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Extensive collections of biographical material are at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, University of Mississippi, and University of Southern Mississippi. There is no major statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. You may wish to search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories. Representative biographical encyclopedias for [[Mississippi]] are:
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== Online resources ==
''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi.'' Two Volumes. in four. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1891. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=152233&disp=Biographical+and+historical+memoirs+of+M%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.2 D3b; film 845437 items 2,-39].) An index to the 25,000 names in this work is also available at the Family History Library and is on the microfilm with the book. For an abstract of this book see Norman E. Gillis, Genealogical Abstract of Biographical Section. ''Alphabetical Arrangement A-Z (of) Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi'' (N.p. 1962: Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=152246&disp=Genealogical+abstract+of+biographical+se%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.2 D38b]).


*[http://opac2.mdah.state.ms.us/biosrchform.php?aleph=http://zed.mdah.state.ms.us:80/F/X35CA1XS66BXP4NEHRJAB4RCDG7Y4B5LLTS2AYSEBUQ193H6FM-00010 MDAH Biographical Index]
Rowland, Dunbar. ''Mississippi''. Four Volumes. 1907. Reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Co., 1976. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=49308&disp=Mississippi%2C+comprising+sketches+of+co%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 976.2 H2m; fiche 6051432; film 1421829 items 4-7].) Volumes 3 and 4 are biographical.
*[http://www.learnwebskills.com/patriot/countyhistories2.htm#ms County and Town Histories]
*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4486417;view=1up;seq=9 Men of spine in Mississippi], e-book
*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.%24b471824;q1=mississippi%20biography Mississippi heroes], e-b00k, index/no images
*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.%24b727711;q1=mississippi%20biography Mississippians all], e-book, index only/no images
*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015010522483;view=1up;seq=7 Mississippi, as a Province, Territory, and State; with biographical notices by eminent citizens. Vol. 1], e-book
*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89072980022;view=1up;seq=10 Who's who in Louisiana and Mississippi : biographical sketches of prominent men and women of Louisiana and Mississippi], e-book<br><br>


==Biographies in Local Histories==
[[Category:Mississippi|Biography]]
*Biographical information is often found in '''state, county, and town histories'''.
*Towards the end of the 19th century, began publishers soliciting short biographical/family histories from local founding families, offering to publish them in an upcoming local history. This then became an incentive for family members to buy a copy of the book.
*Families represented were '''not necessarily prominent'''. Practically everyone living there, especially in the Midwest, counted as an early settler.
*These biographies often start with '''the first member of the family to settle in the area''', and detail their descendants at the time of publishing. They may tell '''where the family moved in from'''. Children's marriages often are given, with '''maiden names''' included.
 
===Finding Biographies===
*The [[Mississippi, United States Genealogy#Counties|'''county Wiki page''']] lists several county histories. It also lists '''local libraries, and societies''' which probably have copies of local histories.
*Many histories are no longer under copyright and can be found in the following '''online, digitized book collections'''. Search with keywords "History" and "the name of your locality" (state, county, or town).
**[https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/ '''FamilySearch Books''']
**[https://books.google.com/ '''Google Books''']
**[https://www.worldcat.org/ '''World Cat''']
**[https://www.hathitrust.org/ '''HathiTrust''']
**[https://archive.org/ '''Internet Archive''']
*The FamilySearch library has extensive collections of these local histories. Many are digitized. Search the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog '''FamilySearch Catalog'''] under your locality for the topics "Biography" and "History".
Extensive collections of biographical material are at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, University of Mississippi, and University of Southern Mississippi. There is no major statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. You may wish to search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories. Representative biographical encyclopedias for [[Mississippi Genealogy|Mississippi]] are:
 
*''Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi.'' Two Volumes. in four. Chicago, Ill.: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1891. {{FSC|152233|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.2 D3b; Film 845437 items 2,-39}}.) An index to the 25,000 names in this work is also available at the [https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library] and is on the microfilm with the book. For an abstract of this book see Norman E. Gillis, Genealogical Abstract of Biographical Section. ''Alphabetical Arrangement A-Z (of) Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi'' n.p.: 1962. {{FSC|152246|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.2 D38b}}.
 
*Rowland, Dunbar. ''Mississippi''. Four Volumes. 1907. Reprint, Spartanburg, S.C.: The Reprint Co., 1976. {{FSC|49308|item|disp=FS Library Book 976.2 H2m; Fiche 6051432; Film 1421829 items 4-7}}. Volumes 3 and 4 are biographical. Available '''online''' through the FamilySearch Catalog link. {{Mississippi|Mississippi}}
 
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Revision as of 17:39, 26 February 2010

Extensive collections of biographical material are at the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, University of Mississippi, and University of Southern Mississippi. There is no major statewide biographical index or major manuscript collection. You may wish to search the biographical sections of statewide, regional, and county histories. Representative biographical encyclopedias for Mississippi are:

Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi. Two Volumes. in four. Chicago, Illinois: Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1891. (Family History Library book 976.2 D3b; film 845437 items 2,-39.) An index to the 25,000 names in this work is also available at the Family History Library and is on the microfilm with the book. For an abstract of this book see Norman E. Gillis, Genealogical Abstract of Biographical Section. Alphabetical Arrangement A-Z (of) Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi (N.p. 1962: Family History Library book 976.2 D38b).

Rowland, Dunbar. Mississippi. Four Volumes. 1907. Reprint, Spartanburg, South Carolina: The Reprint Co., 1976. (Family History Library book 976.2 H2m; fiche 6051432; film 1421829 items 4-7.) Volumes 3 and 4 are biographical.

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