Thanks for the responses Judy and Marsha. The pain is subisiding and I can actually use those fingers now. : ) I just dug up an e-mail I had received from the librarian at Guildford College awhile back. I had forgotten she had including additional information above and beyond what they had. It sounds as if they might have the most comprehensive collection of records for Bush River. Maybe I'll just stop there on my way down. "The surviving original Bush River records and use copies are in the Friends Historical Collection at Guilford College. They are abstracted and indexed in William Wade Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I. Some records (not all and not verified) are available on microfilm through the LDS. I believe copies of these reels are also at the South Carolina Archives. Photocopies of some Bush River records are also available at Earlham College (Richmond, IN) and the Allen County Public Library. See http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST359L for more information, including a list of what specific records exist for Bush River." Does anyone know if estate and will information is available at the courthouse in Newberry? Here in my county in Maryland, the records are in big books at the Register of Wills in the courthouse. Thanks again. Jane On Jan 20, 2008 5:13 PM, marsha moses <[email protected]> wrote: > Jane and all. AFter reading your below message, I took a very quick > look at the holdings of the LDS FHL using the keyword: Bush River > Monthly Meeting. There are three entries that appear when one searches: > > One seems to be information found by a lady for William Wade Hinshaw: > > FHL US/CAN Film > 255078 > > The second is: The Steddom reunion of 1916 (third annual) : with > sketches of pioneer life, traditions, and incidents of family history in > South Carolina and Ohio > > And the third One seems to be a book about the McDonald family who moved > to Ohio from Bush River. This one is available digitally online and can > be searced by surname: > > The McDonald family : early settlers in Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio > > It is unclear if the first one is original information or a transcript > of the original. Often the original records from the Quaker Monthly > Meetings in the Carolinas are found In Guilford County, NC at Guilford > College. I have looked at microfilm copies of many original records > there, but I have never looked to see if there were Bush River MM > records. And I have not looked at Hinshaw yet either. I'll try to look > to see what Hinshaw has before the week is over. > > The Archives in Columbia are located at an exit from the interstate in > an area with many motels and restaurants. You should have no trouble > finding some place to stay. I often stay in the area without even a > prior reservation. There are some places in Columbia that are a bit > pricier and more unusual (but not as convenient) if you are looking for > a more upscale stay. Marsha in WV > > > jane gilbert wrote: > > >hi everyone, > > > >my apology for lack of caps, but i have bad burns on the fingertips of > >my left hand so proper typing is a challenge right now. > > > >when i come down to newberry in may, it will be my first trip down > >there. i'll be spending a lot of time doing research and could use > >some advice on where the best resources are for what i need. i assume > >the archives in columbia might in order. i'm going to want to > >research records for newberry and surrounding counties (lexington, > >edgefield, union) if that makes a difference. estate and will > >records will be key, and i'd also like to see films of the bush river > >mm records too (not abstracts). it seems the newberry family history > >center is closed, so that doesn't appear to be an option. are the > >bush river films permanently located at another nearby center? > > > >any input appreciated including maybe places to stay in columbia. > > > >thanks! > > > >jane > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

I can answer the estate and will records question with an affirmative. Also the deeds are readily available. I went with a group last spring. It is best to let them know ahead of time that you are coming. They allowed us to use the record room alone and it has a copier and a large library table. We went through the index, they pulled the documents from our list and then allowed us to copy. We made a surname list for everyone in the group and there were about six of us in the room working. I would suggest that if you want duplicates to make them at the same time as that was a problem for us and then getting them to others after the event did not happen. That was disappointing. The land records are in a separate building but all of these are within a few blocks of each other. At the local library they had a set of government books that I would love to go back to go through. We did not find them until the day before I had to leave. The group was there to clean up a cemetery but those of us who had health issues did the research. I was so thrilled as I got to copy the original land deed of my ggggrandfather Elihu and Ruth Coppock Julian for the sale of their land to her sister who stayed in SC. Our organizer did a great job in letting the local offices and libraries know that we were coming and I think it really gave us a lot more time to just plain work. Both offices allowed us to copy and then pay but for the public library you will want to find out how much and have lots of change. We did not use the University library, I am not sure why not? They had loads of stuff and we just scratched the surface in five days. I would suggest that you leave any family histories or printed genealogies till last and go through the actual records as you can probably get some of that type of books through interlibrary loan after you get home. Here is a link to some of the resources. http://www.newberry.scgen.org/resources.html I wish I could do it again with you all but I don't know if that would be possible for me this year. If I do not need room reservations how late can I let you know if I can make it. I might be able to talk my sister into going down with me (we are in Ohio). Through the internet and genealogy, I was reunited with a cousin that I had not seen in 40 years. He got transferred to the south and he is now retired and lives in Newberry. He was so shocked to find out that he retired to a town that was home to so many of his grandfathers and he joined the Quaker Church when he was a teenage after his mother died. He married a Baptist, so that is where they go now. Vivian -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jane gilbert Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 5:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [SC-BUSHRIVERQUAKERS] research advice Thanks for the responses Judy and Marsha. The pain is subisiding and I can actually use those fingers now. : ) I just dug up an e-mail I had received from the librarian at Guildford College awhile back. I had forgotten she had including additional information above and beyond what they had. It sounds as if they might have the most comprehensive collection of records for Bush River. Maybe I'll just stop there on my way down. "The surviving original Bush River records and use copies are in the Friends Historical Collection at Guilford College. They are abstracted and indexed in William Wade Hinshaw's Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, Vol. I. Some records (not all and not verified) are available on microfilm through the LDS. I believe copies of these reels are also at the South Carolina Archives. Photocopies of some Bush River records are also available at Earlham College (Richmond, IN) and the Allen County Public Library. See http://www.quakermeetings.com/meeting_view?anID=TST359L for more information, including a list of what specific records exist for Bush River." Does anyone know if estate and will information is available at the courthouse in Newberry? Here in my county in Maryland, the records are in big books at the Register of Wills in the courthouse. Thanks again. Jane On Jan 20, 2008 5:13 PM, marsha moses <[email protected]> wrote: > Jane and all. AFter reading your below message, I took a very quick > look at the holdings of the LDS FHL using the keyword: Bush River > Monthly Meeting. There are three entries that appear when one searches: > > One seems to be information found by a lady for William Wade Hinshaw: > > FHL US/CAN Film > 255078 > > The second is: The Steddom reunion of 1916 (third annual) : with > sketches of pioneer life, traditions, and incidents of family history in > South Carolina and Ohio > > And the third One seems to be a book about the McDonald family who moved > to Ohio from Bush River. This one is available digitally online and can > be searced by surname: > > The McDonald family : early settlers in Wayne Township, Darke County, Ohio > > It is unclear if the first one is original information or a transcript > of the original. Often the original records from the Quaker Monthly > Meetings in the Carolinas are found In Guilford County, NC at Guilford > College. I have looked at microfilm copies of many original records > there, but I have never looked to see if there were Bush River MM > records. And I have not looked at Hinshaw yet either. I'll try to look > to see what Hinshaw has before the week is over. > > The Archives in Columbia are located at an exit from the interstate in > an area with many motels and restaurants. You should have no trouble > finding some place to stay. I often stay in the area without even a > prior reservation. There are some places in Columbia that are a bit > pricier and more unusual (but not as convenient) if you are looking for > a more upscale stay. Marsha in WV > > > jane gilbert wrote: > > >hi everyone, > > > >my apology for lack of caps, but i have bad burns on the fingertips of > >my left hand so proper typing is a challenge right now. > > > >when i come down to newberry in may, it will be my first trip down > >there. i'll be spending a lot of time doing research and could use > >some advice on where the best resources are for what i need. i assume > >the archives in columbia might in order. i'm going to want to > >research records for newberry and surrounding counties (lexington, > >edgefield, union) if that makes a difference. estate and will > >records will be key, and i'd also like to see films of the bush river > >mm records too (not abstracts). it seems the newberry family history > >center is closed, so that doesn't appear to be an option. are the > >bush river films permanently located at another nearby center? > > > >any input appreciated including maybe places to stay in columbia. > > > >thanks! > > > >jane > > > > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message