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  05/03/2008

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Welcome to The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society website. Please sign our Guest Book and let us know you visited! 

The Old Edgefield District Genealogical Society is a nonprofit organization chartered as a member of the South Carolina Genealogical Society in January of 1985. We are located in the Tompkins Library located at 104 Courthouse Square.  OEDGS was created to bring together interested persons for the exchanging of of information and to study ancestry in our region.  It is our purpose to issue publications, to collect and preserve data and to assist members with their genealogical research and writing.

The Tompkins Library has a tremendous collection of books on the history of Edgefield County as well her people and families.  It also has an extensive collection of Edgefield County related microfilm including issues of The Edgefield Advertiser newspaper dating back to 1836,  a huge collection of loose papers, and a major collection on other states whose people migrated into and out of Edgefield including:  Virginia, NC, GA, AL TX. 

OEDGS offers membership to the society which includes unlimited access to the Tompkins Library, receipt of the QUILL, the society's award winning bimonthly newsletter , membership in the South Carolina Genealogical Society and receipt of their Carolina Herald Newsletter, and research assistance and information exchange.  To join, mail the membership form with the appropriate dues.

Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am until 4 pm.  Please browse our site.  If you have any questions about our site or our facility please feel free to contact us.

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