If you have not used the Genealogy files of Leonardo Andreas you certainly might be missing a great resource for learning about your family specialy if you live way off and cannot access the SC Archives etc. These are available only in the largest best libraries and in the Family History Centers of Mormon churches i. e. Church of Latter Day Saints of Jesus Christ, look up in your local phone book. The only ones I know of on line are the MILLERs if you know of others on line please post them for others's benefit. So I can tell you where to go look at the MILLER section of files and you can see what has been done already and that you should go access these files in your search for whatever surname you are looking for in SC. See the rundown below to learn what is available for MILLERs and apply that to your situation; The Andrea Files originate from Leonardo Andrea a professional Genealogist of the 1940 era. After his death it has been said that his daughter donated his files to be used by people all over the world searching for their ancestors. We are indebted to her for her generousity. Andrea took these files from the records of the local court houses in various counties of SC, GA and elsewhere. His methodology seems to be to copy all the records on MILLER when he was in a county searching for a particular individual so that he would have the information available whenever he needed it the next time. Anyone who had MILLER relatives in SC or went through SC on their way westward will find these documents helpful. MILLER is just one of the many surname files that you can find in your local library by Andrea. If your ancestors were South Carolinians go see the Andrea Files. He copied wills, deeds, grants and court docs that he thought might help identify the MILLER individual and all members of his family as well. He spared no peripheral identities to document spouses and their parents when he could find them. As all human beings Andrea could have made a mistake or two so we suggest that you make your own conclusions from the data available here rather than accept in whole the conclusions drawn by Andrea. We are indebted to Debra MILLER Haston for the extensive time spent retyping these files into readable/searchable text. Although the text is searchable for the first name you are looking for we suggest you read all the material for a given location rather than concentrate solely on the name you are seeking. The files are in 6 Sections as follows: Section [1] is a summary of all the files and functions somewhat like an index. Section [2] covers the MILLERs in Lancaster, Clarenden, Kershaw and Richland Counties of SC. Section [3] covers Fairfield, Chester, York, Union counties and portions of old Camden District. Section [4] covers old 96 District and the counties of Union, Laurens, Anderson, Oconee, Picklens, Greenwood, Spartanburg, Newberry, Edgefield, Saluda, Abbeville, and McCormick as well as portions of old Pendleton and Old Edgefield Districts. Section [5] is a short compilation of the Switzerland MILLERs entering the country at PA, NY, VA, and other ports then some of whom migrated on to SC and other places. Section [6] covers the Georgia MILLERs but only a few counties that overlap the SC MILLER files he worked on. WE suspect that there are other MILLER files in other counties that are missing [but these are all that are known to us]. Andrea had a particular interest in the MILLERs as he had bit of MILLER blood too. To view the MILLER sections go to; http://www.geocities.com/webbercreek/ Charles C. MILLER ----- Original Message ----- From: "Clovis E Miller" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 3:02 PM Subject: Re: Andrea Files > Charles, > I received the Andreas Txt file and am working on it. I will have to > create a 2nd page for this. If you want to write a short introduction for > the data I will include that as well. > > Clovis > > I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are? I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are? I'm about as organized as a chickenhouse full of chickens. 7 times in the Bible God has commanded us to Honor our fathers and mothers. How can we do that if we are not genealogists and know who our mothers and fathers are?