Mississippi Newspapers

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has an extensive collection of newspapers. The Family History Library does not have copies of Mississippi newspapers, but abstracts have been published in genealogical periodicals.

A directory to help you locate Mississippi newspapers is Mississippi Newspapers, 1805-1940: A Preliminary Union List. (Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Historical Records Survey, 1942; FHL book 976.2 B3h; film 1036521 item 16).