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Purpose of Research Tips and Strategies Wiki Page
The Mississippi Research Tips and Strategies page consists of links to specific research strategies for Mississippi. It also contains general tips and other resources for finding your ancestors in this locality.

Mississippi Research Strategies

Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Mississippi

Mississippi Research Tips

These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Mississippi.

Birth information: Statewide registration of births began in 1912 in Mississippi with general compliance by 1921. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other substitute records to improve accuracy.
Finding Parents: Statewide registration of deaths began in 1912 in Mississippi. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. Search Mississippi death records
Look in all censuses: Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. Search U.S. Censuses.

Mississippi Record Finder

This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Mississippi Record Finder.

1. What you are looking for:	2. Try these records first:	3. Other useful records
Birth information	Birth records Death records Obituaries Church records	Cemeteries Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Bible records Military records
Marriage information	Marriage records Obituaries Bible records	Church records Probate records Military records
Death information	Death Records Cemeteries Obituaries	Probate Records Church Records Bible Records
Parents	Birth records Death records Obituaries Census Church records	Biography Genealogy
Maiden name	Marriage Records Obituaries Probate records	Church Records Military Records
Immigration date	Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census	Obituaries Biography History
Naturalization	Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) Census Court Records	Voting Records Biography Periodicals
Physical description	Military Records Naturalization and Citizenship (after 1906) (after 1906)	Biography History

Further Mississippi Research

Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see Mississippi Record Finder.
For online record collections, go to Mississippi Online Genealogy Records.
For more research on Mississippi, including research at the county level, visit the Mississippi page on the Research Wiki.
Search all of the Mississippi record collections at FamilySearch.

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 === Mississippi Research Strategies  ===
 Below are links to different research strategy pages to help you locate your ancestors in Mississippi<br>
-:[[Mississippi Online Genealogy Records|Mississippi Online Genealogy Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Online Genealogy Records|Mississippi Online Genealogy Records]]
-:[[How to Find Mississippi Birth Records|How to find Mississippi Birth Records]]
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Birth Records|How to find Mississippi Birth Records]]
-:[[How to Find Mississippi Marriage Records|How to find Mississippi Marriage Records]]
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Marriage Records|How to find Mississippi Marriage Records]]
-:[[How to Find Mississippi Death Records|How to find Mississippi Death Records]]
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Death Records|How to find Mississippi Death Records]]
 === Mississippi Research Tips  ===
-These tips will help you as your research your ancestors in Mississippi.
+These tips will help you as you research your ancestors in Mississippi.
-*'''Birth information:''' Statewide registration of births began in 1912 in Mississippi with general compliance by 1921. The best substitute record for locating birth information is [[How to Find United States Death Records|death records]]&nbsp;(the majority of death records will list the date of birth of the decedent, and since death certificates are considered a primary resource, they can provide you with the same documentation as a birth certificate). Or, try these other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]].
+*'''Birth information:''' Statewide registration of births began in 1912 in Mississippi with general compliance by 1921. A helpful substitute record to find birth information is a death record. However, date and place of birth on a death record is considered secondary information, as it was not recorded at the time of the birth event. The birth information should be corroborated with other [[Substitute Records For United States Birth Information|substitute records]] to improve accuracy.
 *'''Finding Parents:''' Statewide registration of deaths began in 1912 in Mississippi. They often will list the parents of the deceased and their birth information. [[How to Find United States Death Records|Search Mississippi death records]]
 *'''Look in all censuses:''' Always look for your ancestor in every possible census. There are clues regarding immigration, naturalization, and occupation that can lead to other records. Sometimes parents can be found living with their children later in life. [[United States Census Online|Search U.S. Censuses]].
+=== Mississippi Record Finder  ===
+This brief Record Finder is designed to help you determine the best record to search for the type of information you are looking for. It is most helpful for post-1850 research. '''For a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Mississippi Record Finder]].'''
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+Birth information
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+*[[How to Find Mississippi Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Mississippi Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Mississippi Church Records|Church records]]
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+*[[Mississippi Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Mississippi Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Mississippi Bible Records|Bible records]]
+*[[Mississippi Military Records|Military records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Marriage information
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Marriage Records|Marriage records]]
+*[[Mississippi Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Mississippi Bible Records|Bible records]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Mississippi Church Records|Church records]]
+*[[Mississippi Probate Records|Probate records]]
+*[[Mississippi Military Records|Military records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|Death information
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Death Records|Death Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Cemeteries|Cemeteries]]
+*[[Mississippi Obituaries|Obituaries]]
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+*[[Mississippi Probate Records|Probate Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Bible Records|Bible Records]]
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+| style="padding:10px"|Parents
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Birth Records|Birth records]]
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Death Records|Death records]]
+*[[Mississippi Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Mississippi Census|Census]]
+*[[Mississippi Church Records|Church records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Mississippi Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Mississippi, United States Genealogy|Genealogy]]
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+| style="padding:10px"|
+Maiden name
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[How to Find Mississippi Marriage Records|Marriage Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Mississippi Probate Records|Probate records]]
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Mississippi Church Records|Church Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Military Records|Military Records]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Immigration date
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Mississippi Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
+*[[Mississippi Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Mississippi Census|Census]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Mississippi Obituaries|Obituaries]]
+*[[Mississippi Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Mississippi History|History]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Naturalization
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Mississippi Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906)
+*[[Mississippi Census|Census]]
+*[[Mississippi Court Records|Court Records]]
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Mississippi Voting Records|Voting Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Mississippi Periodicals|Periodicals]]
+|-
+| style="padding:10px"|
+Physical description
+| style="padding:10px"|
+*[[Mississippi Military Records|Military Records]]
+*[[Mississippi Naturalization and Citizenship|Naturalization and Citizenship]]<br>(after 1906) (after 1906)
+| style="padding:10px; vertical-align:top"|
+*[[Mississippi Biography|Biography]]
+*[[Mississippi History|History]]
+|}
+=== Further Mississippi Research  ===
+*'''Remember, for a more complete Record Finder, covering additional research needs, see [[Mississippi Record Finder]].'''
+*For online record collections, go to [[Mississippi Online Genealogy Records|'''Mississippi Online Genealogy Records.''']]
+*For more research on Mississippi, including research at the county level, visit the [[Mississippi, United States Genealogy|'''Mississippi''']] page on the Research Wiki.
+*Search all of the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/location/54?region=United%20States%20of%20America Mississippi record collections] at FamilySearch.<br>
-[[Category:Mississippi]]
+[[Category:Mississippi, United States]]
+[[Category:United States Research Strategies]]
+[[Category:Research Tips and Strategies]]