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***** UPDATE *****
 11/15/2024

The Monday, December 02, 2024, monthly meeting of the Anderson County Chapter of South Carolina Genealogical Society will be at Senior Solutions starting at 6:00pm, meal, 7:00pm, meeting. This will be our Christmas Dinner. Cost is $17.00 per person and will need to be paid to ACGS by Friday, November 22, 2024. Sherry Hart will be catering it again this year. When you purcahse your ticket, indicate your choice of Roast Beef with Gravy or Grilled Pork Tenderloin with Cranberry and Apple Chutney as entree and Red Velvet Cake or Banana Pudding Bread as desert. Sides will be Creamed Potatoes, Baby Lima Beans, Broccoli Casserole, and a Yeast Roll. This will also be Show and Tell meeting if you wish to share a story of a family momento or something about your family tree.

The Monday, January 06, 2025, monthly meeting of the Anderson County Chapter of South Carolina Genealogical Society will be at Senior Solutions starting at 7:00pm. Snacks will be served at 6:30pm. The planned speaker is William "Bill" Williamson who will speak on the "Life of a Revolutionary War Militia Soldier". Bill loves dressing for the occasion and presenting interesting facts about the period. Come early to social and enjoy the snacks prior to the meeting.

NOTE: The Research Center will be closed the week of Thanksgiving, November 25-30, 2024.

The Carolyn Duncan Research Center's normal schedule is Tuesday and Thursday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM.

We will continue to open by appointment when we have volunteers to manage it.  Please call or email at least 7 days prior to your planned visit date to ensure that someone is available to open the Center.

COVID restrictions: Anyone who has tested positive for COVID or is exhibiting symptoms is requested to not visit until at least 5 days after having received a positive test result or after the symptoms started.

NOTE: Effective May 01, 2021, we will be instituting a nominal charge for research that our volunteers do on your behalf. We have been doing this for free in hopes of getting a donation from the requestor, but unfortunately this does not always happen. Click HERE for fees.

Check here frequently for updates.

Also, check out our FaceBook page at Anderson County Chapter

If you have research questions that we can help with, email us at acgsresearch@gmail.com or call 864‑540‑8300, leave a message, and someone will get back you in a few days to see how we may assist.

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The Carolyn Duncan
Research Center
Located in the
Arts Center Warehouse
110 Federal Street
Anderson, SC 29625-4363
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Old Anderson County Courthouse

Erected 1898 and Twice Renovated

Photo by: Philip Cheney

 

Anderson County and its county seat, Anderson, were named for Revolutionary War general Robert Anderson (1741-1812). This region was occupied by the Cherokee Indians until 1777, when it was ceded by treaty to the state. Part of the "Indian Land" became Pendleton District (also called Washington District at one time.) The area was given its present name in 1826, when Pendleton District was split into Anderson and Pickens. Most of the early settlers of this area were Scotch-Irish farmers who moved south from Pennsylvania and Virginia in the eighteenth century. The oldest town in the county is Pendleton, which was founded around 1790; it became a popular summer resort for low country planters in the nineteenth century. Some famous residents of Anderson County were United States senator and governor Olin D. Johnston (1896-1965), business leader Charles E. Daniel (1895-1964), and composer Lily Strickland (1884-1958). 

(Submitted by: SC State Library / Mary Morgan, 31-Mar-2008)

Click Here to view Anderson Independent Mail's April, 2003, video about the Anderson County Chapter of the South Carolina Genealogical Society, Inc.

NOTE: We have a limited number of the SCGS Herald (43 Years) on USB drives ($25) and blank SCGS 8 Gb USB drives ($10) available in the Research Center.  Come visit the Center and pick a couple up while you are there.

Origins of Anderson Streets Names Project
Click Here

Anderson Co. Cemeteries - New Silverbrook Cemetery,
Burial Records and Additional Genealogical Information is now available.
Cost is $35.00. See Publications for Sale

Volume 10 of Anderson County Cemeteries is now available.
It includes records for Forest Lawn Memorial Park and Mausoleum 2006-2015
and Oaklawn Memorial Gardens.
Cost is $25.00.  See Publications for Sale

Parker-White-Pruitt Funeral Home - Honea Path 1935-1986
Parker-White-Pruitt Funeral Home - Ware Shoals 1942-1987
Cost is $28.00 each. See Publications for Sale

3-Ring Binder Recipe Book from ACGS now available 
Cost is $15.00. (+ $6.50 shipping and handling if mailed)
Click HERE for details and an order form.

NOTE: We now have the information from the Tolley Funeral Home
available for viewing only in the Research Center.
Disclaimer: This Genealogy Page links to many Genealogy Projects that may be using "historically correct words" that some individuals may consider to be offensive.