In a message dated 11/24/2000 12:01:50 AM Central Standard Time, BNOREM@aol.com writes: > From: BNOREM@aol.com > To: SCROOTS-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SC] Surname LATHAN > > Hello All, > I'm trying to help a friend trace his LATHAN (& variant spelling) roots & > hope someone on this list can help. He's seeking the parents & grandparents > of Furman LATHAN, b. ca 1925 in Greenwood, Greenwood County, SC. My local > library here in FL doesn't have any SC census records later than 1880 and > I've not found any on-line for Greenwood Co. I do know that Greenwood was > formed in 1897 from Abbeville & Fairfield counties which were both formed > in > 1785 from Ninety-six District, an original county in 1769, so any records > before 1897 would probably be in one of the parent counties. If anyone has > any info on this family, or can point me in the right direction to find > anything, please e-mail me at: > > OOPS!! I made a Boo-Boo above on one of Greenwood's parent counties - it should be Edgefield - NOT Fairfield. Sorry 'bout that! Betty