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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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'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Overlapping Collections'''''<br>  


*NARA I
*[[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>
*National Archives at Atlanta  
*[http://mdah.state.ms.us/new/ 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" />
*State Archives  
*[http://www.mississippihistory.org/ Mississippi Historical Society Library], Jackson, many historical manuscripts, newspapers, histories, genealogies, periodicals, and unpublished histories.<ref name="DB65" />
*State Library


'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  


*McCardle Library, Vicksburg, regional and local genealogy for early Mississippi families, and military records.<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" />


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
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*[http://www.monroecountyms.org/circuit_clerk.htm Monroe County Circuit Clerk], Aberdeen, marriages since 1821, jury lists, and tax lists.<ref>[http://www.monroecountyms.org/circuit_clerk.htm Circuit Clerk] in ''Monroe County, Mississippi'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref> <ref name="msgh">[http://monroe.msghn.org/ Monroe County Mississippi Genealogy and History Web Site] in ''Mississippi Genealogy and History Network'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>  
*[http://www.monroecountyms.org/circuit_clerk.htm Monroe County Circuit Clerk], Aberdeen, marriages since 1821, jury lists, and tax lists.<ref>[http://www.monroecountyms.org/circuit_clerk.htm Circuit Clerk] in ''Monroe County, Mississippi'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref> <ref name="msgh">[http://monroe.msghn.org/ Monroe County Mississippi Genealogy and History Web Site] in ''Mississippi Genealogy and History Network'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>  
*[http://monroecountyms.org/chancery_clerk.htm Monroe County Chancery Clerk], Aberdeen, divorces, deeds since 1821, wills since 1825, and court records since 1825.<ref name="msgh" /> <ref>[http://monroecountyms.org/chancery_clerk.htm Chancery Clerk] in ''Monroe County, Mississippi'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>  
*[http://monroecountyms.org/chancery_clerk.htm Monroe County Chancery Clerk], Aberdeen, divorces, deeds since 1821, wills since 1825, and court records since 1825.<ref name="msgh" /> <ref>[http://monroecountyms.org/chancery_clerk.htm Chancery Clerk] in ''Monroe County, Mississippi'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>  
*County Vital Records Office
*[http://www.monroecountyms.org/coroner.htm Monroe County Coroner], Aberdeen, suspicious deaths.
*City Vital Records Office
*[http://www.msnd.uscourts.gov/court-information U.S. District Court, Northern District of Mississippi], Aberdeen, recent court cases.
*County Archives
*County Orphan's Court
*County Probate Court
*County Recorder
*County Coroner  
*U.S. District Court  
*County and local historical societies
*County and local genealogical societies
*Public Libraries
*Museums and heritage societies
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Mississippi:''''' [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi|Chickasaw]], [[Clay County, Mississippi|Clay]], [[Itawamba County, Mississippi|Itawamba]], [[Lee County, Mississippi|Lee]], [[Lowndes County, Mississippi|Lowndes]], and '''''in Alabama:''''' [[Lamar County, Alabama|Lamar]], and [[Marion County, Alabama|Marion]].  
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties in Mississippi:''''' [[Chickasaw County, Mississippi|Chickasaw]], [[Clay County, Mississippi|Clay]], [[Itawamba County, Mississippi|Itawamba]], [[Lee County, Mississippi|Lee]], [[Lowndes County, Mississippi|Lowndes]], and '''''in Alabama:''''' [[Lamar County, Alabama|Lamar]], and [[Marion County, Alabama|Marion]].  
*[http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/_static/31,0,109.html Mississippi State Dept. of Health Vital Records], Jackson, births and deaths since 1912; marriages and divorces 1926 to 1938, and since 1942.<ref>[http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/_static/31,0,109.html Vital Records] in ''Mississippi State Department of Health'' (accessed 10 November 2015). </ref>  
*[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.<ref>[http://www.msdh.state.ms.us/msdhsite/_static/31,0,109.html Vital Records] in ''Mississippi State Department of Health'' (accessed 10 November 2015). </ref>  
*State Historical Society
*[http://library.msstate.edu/overview/index.asp Mississippi State University Mitchell Library], Mississippi State, history books, manuscripts, maps, biographies, and genealogies.<ref name="DB65" />
*State Genealogical Society  
*[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" />
*University Libraries
*[http://msgensociety.org/index.html Mississippi Genealogical Society], Jackson, meetings, seminars, and publications.<ref>[http://msgensociety.org/index.html Home] in ''Mississippi Genealogical Society'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>
*Church archives
*[http://msgensociety.org/index.html J.B. Cain Archives of Mississippi Methodism], Jackson, historical records of the Mississippi Conference since 1799.<ref>[http://www.millsaps.edu/library/library_cain_genealogy.php Genealogy] in ''Millsaps College'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>
*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]].
*[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.<ref>[http://mc.libguides.com/mbhc/home Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission: Home] in ''Mississippi College'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>
*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]].  
*[http://www.cah.utexas.edu/index.php Briscoe Center for American History], Austin TX, has the ''[http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/utcah/01227/cah-01227.html Natchez Trace Collection]'' papers from '''Mississippi''' and Louisiana including manuscripts, photos, maps, military records, steamboats, and slaves documenting life in the lower Mississippi Valley since the 1600s.<ref name="DB65" />
*[[Dallas Public Central Library]] 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, tax abstracts, films of originals for some states, and databases.<ref>[http://dallaslibrary2.org/genealogy/collection.php Dallas Public Library Genealogy Collection] in ''Dallas Public Library'' (accessed 10 November 2015).</ref>
*[[Mobile Municipal Archives]], Mobile AL, early MS/AL/FL settlers: Spanish, French, and Anglo especially during the Spanish period. This is the premier library for Gulf Coast settlers from Louisiana to Florida.<ref name="DB65" />


=== Sources  ===
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Revision as of 13:09, 10 November 2015

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Evans Memorial Library



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Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us

Address:[2]

105 North Long Street
Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA

Telephone:[1]  622-369-4601
Fax: 622-369-2971

Hours and holidays:[1]  Mon-Thu 10:00 am - 6:00 pm;  Fri and Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm;
Holiday hours vary, call ahead

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. One of the largest genealogy collections in the South - could be called "the Fort Wayne Library of the South."[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: 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.[5]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

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

Similar Collections

Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Evans Memorial Library via the Tombigbee Regional Library System (accessed 9 November 2015).
  2. ↑ Evans Memorial Library in Tombigbee Regional Library System (accessed 9 November 2015).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 65. WorldCat 39493985; FHL Ref Book 973 J54d.
  4. ↑ Genealogical Collection: a Research Guide in Evans Memorial Library (accessed 9 November 2015).
  5. ↑ The Evans Manuscript Collection in Evans Memorial Library (accessed 9 November 2015).
  6. ↑ Dollarhide and Bremer, 127-28.
  7. ↑ Circuit Clerk in Monroe County, Mississippi (accessed 10 November 2015).
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Monroe County Mississippi Genealogy and History Web Site in Mississippi Genealogy and History Network (accessed 10 November 2015).
  9. ↑ Chancery Clerk in Monroe County, Mississippi (accessed 10 November 2015).
  10. ↑ Vital Records in Mississippi State Department of Health (accessed 10 November 2015).
  11. ↑ Home in Mississippi Genealogical Society (accessed 10 November 2015).
  12. ↑ Genealogy in Millsaps College (accessed 10 November 2015).
  13. ↑ Mississippi Baptist Historical Commission: Home in Mississippi College (accessed 10 November 2015).
  14. ↑ Dallas Public Library Genealogy Collection in Dallas Public Library (accessed 10 November 2015).
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