Obituary Index for Greenwood SC newspapers - courtesy of the Greenwood County Library

Welcome to our obituary and death notice index for the Greenwood Index-Journal newspaper, abstracted from the Greenwood County Library's microfilm holdings by the GCL Reference Department staff and volunteers. Coverage includes:

* Death Notices may contain little or no family information*

Years available for searching here are indicated by an underlined link. Click on a year, and scroll down the page--the files are in alphabetical order by last name. On larger files, you can use the "find" function of your Internet browser to search by last name. Information can include the person's full name as given, age, dateline of the obituary, spouse(s) or other kin, and the dates of the issue(s) in which the information appears. 

 
          1895 1896 1897 1898 1899
1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 *1906 1907 1908 1909
1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919
1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929
1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974
1975
 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010                  

*1906--there do not seem to be any papers available for this year.

If you cannot come to the library, the Reference staff accepts requests. Mail requests with the pertinent information (name, month/day/year of death) to Reference Department, Greenwood County Library, 600 S. Main Street, Greenwood, SC 29646. Photocopies are $1.00 per obituary/page. Make checks/money orders payable to the Library. Allow 2-3 weeks for processing. Contact the Reference Department by phone (864)941-4650, or email ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org, for more information.

If you do not have a complete death date (month/day/year), we have to search the microfilm day by day until we find the information. Our research charge is $25.00 per hour plus $1 per page photocopied--allow additional time for research requests. We suggest you consult the SC Death Index (http://www.scdhec.net/administration/vr/vrdi.htm) for deaths that occurred between 1915-1962. For 1963-present, please consult the SC DHEC Division of Vital Records http://www.scdhec.net/administration/vr/index.htm website for information on how to obtain death certificates.

Many thanks to our staff members--Gail Hinton, Doug Lefler, Elsie Livingston, Pam Morgan, Bobby Slabaugh, Susan Smith, John Robert Young, Julie Horton, Jeannine Hinkel, and Yvonne Hudgens--and our community volunteers Chandra Christian, Linwood Hollingsworth, and Cathie Swindell for their assistance in abstracting and transcribing these files!

This is a work-in-progress! If you live in this area and are interested in assisting us with this valuable project, please contact the Reference Coordinator for more information at 941-4650, or email ReferenceDesk@greenwoodcountylibrary.org.