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=== Statewide Repositories === | === Statewide Repositories === | ||
'''Mississippi Department of Archives and History'''<br>200 North Street<br>Jackson, MS 39201 USA<br>Telephone: 601-576-6850<br>[http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ Website]<br>[mailto:refdesk@mdah.ms.gov/ Email] | '''Mississippi Department of Archives and History'''<br>200 North Street<br>Jackson, MS 39201 USA<br>Telephone: 601-576-6850<br>[http://www.mdah.ms.gov/ Website]<br>[mailto:refdesk@mdah.ms.gov/ Email]<br><br> | ||
:This is the best place to start genealogy research in Mississippi. Researchers can find original records from every Mississippi county here. They also have newspapers, genealogies, and county histories.<ref name="DB65" /> A useful guide is: | :This is the best place to start genealogy research in Mississippi. Researchers can find original records from every Mississippi county here. They also have newspapers, genealogies, and county histories.<ref name="DB65" /> A useful guide is: | ||
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'''Mississippi Historical Society'''<br>PO Box 571<br>Jackson, MS 39205-0571 USA<br>Telephone: 601-576-6849<br>[mailto:mhs@mdah.state.ms.us/ Email]<br> | '''Mississippi Historical Society'''<br>PO Box 571<br>Jackson, MS 39205-0571 USA<br>Telephone: 601-576-6849<br>[mailto:mhs@mdah.state.ms.us/ Email]<br> | ||
:Their collection is now part of the ''Mississippi Department of Archives and History'' above. | :Their collection is now part of the ''Mississippi Department of Archives and History'' above.<br> | ||
=== Regional Repositories === | === Regional Repositories === | ||
'''[[Evans Memorial Library]]'''<br>105 North Long Street<br>Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA<br>Telephone: 622-369-4601<br>Fax: 622-369-2971<br> [http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/ Website]<br>[mailto:eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us/ Email] | '''[[Evans Memorial Library]]'''<br>105 North Long Street<br>Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA<br>Telephone: 622-369-4601<br>Fax: 622-369-2971<br> [http://www.tombigbee.lib.ms.us/ Website]<br>[mailto:eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us/ Email]<br><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">Dollarhide and Bremer, 65.</ref><br><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">Dollarhide and Bremer, 65.</ref><br><br> | ||
'''McCardle Research Library'''<br>Old Courthouse Museum<br>1008 Cherry St<br>Vicksburg, MS 39183 USA<br>Telephone: 601-36-0741<br> [http://oldcourthouse.org/mccardle-library/ Website]<br>[mailto:societyhistorica@bellsouth.net/ Email] | '''McCardle Research Library'''<br>Old Courthouse Museum<br>1008 Cherry St<br>Vicksburg, MS 39183 USA<br>Telephone: 601-36-0741<br> [http://oldcourthouse.org/mccardle-library/ Website]<br>[mailto:societyhistorica@bellsouth.net/ Email]<br><br> | ||
:Regional and local genealogy for early Mississippians, and American Civil War records including local history, histories of Warren County families, local cemetery records, census records, business directories, civil war manuscripts, maps, marriage records, and tax records.<ref name="DB65" /> <ref>[http://oldcourthouse.org/mccardle-library/ McCardle Library] in ''Vicksburg's Old Courthouse Museum'' (accessed 11 November 2015).</ref><br><br> | :Regional and local genealogy for early Mississippians, and American Civil War records including local history, histories of Warren County families, local cemetery records, census records, business directories, civil war manuscripts, maps, marriage records, and tax records.<ref name="DB65" /> <ref>[http://oldcourthouse.org/mccardle-library/ McCardle Library] in ''Vicksburg's Old Courthouse Museum'' (accessed 11 November 2015).</ref><br> | ||
'''Mississippi State University Mitchel Library<br>'''P.O. Box 5408<br>395 Hardy Rd<br>Mississippi State, MS 39762-5408 USA<br>Telephone: 662-325-7679<br>[http://library.msstate.edu/ Website]<br>[mailto:to:sp_coll@library.msstate.edu/ Email]<br><br> | |||
:The Mississippi State University Libraries has digitized and made available in its Digital Collections the Orville Babcock Diaries and the Letters of Pvt. Arthur McKinstry. The Babcock and McKinstry materials are a part of the overall Ulysses S. Grant Collection, which is housed at the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library on the first floor of Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU's Starkville campus. | :The Mississippi State University Libraries has digitized and made available in its Digital Collections the Orville Babcock Diaries and the Letters of Pvt. Arthur McKinstry. The Babcock and McKinstry materials are a part of the overall Ulysses S. Grant Collection, which is housed at the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library on the first floor of Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU's Starkville campus. | ||
:They also have books, manuscripts, maps, biographies, and genealogies.<br><br> | :They also have books, manuscripts, maps, biographies, and genealogies.<br><br> | ||
'''University of Mississippi Williams Library'''<br>P.O. Box 1848<br>1 Library Loop<br>University, MS 38677 USA<br>Telephone: 662-915-7408<br>[http://www.libraries.olemiss.edu/uml/ Website]<br>[mailto:archivesdept@olemiss.edu/ Email] | '''University of Mississippi Williams Library'''<br>P.O. Box 1848<br>1 Library Loop<br>University, MS 38677 USA<br>Telephone: 662-915-7408<br>[http://www.libraries.olemiss.edu/uml/ Website]<br>[mailto:archivesdept@olemiss.edu/ Email]<br> | ||
:They have an excellent collection of records about Mississippi such as logging, early settlers, oral histories, manuscripts, and local histories.<ref name="DB65" /><br> | :They have an excellent collection of records about Mississippi such as logging, early settlers, oral histories, manuscripts, and local histories.<ref name="DB65" /><br> | ||
'''[http://www.usm.edu/ University of Southern Mississippi]<br>'''McCain Library and Archives<br>P.O. Box 5148<br>Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5148 USA<br>Phone: (601) 266-4345<br>Fax: (601) 266-4409<br> | '''[http://www.usm.edu/ University of Southern Mississippi]<br>'''McCain Library and Archives<br>P.O. Box 5148<br>Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5148 USA<br>Phone: (601) 266-4345<br>Fax: (601) 266-4409<br><br> | ||
=== Outside of Mississippi Repositories === | === Outside of Mississippi Repositories === | ||
[[Image:Briscoe Center for American History 2012.jpg|right|280px|Briscoe Center for American History 2012.jpg]]'''[[Briscoe Center for American History]]'''<br>University of Texas at Austin<br>2313 Red River Street<br>Austin, Texas 78705 USA<br>Telephone: 512-495-4532<br> | [[Image:Briscoe Center for American History 2012.jpg|right|280px|Briscoe Center for American History 2012.jpg]]'''[[Briscoe Center for American History]]'''<br>University of Texas at Austin<br>2313 Red River Street<br>Austin, Texas 78705 USA<br>Telephone: 512-495-4532<br>[http://www.cah.utexas.edu/ Website]<br><br> | ||
:This collection is as large as the Texas state archives including newspapers, biographies, private collections, the American South, military history, Western Americana, photos, and the Natchez Trace Collection papers from Mississippi and Louisiana.[5] Their collections help with ethnic research about Latinos, African Americans, Germans, Swedes, Texas pioneers, the American South including plantations and slavery, and official Spanish documents of the Mexican state of Coahulia y Texas.[6] Military records cover all conflicts involving Texas such as the Texas Revolution (1836), Indian wars, and the American Civil War.[7] | |||
[[Image:Dallas Public Central Library.jpg|right|280px|Dallas Public Central Library.jpg]]'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA<br>Telephone: 214-670-1400<br> | [[Image:Dallas Public Central Library.jpg|right|280px|Dallas Public Central Library.jpg]]'''[[Dallas Public Central Library]]'''<br>1515 Young St.<br>Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA<br>Telephone: 214-670-1400<br>[http://dallaslibrary2.org/ Website]<br><br> | ||
:Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Oklahoma, Louisiana, '''Mississippi''', the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref> 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 | :Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Oklahoma, Louisiana, '''Mississippi''', the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states.<ref name="DB107">Dollarhide and Bremer, 107.</ref> 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><br> | ||
'''[[Mobile Municipal Archives]]'''<br>P.O. Box 1827<br>457 Church Street<br>Mobile, Alabama 36633-1827 USA<br>Telephone: 251-208-7740<br>Fax: 251-208-7428<br> | '''[[Mobile Municipal Archives]]'''<br>P.O. Box 1827<br>457 Church Street<br>Mobile, Alabama 36633-1827 USA<br>Telephone: 251-208-7740<br>Fax: 251-208-7428<br>[http://www.cityofmobile.org/archives/ Website]<br>[mailto:archives@cityofmobile.org/ Email] | ||
:Includes records of early Louisiana, '''Mississippi''', Alabama, and Florida 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" /> | :Includes records of early Louisiana, '''Mississippi''', Alabama, and Florida 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" /> | ||