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Mississippi Genealogy Queries

Mississippi genealogy queries can be a useful tool to rely on to get your family ancestry project underway. If you have worked on a family tree or genealogy records before, you should know what some of your options are for locating data and records that can act as good resources and provide you with useful information.

Working as a genealogist can be challenging, at times, yet the end results are well worth the investment of your time and energy. For many, this is an enjoyable hobby. The key is to not get frustrated by obstacles, as you never know which one, single piece of information can lead to the answer you need to fill in any gaps in your family tree.

Get Your Mississippi Genealogy Queries Started

Keep in mind, you can also work with someone who has experience in this field if you find the project too difficult, or if you come to a hurdle you just can't seem to overcome. Otherwise, people generally rely on the data found from Mississippi vital records. Mississippi birth records, death records and marriage records are the types of documentation that falls under the vital records classification.

How far back these go can depend on the state's record keeping, as well as the database you use to track the records. For instance, for your Mississippi genealogy queries, through one resource, you could obtain birth and death records from 1912. For Mississippi marriage records, the dates start around 1926. Of course, you can always refer to the census for data, which dates back to 1790.

About Your Search

One of the most important things to keep in mind during your Mississippi genealogy queries, is that you really need to try to narrow down your search to certain counties. It can be very time consuming, and may not lead to good results, if you try to search an entire statewide database to retrieve documents for your project.

In fact, the more details you have for your search, the better. Names of relatives and approximate dates are crucial details. Also, if the person you are researching was affiliated with any specialized groups or organizations, you may be able to use this to make your search simpler. This would include things like military or veterans records, as just one example.

Other Things to Consider

Get creative while conducting your Mississippi genealogy queries. Rely on original sources and databases that may be unique to the person you are looking into. So for example, you may want to look into immigration and naturalization databases, if this could apply to your search.

Although divorce decrees do not tend to go back nearly as far as other types of vital records, it does not mean they never do. Therefore, this, also, may be a very useful instrument for your individual research situation. For Mississippi, in fact, the database of divorce records begins at the same point the marriages do, which is 1926. Keep all of these in mind, and you are much more likely to see positive results from your Mississippi genealogy queries.


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Contributed Genealogy Data - Mississippi

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Mississippi Newspapers Online (With links to archives)

Mississippi Counties

Mississippi Cities

Mississippi - Statewide Obituary and Death Notice Collection

Mississippi - Obituaries of Mississippi State University

Mississippi - Mississippi Freeman's Marriages 1863-1869

Mississippi - PRENTICE Marriages

Alcorn Co. - Funeral Records Search

Clay Co. - Caradine Family Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Catholic Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Chandler Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Cox & Cannon Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Dexter Family Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Greene Family Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Henryville Methodist Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Peterson Cemetery Inscriptions

Clay Co. - Rocky Hill Cemetery Inscriptions

George Co. - Dickerson - Davis Cemetery Inscriptions

Harrison Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 1

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Humphreys Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 1

Humphreys Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 2

Humphreys Co. - Miscellaneous Items from Old Newspapers

Lee Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 1

Lee Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 2

Lee Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 3

Lee Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 4

Lee Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries - 5

Madison Co. - Obituary Collection

Marshall Co. - Obituary Collection

Marshall Co. - Miscellaneous Obituaries

Southern Mississippi - Miscellaneous Obituaries


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