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==Online Resources==


*[https://sites.google.com/site/onlinedirectorysite/Home/usa/ms Mississippi Online Historical Directories] - listed by county<br>
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in [[Portal:Mississippi|Mississippi]]. For example, the Family History Library has 1860 city directories for Vicksburg.&nbsp; (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=141273&disp=Natchez+city+directory%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.226/N1 E4p]; 1860, 1906-1935; Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=533785&disp=Vicksburg+%28Mississippi%29+city+directo%20%20&columns=*,0,0 films 1841749-; fiche 6044616] for 1860). Local historical societies and public and university libraries usually have collections of city directories.


==History==
[[Category:Mississippi|Directories]]  
 
[[Category:Record_Types_of_the_United_States]]
Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Mississippi.
 
==Resources for Mississippi Directories==
 
===Libraries and Archives===
 
Local historical societies and public and university libraries usually have collections of city directories.
 
===Directories Online===
 
Ancestry.com ($) has Mississippi directories available online in its [http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1540 U.S. City Directories] collection.
 
===The FamilySearch Library===
 
The [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] has city directories for various years from throughout the state of Mississippi including:
 
'''Vicksburg'''
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|1860, 1906-1935
|FamilySearch Library {{FSC|533785|title-id|disp=films 1841749-; fiche 6044616}} for 1860).
|}
'''Natchez'''
{| class="wikitable"
|1922-23
|FamilySearch Library {{FSC|141273|title-id|disp=book 976.226/N1 E4p}}
|}
To find directories, consult the [[FamilySearch Catalog Place Search|Place Search of the FamilySearch Catalog]] under:
 
::MISSISSIPPI, [COUNTY] — DIRECTORIES
::MISSISSIPPI, [COUNTY], [TOWN] — DIRECTORIES
 
==Websites==
 
*[http://www.uscitydirectories.com/ms.htm US City Directories] This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
 
{{Mississippi|Mississippi}} {{U.S. Directories}}
 
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Revision as of 00:00, 13 December 2009

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Directories of heads of households have been published for major cities in Mississippi. For example, the Family History Library has 1860 city directories for Vicksburg.  (Family History Library book 976.226/N1 E4p; 1860, 1906-1935; Family History Library films 1841749-; fiche 6044616 for 1860). Local historical societies and public and university libraries usually have collections of city directories.

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