Hello Folks, Our list with it's 366 members continues to thrive as one of the largest lists on Rootsweb. Our members are among the most knowledgeable researchers on the Internet. Take advantage of these 366 genealogical resources by posting your queries and requests for assistance. Some of you may not know that there is a message board for the Old 96 District. I have not set up a gateway (messages posted to that board are automatically posted to this list) but the board is found here: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=localities.northam.us a.states.southcarolina.schist.old96 For those who have joined our list recently here is a summary of how the Old 96 District evolved into the present day counties: In 1769 SC had 8 Circuit Court Districts, one was known as Ninety-Six District. Between 1785-1789 eight counties were established within Ninety-Six District: Abbeville, Edgefield, Greenville, Laurens, Newberry, Pendleton, Spartanburg, and Union. Later, labels fluctuated between either Districts or Counties, and additional counties were formed from these. Today, 15 of SC's 46 counties were formed from some part of what was Old Ninety-Six District. The 15 current day counties that were, at least in part, formed from the Old 96 District are: Abbeville, Aiken, Anderson, Cherokee, Edgefield, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, McCormick, Newberry, Oconee, Pickens, Union, Saluda, and Spartanburg. (Information Source: Schweitzer, George K. "South Carolina Genealogical Research.") http://www.geocities.com/srunreal/Abbeville/abbeq003.htm By the way, there are also some old queries at the above link. You cannot post new queries to this site but there may be something of interest in the old queries that are already posted there. Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours. Eldon mailto:ewade@cfl.rr.com List admin. for SC Old 96 Researching: WADE, HAMES