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Freedmen's Bureau Online has listings of marriages and orphans' indentures in the Civil War era.
Mississippi State Board of Health. Mississippi Index (Soundex) to Marriages Prior to 1926. Call No. Microfilm 773 (specify Soundex code of surname on call slip).
Nesbary, Nettie et al. Index to the Signatures of Deposits for the Freedman's Savings and Loan Bank, 1865-1869, for the State of Mississippi. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997. Call No. Local History Ref F349.C69 I53 1997 (2nd floor open shelf). Includes place of birth and residence.
Webster, Anne L. African Americans: A Mississippi Source Book. Carrollton, MS: Pioneer Publishing Co., 2001. Call No. folio F340.W43 2001. Guide to resources at the state archives: newspapers, manuscripts, more.
See also the Missisippi section of A Bibliography of African American Family History at the Newberry Library.
Cross, Ralph D., ed. Atlas of Mississippi. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1974. Call No. MAP4C 83.
Long, John H., ed. Atlas of Historical County Boundaries: Mississippi. NY: Simon & Schuster, 1993. Call No. Local History Ref G1201.F7 A8 1993 Miss. (2nd floor open shelf).
See also the Newberry Library Cartographic Catalog (NLCC).
Biographical and Historical Memories of Mississippi. Chicago: Goodspeed Pub. Co., 1891. Call No. F 874 .095. Indexed by Norman E. Gillis. Call No. F 874 .095 Index.
Clairborne, John Francis. Mississippi, as a Province, Territory, and State, with Biographical Notices by Eminent Citizens. Vol. 1, 1880. Reprint by Louisiana State University Press, 1964. Call No. F 874 .171. Indexed.
Rowland, Dunbar. History of Mississippi: The Heart of the South. 4 vols. Jackson, MS: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co., 1925. Call No. F 874 .758. Vols. 3-4: biographical sketches.
Rowland, Dunbar. Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Counties, Towns, Events, Institutions and Persons Arranged in Cyclopedic Forms. Atlanta, GA: Southern Historical Publishing Association, 1907. 3 vols. Call No. F 874 .76.
Gillis, Irene S. Grave Registrations of Union Soldiers: Buried in the Missisippi National Cemeteries of Corinth, Natchez, and Vicksburg. I.S. Gillis, 1983. Call No. folio E494.G55.
Mississippi Genealogical Society. Cemetery and Bible Records. Jackson, MS: 1954-1990. Call No. E 695845 .587. 22 vols. Covers various counties. No master index.
Wiltshire, Betty. Mississippi Confederate Grave Registrations. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1991. Call No. E516.3.W56 1991. 2 vols.: A-L and M-Z. An index to registration cards obtainable from the state archives.
Federal census for 1820-1880 (microfilm), 1820-1930 (Web sites). Book indexes for 1820-1870; CD index for 1860, 1870. Soundex index on microfilm, CD index for 1880. Indexes to all years also on Web sites at public access computers. 1890 Genealogical Census Reconstruction: Mississippi Edition (Call No. Local History Ref F340.E33 2002, 2nd floor open shelf) gives information about those who may have been listed in the lost census. See also census guide.
Slave schedules for 1850, 1860 on microfilm. Indexes only to mortality schedules 1850-1880. 1890 veterans schedule on microfilm; indexed by Dilts, Bryan Lee, Mississippi 1890 Census Index of Civil War Veterans or Their Widows. North Salt Lake, UT: Heritage Quest, 2001. Call No. E494.D582 2001.
See Mississippi section of City Directory Bibliography.
Brieger, James F. Hometown Mississippi. Historical & Genealogical Association of Mississippi, 1980. Call No. Local History Ref F339.B74 1980 (2nd floor open shelf).Gazetteer.
Henderson, Thomas W. Guide to Official Records in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Jackson: MS Department of Archives and History, 1975. Call No. folio F 874 .39.
Lipscomb, Anne S. and Kathleen S. Hutchison. Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors. Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 1994. Call No. Local History Ref F340.L56 1994 (2nd floor open shelf).
McLemore, Richard A. A History of Mississippi. Hattiesburg, MS: University and College Press of Mississippi, 1973. 2 vols. Call No. F 874 .54.
Mississippi Library Commission. Mississippiana. Jackson, MS: 1971. 2 vols. Call No. folio F 874 .582. Vol. 2 is union list of newspapers in the state and their publication histories.
Hahn, Marilyn Davis. Old St. Stephen's Land Office Records and American State Papers, Public Lands, Vol. 1, 1768-1888. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1983. Call No. F325.B37 1983.
Lowrie, Walter, ed. Early Settlers of Mississippi as Taken from Land Claims in the Mississippi Territory. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1986. Call No. F340.E27 1986. To 1837.
Rowland, Eron Opha. "Mississippi's Colonial Population and Land Grants." Mississippi Historical Society Publications, Vol. 1, pp. 405-428. Call No. F 874 .581. v.1.
Parkes, Nancy. Mississippi Daughters [of American Revolution] and Their Ancestors. Starkville, MS: Starkville Publishing Co., 1965. Call No. E 695845 .66.
Rowland, Dunbar. Military History of Mississippi, 1803-1908. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1978. Call No. F341.M58 1978. Bulk pertains to Civil War. Indexed.
Rowland, Mrs. Eron Opha. "Rolls of Mississippi Commands in the War of 1812," pp. 157-233. Mississippi Historical Society Publications, Vol. 4. Jackson, MS: 1921. Call No. F 874 .581 v. 4. Includes slaves who accompanied masters. No index.
Watkins, Raymond W. Deaths of Confederate Soldiers in Confederate Hospitals. Meridian, MS: Lauderdale County Dept. of Archives & History, 1989. Call No. folio E548.W37 1989. Lists from eight hospitals in the state.
Wiltshire, Betty. Mississippi Confederate Pension Applications. Carrollton, MS: Pioneer Publishing Co., 1994. 3 vols. (A-G, H-O, P-Z). Call No. F340.W5417 1994.
Bowen, Jeff. Choctaw of Mississippi Indian Census 1929-1932, with Birth and Death records, 1924-1932. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1997. Call No. Ayer Folio E99.C8 B63 1997.
.Mississippi Choctaws Indian Census with Births, Deaths and Marriages, 1933-1939. Signal Mountain, TN: Mountain Press, 1997. Call No. folio E99.C8 B68 1997.
Carson, James T. Searching for the Bright Path: The Mississippi Choctaws from Prehistory to Removal. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1999. Call No. Ayer E99.C8 C33 1999.
Kidwell, Clara Sue. Choctaws and Missionaries in Mississippi, 1818-1918. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995. Call No. Ayer E99.C8 K53 1995. Good bibliography on many aspects of Choctaw history.
Indexed in PERSI (Periodical Source Index) in book, web, CD formats. Ask at the 2nd floor Local and Family History reference desk for help.
The Journal of Mississippi History. 1939 -. Call No. F 874 .004.
Mississippi Genealogy and Local History. 1969-1970. Call No. folio F 874 .007 Vol. 1 (1969), Vol. 2 (1970).
Northeast Mississippi Historical Journal. 1967-1974. Call No. F 874 .63.
Vicksburg Genealogical Society Quarterly. 1993 -. Call No. F347.M6 M58. Also covers five Louisiana parishes.
Mississippi Historical Records Survey. Guide to Vital Statistics Records in Mississippi. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Historical Records Survey, 1942. Call No. F 874 .41. Vol. 1 (Public Archives), Vol. 2 (Church Archives). State, county, town listings. Vol. 2 is a good portrait of churches existing in 1942.
Hendrix, Mary, compiler. Mississippi Court Records from the Files of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, 1799-1859. Jackson, MS: 1950. Call No. E 695845 .584. Abstracts of wills, probates, divorces, guardianships, more.
King, J. Estelle Stewart. Mississippi Court Records 1799-1835. Reprint of 1936 ed., Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1969. Call No. folio E 695845 .461. Abstracts of marriages, wills, tax lists, slave gifts, more.
King, J. Estelle Stewert. Survey of Records in Mississippi Court Houses. Jackson, MS: 1957. Call No. E 695845 .588. Also lists county histories, newspapers, other primary sources extant in 1957.
Ragland, Mary Lois. Spreading the Word: Mississippi Newspaper Abstracts of Genealogical Interest, 1825-1935. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1992. Call No. F340.R29 1991. Bulk from pre- and post-Civil War.
Welch, Mrs. Walter Scott, ed. Newspaper Notices of Mississippians, 1820-1860. Jackson, MS: Mississippi Genealogical Society, 1960. Call No. E 695845 .458. Marriages, obituaries, guardianships, estate notices.
Wiltshire, Betty Couch. Marriages and Deaths from Mississippi Newspapers. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1987. Call No. F340.W55 1987. Covers 1837-1863, northern Mississippi.
Wiltshire, Betty Crouch. Mississippi Index of Wills, 1800-1900. Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1989. Call No. Local History Ref F340.W56 1989 (2nd floor open shelf). Statewide index.
Check both the card and computer catalog for materials under the name of the county, city or town. Also, the LDS Family History Library Catalog (http://www.familysearch.org ) is a good source for local records. Microfilm records from the LDS library can be loaned to the Newberry Library; ask for details at the Local and Family History reference desk on the 2nd floor.