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Greenville county historical society is a 501c3 nonprofit organization. Celebrate and remember the lives we have lost in spartansburg, pennsylvania. The spartanburg county historical association was founded in 1958 and established the regional museum of spartanburg county in 1961. While many of the earlier events in spartanburg history, especially during the. List of books and articles about pennsylvania history. The spartanburg district magistrates and freeholders court, 18241865, the south carolina historical magazine, vol. Spartanburg county, south carolina, public library history. Over 90,000 books and media sorted into 60 categories. Spartanburg county vital records can be found at the south carolina department of health has copies of birth records after 19 and death records after 1930, copies of marriage since jan 1962 and a divorce records since 1958. General history books will only tell you so much about a given american location.
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