Mississippi

Mississippi, USA, the Magnolia State

Statehood 1817; First Us census 1820; Capital City, Jackson

Some family names associated with Mississippi:

• Edwin Barksdale Alford 1792 – 1878
• Martha P. (Smith) Alford 1802 – 1861
• Dewitt William Alford 1874 – 1942
• Allen Moses Brown 1836 – 1870
• Edward S. Brown 1806 – 1856
• Emmaline (Smith) Brown 1831 – 1920
• Rose Ella (Brumfield) Brown 1867 – 1887
• Ina Lucille (Brown) Alford 1890 – 1972
• Roy Jesse Brown 1902 – 1956
• Junius Earl Brown 1892 – 1956
• Hubert Allen Brown 1894 – 1971
• Mavis Marie (Brown) Smith 1897 – 1928
• Lucy Viola (Brown) Fortenberry 1888 – 1942
• Lyda Mearl (Brown) Pierce 1900 – 1979
• Mildred Olga (Brown) Ball b 1902
• Jasper Pascal Brown 1865 – 1950
• Thelma Lady Brown 1908 – 1979
• Isaac Nelson Brumfield 1823 – 1909
• Martha Elizabeth (Alford) Brumfield b 1846
• Willis Brumfield 1794 – 1833
• Burrell Taylor Fortenberry 1820 – 1863
• Euseba (Fortenbery) Smith 1809 – 1878
• William Jasper Fortenberry c1772 – 1842
• Violette (Kennington) Fortenberry 1786 – 1858
• Tate Edward Fortenberry b 1885
• Jeremiah Smith Sr. 1755 – c1827

Websites useful for Mississippi research:

• Access Genealogy – Free Data & Links for Mississippi
• The American Alford Family Association
• Cyndi’s List for Mississippi
• Genealogy Trails: Mississippi  Links to State Data & County websites
• Mississippi Department of Archives & History
• Mississippi Historical Society
• Mississippi Online Historical Newspapers
• South Mississippi Genealogical & Historical Society
• SW Mississippi Genealogy Society
• US Bureau of Land Management, Land Office Records; Land Patents

Mississippi Blogs:

• Mississippi Memories

Books for Mississippi research:

• Boyd, Gregory A. Family Maps of Pike County, Mississippi. Deluxe. Norman, Oklahoma: Arphax Publishing Co., 2005. [Other counties available]
• Criminger, Adrianne Fortenberry. The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi with Early Records Concerning the Faulkenberry/Fortenberry Families of the South. Easley, South Carolina: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1984.
• Conerly, Luke Ward. Resource Records of Pike / Walthall Counties MS, 1798 – 1910. Reprint. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, Inc., 1989.
• Fortinberry, G. K. Abstract History of the Fortinberry Family. Privately Published, 1942.  This is available on Microfilm #1036152 at the Family History Libraries.
• Potter, Dorothy Williams. Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770 – 1823. Reprint. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co, Inc., 1990.
• Sartin Parish, Ary & June. Cemetery Inscriptions Pike County, Mississippi 1750 – 1978. 1979.

Books from the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah:

• Arnold, Jr., Stanley W., and Louise Anderson. Marion County Mississippi Cemeteries. 2nd Printing. North Little Rock, Arkansas: Custom Printing, 1988.
• Marion County Historical Society, First. History of Marion County, Mississippi. Marceline, Missouri: Walsworth Pub Co, Inc. 976.221
• Upton, Mrs. Robert Chester. Marriage Records Marion Co, MS 1812 – 1860. 1958. 976.221
• Williams, E. Russ. Marion Co MS Miscellaneous records, 1812 – 1859. Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1986. 976.221
• Williams, Jr., E. Russ. Abstracts of Deeds Marion Co, MS. 1962.
• Williams, Jr., E. Russ. Orphan Court Records 1812 – 1859 Marion Co, MS. Bogalusa, LA: 1962. 976.221
• Williams, Jr., E. Russ. Records of Marion Co, MS. 1965. 3. 976.221
• Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike Co, MS School Census, 1878.  Greenwell Springs, LA.
• Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike Co, MS School Census, 1885.  Greenwell Springs, LA.
• Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike Co, MS School Census, 1890.  Greenwell Springs, LA.
• Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike Co, MS School Census, 1900.
• Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike Co, MS School Census, 1912.
• Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike Co, MS School Census, 1920.
• Haymon, Serena Abbess. Pike Co, MS School Census, 1933.