Mississippi Vital Records: Difference between revisions

[[United States Vital Records|Vital Records]] consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]] recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. [[Locating United States Vital Records|United States Vital Records]] has additional research guidance on researching and using vital records. A copy or an extract of most original records can be purchased from the [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Mississippi.htm Mississippi Vital Records State Department of Health], the County Clerk's office of the county where the event occurred or [http://www.genealogyinc.com/ordervitalcertificate/ order electronically online].  

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== Mississippi Birth, Marriage and Death Records Online  ==

The following is a list of online resources useful for locating Mississippi Vital Records which consist of [[United States Birth Records|births]], adoptions, [[United States Marriage Records|marriages]], divorces, and [[United States Death Records|deaths]]. Check [[Mississippi_Vital_Records|Mississippi Vital Records Online]] for more information about the resources listed below. Most online resources for Mississippi Vital Records are indexes. After locating a person in an index always consult the original record to [[Contradictions and discrepancies|confirm the information]] in the index. '''<br>'''  

*Wee Monster Links for Mississippi [http://www.germanroots.com/vitalrecords.html#Mississippi Birth &amp; Marriage] and [http://www.germanroots.com/deathrecords.html Death] Records - Free/$  

*Linkpendium Links for [http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/MS/ Mississippi Genealogy and History], including individual Counties - Free/$

*Search the [http://www.ancestry.com/search/locality/dbpage.aspx?tp=2&p=27&categoryFilterID=34&showPaging=true Mississippi Birth, Marriage &amp; Death] Records at Ancestry - $

*Order [http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/w2w/Mississippi.htm Mississippi Certificates] online - $

*Information listed on vital records is given by an informant. Learn the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) of the record. The closer the relationship of the informant to the subject(s) and whether or not the informant was present at the time of the event can help determine the accuracy of the information found on the record.  

*If you are unable to locate vital records recorded by governments, search for church records of christening, marriage,, death or burial. A family Bible may have been used to record births, marriges and deaths.  

*Records of African Americans may be recorded in separate files with separate indexes.

*Privacy laws may restrict your access to some vital records. Copies of some vital arecords recorded in the last 100 years may be unavailable to anyone except a direct relative.  

*Search for Vital Records in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a '''Place Search '''and then choosing '''Vital Records'''. Search for '''Mississippi''' to locate records filed by the State and then search the'''name of the county '''to locate records kept by the county.

Calhoun 1922, Choctaw County 1888, Covington 1904, DeSoto 1940,Franklin 1877, Greene 1875, Hancock 1853, Harrison 1916, Jasper 1932, Jefferson 1904, Jones, Kemper 1882, Lamar 1934, Lawrence, Montgomery 1903, Newton 1877 &amp; 1910, Oktibbeha 1880, Panola 1886, Perry 1877, Pike 1882,Prentise 1912, Simpson 1840, 1872, Smith 1892,1915, Sunflower 1870, Tallahatchie 1908, Tippah 1863, Union 1882,Wayne 1892,