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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''Email:'''<ref name="EML">[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/ Evans Memorial Library] via the ''Tombigbee Regional Library System'' (accessed 9 November 2015).</ref> [mailto:eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us]<br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="EML">[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/ Evans Memorial Library] via the ''Tombigbee Regional Library System'' (accessed 9 November 2015).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us]<br>  


'''Address:'''<ref name="Add">[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/home/branches/evans-memorial-library/ Evans Memorial Library] in ''Tombigbee Regional Library System'' (accessed 9 November 2015).</ref>  
'''Address:'''<ref name="Add">[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/home/branches/evans-memorial-library/ Evans Memorial Library] in ''Tombigbee Regional Library System'' (accessed 9 November 2015).</ref>  
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:105 North Long Street<br>Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA<br><br>
:105 North Long Street<br>Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA<br><br>


'''Telephone:'''<ref name="EML" /> 622-369-4601<br>'''Fax:''' 622-369-2971<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="EML" /> &nbsp;622-369-4601<br>'''Fax:''' 622-369-2971<br>  


'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="EML" /> Mon-Thu 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; Fri and Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm;<br>Holiday hours vary, call ahead<br>  
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="EML" /> &nbsp;Mon-Thu 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; &nbsp;Fri and Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm;<br>Holiday hours vary, call ahead<br>  


'''Map and directions:''' [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Evans+Memorial+Library/@33.826232,-88.5486999,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb727bdfd38872dba Google map: Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen MS] <br>  
'''Map and directions:''' &nbsp;[https://www.google.com/maps/place/Evans+Memorial+Library/@33.826232,-88.5486999,15z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0xb727bdfd38872dba Google map: Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen MS] <br>  


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  


*[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/ Evans Memorial Library] library history, Special Collections, programs, and online exhibitions.<br>  
*[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/ Evans Memorial Library] library history, Special Collections, library programming, and online exhibitions.<br>  
*[http://mlp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/trls/ Tombigbee Regional Library System catalog online] searchable by all fields, title, author, subject, or ISBN. Can be filtered to ''Evans Memorial Library '' items only.<br>  
*[http://mlp.ent.sirsi.net/client/en_US/trls/ Tombigbee Regional Library System catalog online] searchable by all fields, title, author, subject, or ISBN. Can be filtered to ''Evans Memorial Library&nbsp;'' items only.<br>  
*[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/collections/genealogical.html Genealogical Collection: a Research Guide]. <br>  
*[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/collections/genealogical.html Genealogical Collection: a Research Guide]. <br>  
*[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/collections/manuscript.html Guide to the Evans Manuscript Collection].<br>
*[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/collections/manuscript.html Guide to the Evans Manuscripts Collection].<br>


=== Collection Description  ===
=== Collection Description  ===


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">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 65. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FSC|728550|item|disp=FS Library Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>  
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.<ref name="DB11">William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. ''America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers'' (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 11. {{WorldCat|39493985}}; {{FHL|728550|item|disp=FHL Ref Book 973 J54d}}.</ref>  


'''Genealogical Collection: ''' has Monroe County cemetery records through 1938, an index to Monroe County marriages 1821-1825 and 1834-1921, ''A History of Monroe County'', Monroe County census indexes for 1850, 1860, and 1880, Monroe County census microfilms 1820–1930, a digital and a printed index to 14,000 images in the F. S. McKnight Photographic Collection 1894-1930, over 1600 surname files, and over 500 published family histories.<ref>[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/collections/genealogical.html Genealogical Collection: a Research Guide] in ''Evans Memorial Library'' (accessed 9 November 2015).</ref>
=== Tips  ===


'''Evans Manuscript Collection: ''' '''''Record types:''''' personal correspondence, journals, diaries, business ledgers, government records and newspaper clippings from 1813 to present. '''''Organizations:''''' churches, clubs and lodges, city and county governments, courts, legal firms, post office, hospitals, schools, plantations, and fairs. '''''Topics:''''' slavery, Antebellum South, settlement of northeast Mississippi, steamboats, agriculture, American Civil War, Reconstruction, history of medicine, World War I and II, Mexican War, and the Grange.<ref>[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/collections/manuscript.html The Evans Manuscript Collection] in ''Evans Memorial Library'' (accessed 9 November 2015).</ref>
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=== Guides  ===
 
{''Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. ''}


=== Alternate Repositories  ===
=== Alternate Repositories  ===
{''&nbsp;'''List''' (link to a Wiki article for) '''at least one or more other repositories''' that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.''}


If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  
If you cannot visit or find a source at the '''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', a similar source may be available at one of the following.  
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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  


*[[National Archives at Atlanta]] federal court {{amp}} agency records, censuses, Ancestry.com, military, photos, bounty-land, pensions, passengers lists, naturalizations, Indians, African Americans, workshops.<ref name="DB127">Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.</ref>  
*Alternate Repository ''{create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}''<br>  
*[https://www.mdah.ms.gov/ Mississippi Department of Archives and History], Jackson, best genealogy facility in Mississippi with county records, many newspapers, genealogies, county histories, and manuscripts.<ref name="DB65" />
*<br>  
*[http://www.mississippihistory.org/ Mississippi Historical Society Library], Jackson, many historical manuscripts, newspapers, histories, genealogies, periodicals, and unpublished histories.<ref name="DB65" />
*''such as:'' NARA I
*NARA II
*National Archives at _____
*State Archives  
*State Library


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  


*[http://www.smh-hq.org/grad/archives/mccardle.html McCardle Research Library], Vicksburg, regional and local genealogy for early Mississippi families, and military records.<ref name="DB65" />
*<br>  
*<br>
*National Personnel Records Center
*LC
*FHL


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


*[https://www.monroems.com/circuitclerk/circuit_clerk.html Monroe County Circuit Clerk], Aberdeen, marriages since 1821, jury lists, and tax lists.
*<br>
*[https://www.monroems.com/chancery_clerk.html Monroe County Chancery Clerk], Aberdeen, divorces, deeds since 1821, wills since 1825, and court records since 1825.
*County Vital Records Office
*[http://www.msnd.uscourts.gov/court-information U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi], Aberdeen, recent court cases.
*City Vital Records Office
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Mississippi:''''' [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi|Chickasaw]], [[Clay County, Mississippi|Clay]], [[Itawamba County, Mississippi|Itawamba]], [[Lee County, Mississippi|Lee]], [[Lowndes County, Mississippi|Lowndes]], and '''''in Alabama:''''' [[Lamar County, Alabama|Lamar]], and [[Marion County, Alabama|Marion]].
*County Archives
*[http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/_static/31,0,109.html Mississippi State Department of Health Vital Records], Jackson, births and deaths since 1912; marriages and divorces 1926 to 1938, and since 1942.
*County Orphan's Court
*[http://library.msstate.edu/ Mississippi State University Mitchell Library], Mississippi State, history books, manuscripts, maps, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB65" />
*County Probate Court
*[http://www.libraries.olemiss.edu/uml/archives-special-collections University of Mississippi Williams Library], University, excellent Mississippi collection including logging, settlers, oral histories, manuscripts, and histories.<ref name="DB65" />
*County Recorder
*[http://msgensociety.org/ Mississippi Genealogical Society], Jackson, meetings, seminars, and publications.
*County Coroner
*[https://www.millsaps.edu/library/archives/library_cain_archives/ J.B. Cain Archives of Mississippi Methodism], Jackson, historical records of the Mississippi Conference since 1799.
*U.S. District Court  
*[http://mc.libguides.com/mbhc/home Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission], Clinton, church minutes since the early 1800s, books, manuscripts, microfilm, serials, vertical files, oral histories, and photos.
*County and local historical societies
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states:''''' [[Alabama Archives and Libraries|Alabama]], [[Arkansas Archives and Libraries|Arkansas]], [[Louisiana Archives and Libraries|Louisiana]], and [[Tennessee Archives and Libraries|Tennessee]].
*County and local genealogical societies
*[http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php Briscoe Center for American History], Austin TX, has the ''[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01227/cah-01227.html Natchez Trace Collection]'' papers from '''Mississippi''' and Louisiana including manuscripts, photos, maps, military records, steamboats, and slaves documenting life in the lower Mississippi Valley since the 1600s.<ref name="DB65" />
*Public Libraries
*[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 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>
*Museums and heritage societies
*[[Mobile Municipal Archives]], Mobile AL, early MS/AL/FL 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" />
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:''''' [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]  
*State Vital Records Office
*State Historical Society
*State Genealogical Society  
*University Libraries
*Church archives
*Repositories in '''''surrounding states (or provinces):''''' [SC], [TN], and [VA]


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===
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Evans Memorial Library
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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us

Address:[2]

105 North Long Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA

Telephone:[1]  622-369-4601
Fax: 622-369-2971

Hours and holidays:[1]  Mon-Thu 10:00 am - 6:00 pm;  Fri and Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm;
Holiday hours vary, call ahead

Map and directions:  Google map: Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen MS

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

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.[3]

Tips[edit | edit source]

{Optional}

Guides[edit | edit source]

{Optional: Internet or guide books describing this collection for genealogists. }

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

{ List (link to a Wiki article for) at least one or more other repositories that collect overlapping records, or similar family history material including central repositories, affiliated or branch repositories, higher level jurisdiction repositories, parent or daughter jurisdiction repositories. Also list neighboring repositories with similar records. Please briefly explain how each substitute repository is related.}

If you cannot visit or find a source at the Evans Memorial Library, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}

  • such as: NARA I
  • NARA II
  • National Archives at _____
  • State Archives
  • State Library

Similar Collections



  • National Personnel Records Center
  • LC
  • FHL

Neighboring Collections


  • County Vital Records Office
  • City Vital Records Office
  • County Archives
  • County Orphan's Court
  • County Probate Court
  • County Recorder
  • County Coroner
  • U.S. District Court
  • County and local historical societies
  • County and local genealogical societies
  • Public Libraries
  • Museums and heritage societies
  • Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
  • State Vital Records Office
  • State Historical Society
  • State Genealogical Society
  • University Libraries
  • Church archives
  • Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Evans Memorial Library via the Tombigbee Regional Library System (accessed 9 November 2015).
  2. ↑ Evans Memorial Library in Tombigbee Regional Library System (accessed 9 November 2015).
  3. ↑ William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 11. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
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