Greenville County, South Carolina:
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Projects

• Greenville County      (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Greenville County SCGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Greenville County Trails      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Abbeville County, SC  to the south
• Anderson County, SC  to the southwest
• Henderson County, NC  to the north
• Laurens County, SC  to the southeast
• Pickens County, SC  to the west
• Polk County, NC  to the northeast
• Spartanburg County, SC  to the east
• Transylvania County, NC  to the northwest

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Fountain Inn GEDCOM Index 
• Greenville Co, South Carolina, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Greenville County, South Carolina Genealogy  List of published Greenville County, South Carolina family histories     (Source: Family History Library)
• Greenville GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (45)

Church Records

• Greenville County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Greenville County Historical Records  A gateway to historical records consisting of Deeds, Probate Estate Papers, and District Court Records
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Greenville District Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Directories

• Greenville City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Greenville County Historical Records  A gateway to historical records consisting of Deeds, Probate Estate Papers, and District Court Records
• Greenville County Probate and Wills      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Indexes to the County Wills of South Carolina  includes Greenville County, 1787-1853     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Files and Loose Papers, 1732-1964     (Source: Family History Library)
• South Carolina Probate Records  Bound Volumes 1671-1977     (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• African Americans in the City of Greenville 

History (29)

Immigration and Naturalization Records

• South Carolina Naturalizations, 1783-1850  includes Greenville County Records     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Introduction and Guides (15)

Land Records

• Greenville County Deeds      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Greenville County Historical Records  A gateway to historical records consisting of Deeds, Probate Estate Papers, and District Court Records
• Greenville District Land Plats, Vol. D, 1786,1788-1799  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Greenville District Land Plats, Vol. E, 1794-1799,1803  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• Greenville District Land Plats, Vol. F, 1799,1801-1803  index     (Source: Strictly by Name)
• North Carolina Land Grants  in South Carolina     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• North Carolina Land Grants in South Carolina      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives (10)

Lookups

• Greenville County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Greenville Co., SC Queries      (Source: South Carolina Genealogy)
• Greenville County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Greenville County, SC Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SC-OLD96-L For anyone with a genealogical interest in "Old 96" which is an old South Carolina district that encompassed the present-day counties of Edgefield, Greenville, Newberry, Abbeville, Laurens, Union, Spartanburg, and part of Cherokee

  • SC-OLD96-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SC-OLD96-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SC-OLD96-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• SCGREENV-L Greenville County genealogy

  • SCGREENV-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SCGREENV-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • SCGREENV-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (36)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Greenville District     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Greenville County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Greenville County Pensions      (Source: USGenWeb South Carolina Archives)
• Greenville County, South Carolina Military Index      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Greenville, SC  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Greenville County, South Carolina     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Greensville County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Greenville County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Greenville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Greenville County, South Carolina  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Greenville County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Greenville County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Greenville County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Greenville County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Greenville County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Index to The Greenville News  1994-present

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Greenville News  Obituaries since June 1999
• Greenville News  Greenville, SC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Greenville News      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Greenville Obituary Index 
• Greer, South Carolina Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Simpsonville Tribune Times  Obituaries midpage towards the right
• Tribune Times  Greenville, SC     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (11)

School Records and Histories

• Furman University, Greenville  Historic Campus Architecture Project
• Furman University, Greenville  Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Greenville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Marietta School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Simpsonville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Simpsonville School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary  The Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Greenville County Marriage License Search 

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• (Hodges) Brown Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Greenville County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Culverhouse Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Greenville County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Nicholls-Crook Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Greenville County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies (15)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (176)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Greenville County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Greenville County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Greenville County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Greenville County, South Carolina     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Greenville  South Carolina Death Records, including Undertaker's Certificates for Interstate Shipping, etc.     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Greenville County Marriage License Search 
• Greenville County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Greenville, South Carolina Marriage and Death Notices, 1826-63      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Greenville County, South Carolina     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Greenville County     (Source: Family History Library)

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