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'''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>  

'''Telephone:'''<ref name="EML" /> 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>  

'''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>  

*[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>  

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>  

'''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>  

'''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>  

*[[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>

*[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" />

*[http://www.mississippihistory.org/ Mississippi Historical Society Library], Jackson, many historical manuscripts, newspapers, histories, genealogies, periodicals, and unpublished histories.<ref name="DB65" />

*[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" />

*[https://www.monroems.com/circuitclerk/circuit_clerk.html Monroe County Circuit Clerk], Aberdeen, marriages since 1821, jury lists, and tax lists.

*[https://www.monroems.com/chancery_clerk.html Monroe County Chancery Clerk], Aberdeen, divorces, deeds since 1821, wills since 1825, and court records since 1825.

*[http://www.msnd.uscourts.gov/court-information U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi], Aberdeen, recent court cases.

*[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.

*[http://library.msstate.edu/ Mississippi State University Mitchell Library], Mississippi State, history books, manuscripts, maps, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB65" />  

*[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" />  

*[http://msgensociety.org/ Mississippi Genealogical Society], Jackson, meetings, seminars, and publications.

*[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.

*[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.

*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]].  

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