Evans Memorial Library

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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.[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

  • Alternate Repository {create link for each, and give line or two describing collection}

  • such as: NARA I
  • NARA II
  • National Archives at _____
  • State Archives
  • State Library

Similar Collections



  • National Personnel Records Center
  • LC
  • FHL

Neighboring Collections


  • County Vital Records Office
  • City Vital Records Office
  • 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: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
  • State Vital Records Office
  • State Historical Society
  • State Genealogical Society
  • University Libraries
  • Church archives
  • Repositories in surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]

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. William Dollarhide and Ronald A. Bremer. America's Best Genealogy Resource Centers (Bountiful, Utah: Heritage Quest, 1998), 11. 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).