Dear Wren, Regarding your interest in genealogical research in South Carolina: May I suggest that you dip into familysearch.org or the same familysearch.wiki [both sponsored by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City] and learn what you can about doing genealogical research in South Carolina. (I will tell you right off the bat--unless your family left a lot of personal papers (or had Charleston relatives), genealogical research in SC is quite difficult. None of the upcountry counties kept records!!!!  According to a lecture I attended years ago, all deeds, until quite late in SC's history, had to be recorded in Charleston.  Only when my Revolutionary ancestor's seven sons and his widow decided to move to Louisiana after the Battle of New Orleans was I able to discover that among these family members, they owned a fair amount of land in the upcountry (what is now Sumter Co., SC.) Louisiana had such papers as notarial papers, and from these *foreign* papers I discovered that these sons had owned property in SC.  A county history of Sumter Co. and a book about Baptists in SC told me more than I could find in the SC Archives!!! Also. if you spend some of your genealogical money on books, I recommend that you find with google.com the author, Dr. George K. Schwietzer, PhD, ScD,  He has compiled a good many useful booklets (reasonably priced, I think)including this one: South Carolina Genealgocial Research. I had colonial ancestors in Upcountry SC,but the records, if they exist, are virtually non-existent. t ________________________________ From: Wren Harris <jwharrisjr@bellsouth.net> To: harris-hunters-l@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, September 6, 2012 10:46 AM Subject: [HARRIS-HUNTERS] Harris in Edgefield South Carolina My great-great-great grandfather was George Harris.  He died in Edgefield County, South Carolina in 1819, and left heirs William, Micajah, Craven, John, Joshua (my ancestor), Jane, Elizabeth, Thomas, and George. My great-great grandfather was Joshua Harris.  He was born about 1788 in South Carolina, married Elizabeth Wren about 1828 (his 2nd or 3rd marriage, lived in Edgefield County, South Carolina, and died there sometime after 1870.  His children were Aramenta, Amanda, Mary, Sarah Zeline, John B., Martha Sylvesta, Jennie, Frances, and Joshua Wren Harris (my ancestor and namesake).  Although I would welcome hearing from anyone researching this family any time, I plan to be in Edgefield, South Carolina on September 28 and 29, 2012, and I'm sending this hoping that you might be there, too. The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society and Old Edgefield District African American Genealogical Society are hosting a "Southern Studies Showcase" in Edgefield on September 28 and 29, 2012. Genealogical and historical societies from all over South Carolina and parts of Georgia are being invited to participate in this two-day event that is expected to bring over 150 people to the Town of Edgefield. Go to  <outbind://24/www.oedgs.org> www.oedgs.org for more details. Hope to hear from you soon, J. Wren Harris, Jr. Harris dna group 5 Columbus, GA ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to HARRIS-HUNTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message