--=======6E4E4E47======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-BDD1E53; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I appologize if some of you get this message more than once, but we did want you=20 to know of the new book that will be available as of the 13th of Dec. Please join us and get your copy of the two volume book. Remembering Edgefield 1891 =20 The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society is hosting a book signing on Saturday, December 13, 2003 from 2:00 p. m. to 5:00 p. m. at the Tompkins Library (104 Courthouse Square). The public is invited and refreshments will be served. REMEMBERING EDGEFIELD =96 1891, by Tricia Glenn & Tonya Taylor, is the long-awaited two-volume book set, which takes an in-depth look at Edgefield following the arrival of the railroad in 1888. The tremendous boon to the town and county following this event is highlighted in colorful transcriptions from the 1891 Edgefield Chronicle. Other important documents of the period, are included in the book, such as a rare 1891 Edgefield Town Census, Court of General Sessions records, Grand Jury reports, the 1891 Sheriff=92s Jail Book and Minutes of the County Commissioners. Moreover, the authors have researched other South Carolina and Georgia newspapers to include their observations about the region during this significant revitalization period.=20 The books present a vivid picture of what it was like to live in Edgefield County, South Carolina in the year 1891, and provides a glimpse into the mind of a people clinging faithfully to the "glorious" principals of the Old South, at the same time as they are exclaiming over the thrilling wonder of the telephone and the great steam engines of the local cotton-oil mill. Included within the books is a rare collection of old Edgefield photographs and drawings, a pull-out map of the town as it looked in 1891, plus an index that lists over nine thousand sur-names and place-names.=20 Please do not reply to this email. For more information please contact the Tompkins Library at (803)-637-4010 or email [email protected] --=======6E4E4E47======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-BDD1E53 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.547 / Virus Database: 340 - Release Date: 12/2/03 --=======6E4E4E47=======--