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''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Mississippi]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Monroe County, Mississippi|Monroe]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[{{PAGENAME}}]]'' <br> | ''[[United States Genealogy|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Mississippi]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[Monroe County, Mississippi|Monroe]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Mississippi Archives and Libraries|Archives and Libraries]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]] [[{{PAGENAME}}]]'' <br> | ||
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*[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 '' 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 | *[http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/evans/collections/manuscript.html Guide to the Evans Manuscript 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.<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> | 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> | '''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''''' include personal correspondence, journals, diaries, and letters to business ledgers, government records and newspaper clippings from 1813 to the 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> | '''Evans Manuscript Collection: ''' '''''record types''''' include personal correspondence, journals, diaries, and letters to business ledgers, government records and newspaper clippings from 1813 to the 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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Mississippi Monroe Archives and Libraries Evans Memorial Library
Contact Information[edit | edit source]E-mail:[1] eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us Address:[2]
Telephone:[1] 622-369-4601 Hours and holidays:[1] Mon-Thu 10:00 am - 6:00 pm; Fri and Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm; 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] 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.[4] Evans Manuscript Collection: record types include personal correspondence, journals, diaries, and letters to business ledgers, government records and newspaper clippings from 1813 to the 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.[5] 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
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