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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[ | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]'' | ||
{{TOCright}}These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Alabama.<br> | |||
=== Online Records === | |||
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=== National === | |||
''' | [[Image:NARA Atlanta.jpg|right|175px|NARA Atlanta.jpg]]'''[[National Archives at Atlanta]]'''<br>5780 Jonesboro Road<br>Morrow, Georgia 30260 USA<br>Phone: 770-968-2100<br>Fax: 770-968-2547<br>E-mail: [mailto:atlanta.archives@nara.gov atlanta.archives@nara.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/southeast/ National Archives at Atlanta] <br><br> | ||
''' | :Records from over 100 federal agencies and courts in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, '''Mississippi''', North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Also includes Vice Admiralty Courts of SC, evolution of federal courts, Constitutional rights, Revolutionary War, Civil War, reconstruction, World Wars I and II, and space exploration. Microfilms for censuses, diplomatic missions, military service records, bounty-land applications, passenger arrival lists, naturalizations, American Indians, and African Americans.<ref name="DB127">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 127-28. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref><br><br> | ||
=== Statewide === | |||
''' | '''Mississippi Department of Archives and History'''<br>200 North Street<br>Jackson, MS 39201 USA<br>Telephone: 601-576-6850<br>E-mail: [mailto:info@mdah.state.ms.us info@mdah.state.ms.us]<br>Internet: [http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/ Mississippi Department of Arrchives and History] | ||
:This is the best place to start genealogy research in Mississippi. Researchers can find original records from every Mississippi county here. They also have newspapers, genealogies, and county histories.<ref name="DB65" /> A useful guide is: | |||
:*Thomas W. Henderson and Ronald E. Tomlin, ''Guide to Official Records in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History'' (Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1975). {{WorldCat|865859264}}; {{FHL|185430|item|disp=FHL Book 976.2 A3h}}. | |||
:'''''Wiki articles describing parts of their online collections are found at:''''' | |||
:*[[Mississippi State Archives, Various Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Mississippi State Archives, Various Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br><br> | |||
[[Mississippi | '''Mississippi Genealogical Society<br>'''P.O. Box 5301<br>Jackson, MS 39216 USA<br>E-mail: [mailto:Info@MSGenSociety.org Info@MSGenSociety.org]<br>Internet: [http://msgensociety.org/index.html Mississippi Genealogical Society] | ||
'''Mississippi Historical Society'''<br>PO Box 571<br>Jackson, MS 39205-0571 USA<br>Telephone: 601-576-6849<br>E-mail: [mailto:mhs@mdah.state.ms.us mhs@mdah.state.ms.us]<br>Internet: [http://www.mississippihistory.org/ Mississippi Historical Society] | |||
:Their collection is now part of the ''Mississippi Department of Archives and History'' above. | |||
=== Regional === | |||
'''[[Evans Memorial Library]]'''<br>105 North Long Street<br>Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA<br>Telephone: 622-369-4601<br>Fax: 622-369-2971<br>E-mail: [mailto:eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us]<br>Internet: [http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/ Evans Memorial Library] | |||
:This is an outstanding regional library with records of the deep South, including Mississippi and Alabama oral histories, church records, newspapers, maps, military records, Chickasaw Indians, African Americans, fraternal histories, scrapbooks, manuscripts and photos. One of the largest genealogy collections in the South - could be called "the Fort Wayne Library of the South."<ref name="DB65">Dollarhide and Bremer, 65.</ref><br><br> | |||
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= | '''McCardle Research Library'''<br>Old Courthouse Museum<br>1008 Cherry St<br>Vicksburg, MS 39183 USA<br>Telephone: 601-36-0741<br>Internet: [http://oldcourthouse.org/mccardle-library/ McCardle Library] | ||
:Regional and local genealogy for early Mississippians, and American Civil War records including local history, histories of Warren County families, local cemetery records, census records, business directories, civil war manuscripts, maps, marriage records, and tax records.<ref name="DB65" /> <ref>[http://oldcourthouse.org/mccardle-library/ McCardle Library] in ''Vicksburg's Old Courthouse Museum'' (accessed 11 November 2015).</ref><br><br> | |||
'''Mississippi State University Mitchel Library<br>'''P.O. Box 5408<br>395 Hardy Rd<br>Mississippi State, MS 39762-5408 USA<br>Telephone: 662-325-7679<br>E-mail: [mail to:sp_coll@library.msstate.edu sp_coll@library.msstate.edu]<br>Internet: [http://library.msstate.edu/specialcollections Special Collections] | |||
=== | :They have books, manuscripts, maps, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB65" /><br><br> | ||
'''University of Mississippi Williams Library'''<br>P.O. Box 1848<br>1 Library Loop<br>University, MS 38677 USA<br>Telephone: 662-915-7408<br>E-mail: [mailto:archivesdept@olemiss.edu archivesdept@olemiss.edu]<br>Internet: [http://www.libraries.olemiss.edu/uml/archives-special-collections Archives and Special Collections] | |||
:They have an excellent collection of records about Mississippi such as logging, early settlers, oral histories, manuscripts, and local histories.<ref name="DB65" /><br><br> | |||
'''[http://www.usm.edu/ University of Southern Mississippi]<br>'''McCain Library and Archives<br>P.O. Box 5148<br>Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5148 USA<br>Phone: (601) 266-4345<br>Fax: (601) 266-4409<br> | |||
=== Out of State === | |||
'''[[Briscoe Center for American History]]'''<br>University of Texas at Austin<br>2313 Red River Street<br>Austin, Texas 78705 USA<br>Telephone: 512-495-4532<br>E-mail: [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/research/reference_help.php Reference Request Form]<br>Internet: [http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php Briscoe Center for American History] | |||
:This collection is as large as the Texas state archives including newspapers, biographies, private collections, the American South, military history, Western Americana, photos, and the ''[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01227/cah-01227.html Natchez Trace Collection]'' papers from '''Mississippi''' and Louisiana.<ref name="DB65" /><br><br> | |||
[[Image:Dallas Public Central Library.jpg|right|175px|Dallas Public Central Library.jpg]]'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA<br>Telephone: 214-670-1400<br>Internet: http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/index.php <br><br> | |||
:Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Oklahoma, Louisiana, '''Mississippi''', the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref> 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, tax abstracts, films of originals for some states, and databases.<ref>[http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/collection.php Dallas Public Library Genealogy Collection] in ''Dallas Public Library'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref><br><br> | |||
'''[[Mobile Municipal Archives]]'''<br>P.O. Box 1827<br>457 Church Street<br>Mobile, Alabama 36633-1827 USA<br>Telephone: 251-208-7740<br>Fax: 251-208-7428<br>E-mail: [mailto:archives@cityofmobile.org archives@cityofmobile.org]<br> Internet: http://www.cityofmobile.org/archives/ Municipal Archives<br> | |||
:Includes records of early Louisiana, '''Mississippi''', Alabama, and Florida settlers: Spanish, French, and Anglo especially during the Spanish period. This is the premier library for Gulf Coast settlers from Louisiana to Florida.<ref name="DB65" /> | |||
=== Guides === | |||
{{ | *Mississippi Genealogical Society (Jackson, Mississippi), ''Survey of Records in Mississippi Court Houses'' (Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Genealogical Society, 1957. {{WorldCat|865951131}}; {{FHL|153221|item|disp=FHL Book 976.2 P2m}} and {{FHL|153221|item|disp=FHL fiche 6100939}}. Describes Mississippi county records. | ||
*'''''WPA inventories.'''''To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of Mississippi counties, use the nine inventories of county archives published by the {{FHL|historical records survey %28mississippi%29|keywords|disp=Historical Records Survey}} around 1940. The Family History Library has copies of most of these inventories. | |||
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