Mississippi Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

{{MS-sidebar}}''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Mississippi_Archives_and_Libraries|Archives and Libraries]]''  

: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>

'''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 Archives and History]  

:*[[Mississippi State Archives, Various Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Mississippi State Archives, Various Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br><br>

'''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]  

'''[[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>

'''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]  

'''[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>  

: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>

: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>

: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" />

*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.  

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