Howdy All!!! Thanks to all our special volunteers who are working on projects! Anyone can take information of the web site and use it for their own, but it takes a SPECIAL person to donate time to help this site grow. A warm heartfelt thank you from Dawn and I to our volunteers! The site is growing fast and we still need YOUR HELP with some projects! Please contact me if you can help in any way! Don't forget the QUERY page, please check them weekly and see if you can help someone out with their research! **********RECORDS UPDATES http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/records/ ********* 1849 Keowee Courier - deaths, submitted by Kristy Smith (she is also working on marriages, and gathering information for the Civil War soldiers of Pickens Co) Last Will and Testament of Elisha Alexander (Sr.), 1832 - submitted by Dolores Pringle Paper from the estate of Esther Miller, 1851 - submitted by Dolores Pringle Will and Papers from the estate of Isaac Miller, Sr., 1850 - submitted by Dolores Pringle Last Will and Testament of Stephen Young, 1829 - submitted by Dolores Pringle ******* CIVIL WAR PAGE UPDATES http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/ ******* Orr's Rifles Through the Eyes of J. F. J. Caldwell- Contributed and edited by Steve Batson http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/brigade.htm Summary of Pickens Co., SC, CSA Companies and the men who served - Contributed by Steve Batson http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/cwsummary.html Bios of CSA soldiers surnames: FREE, GILSTRAP, CRAIG, BOGGS, HOUSTON, FISHBURNE, WHEELER, TODD, ALBERTSON, STRAUSS, HUNNICUTT, McCLELLAND, GRIFFIN, HUNNICUTT, SC Civil War links - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/cwlinks.html Books about South Carolina in the War Between the States - http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/cwbooks.html How To's & Faq's http://www.rootsweb.com/~scpicken/civilwar/howto.htm Including: How to submit information to this web site How to research records for those who served in the Civil War What are Regiments, Units, Corps etc? How do I get a FREE marker for my Confederate Veteran? How can I get a Memorial Service for my Confederate Veteran? *************************** COMING SOON ***************** Crescent Hill Baptist and Griffin Baptist Church History's - Jimmy Epperson Richard Wright "Dick" Simpson Biography - M. L. Osborne (This is a wonderful story!!)