Howdy All! Whew! I shouldn't have stayed away so long! Thank you for all your kind comments and making me feel welcome! Also, thank you to all who are sending in contributions already! I am trying to get them up as fast as I can and find all the ones you have already contributed (which are hidden in 3 different computers!) The biggest announcement I have is that there have been several people who have stepped up to help do some transcriptions including the 1930 Census, various transcriptions, and a PR/Liason person for the local papers! I know many of you probably have some files pertaining to Pickens, Anderson and Oconee counties that you could contribute, so please, over the next week, go through your files and send them to me at howdycuzin@aol.com. I am also working on getting the military part of the site back online. Some of the files are there so you can peruse them at your leisure! Please note they aren't pretty yet but the content is there :) ON TO THE UPDATES! Here are the latest updates I have posted on the website, you can view them by going to this link: http://www.scgenealogy.com/pickens *** Greenlawn Cemetery Transcription - Easley SC Thank you Patricia Cantrell for the heads up and Robert G. Dodson for the transcription contribution! *** Andrew C. Symmes Obit - thank you Teresa Davis for the transcription! *** William Waddell Martin Probate - thanks Sandy *** Old Map of Area Churches - thank you Derrell Teat *** Old Map of SC Churches - thank you Derrell Teat *** 1850 Census (Partial) - I found it!! Thank you to everyone who helped transcribe this one! We are still missing some pages so if anyone wants to step forward and do this.... :) *** HAMILTON Probate Records - thank you Linda M Sykes *** Pickens Sentiel -Thursday, July 14, 1887 *** Latham Family Cemetery - thank you Elaine Lathem *** Miscellaneous Headstones - thank you contributors! *** Allgood Cemetery & Homeplace (I still have some reunion photos to add also) *** Barton Family Roll of Honor - thank you Carl James Barton *** How to Research (PowerPoint Presentation) I will be gone this next week and expect to come home to a mailbox full of material to add! Thank you for your contiued support, AND KEEP THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS COMING IN! Warm Regards, Traci Parsons-Holder