestral Research, Brent Holcomb, Editor.
• Genealogical Societies: Laurens District Chapter SCGS, PO Box 1217, Laurens, SC. Meets at Laurens County Library 2nd "Thursday" of each month, 7:30 PM, except June, July & Aug. Visitors Welcome!

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