Excuse the duplication for those of you who may have gotten this on other lists. The South Carolina Department of History and Archives now has the index for its holdings online here: http://www.archivesindex.sc.gov/search/default.asp I haven't had a chance to look around much, but there are lots and lots of plats indexed, some wills and other public documents. Each document indexed includes the names mentioned in the document! Good luck! Pat Sabin Dorchester County SCGenWeb - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scdorche/ Colleton County SCGenWeb - http://www.patsabin.com/colleton/ Bamberg County SCGenWeb - http://www.patsabin.com/bamberg/