Yalobusha County, Mississippi Genealogy

Guide to Yalobusha County, Mississippi ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.



Description
This county was named with a Native American word meaning "tadpole place". Yalobusha County is located in the north-central area of the state.

County Courthouse
Yalobusha County Courthouse District 1 14400 Main Street P.O. Box 260 Coffeeville, MS 38922 Phone: 662-675-2716 Fax: 662-675-8004 Yalobusha County Courthouse District 2 201 Blackmur Drive P.O. Box 664 Water Valley, MS 38965-0664 Phone: 662-473-2091 Fax: 662-473-3622 Yalobusha County Website Clerk Chancery Court in Water Valley has divorce, probate, court and land records. Clerk Circuit Court in Coffeyville has marriage records.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit Hometown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Census Records
USGenWeb Census Project


 * 1660-1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry $
 * 1792-1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 at Ancestry $
 * 1805-1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry $
 * 1845  at FamilySearch

Church Records
List of Churches and Church Parishes
 * FamilySearch Places


 * Mississippi Baptist Preachers
 * A Complete History of Mississippi Baptists: From the Earliest Times, volume 1

Ethnic, Political, and Religious Groups
African Americans 
 * The Freedmen's Bureau Marriage Records at Mississippi Department of Archives and History - index and transcription

Maps and Gazetteers

 * FamilySearch Places:Cities and Towns- How to Use FS Places
 * 1785-1918 Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)
 * Family Maps of Yalobusha County, Mississippi Genealogy (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.
 * USGenWeb Mississippi Digital Historical Map Project: http://www.usgwarchives.net/maps/mississippi/

Military Records
Civil War 
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865  at FamilySearch
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1861-1865 U.S., Union Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 at Ancestry
 * 1889-1942  at FamilySearch
 * 1900-1974  at FamilySearch


 * - 1st Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters
 * Company C - Capt. Leigh’s Independent Company
 * - 1st Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company D - Tillatoba Grays
 * - 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry (became the 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry)
 * Company - Dixie Boys
 * - 48th Regiment, Mississippi Infantry (from the 2nd Battalion, Mississippi Infantry)
 * Company D - Dixie Boys
 * - 2nd Regiment, Mississippi Partisans (Also known as 2nd Partisan Rangers Cavalry/Ballentine’s)
 * Company F - Reason’s Company
 * Company I - Eskridge’s Company
 * - 3rd Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry
 * Company E - Richmond’s Company
 * Company F - Kennedy’s Company
 * Company K - Barksdale’s Rangers
 * - 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's)
 * Company C - Duff Guards
 * - 8th Regiment, Mississippi Cavalry (formerly 19th Battalion Mississippi Cavalry (Duff's))
 * Company C - Duff Guards

World War I 
 * 1917-1919  at FamilySearch — index
 * 1917-1918  at FamilySearch — index and images

Probate Records
Online Records


 * 1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records 1780-1982 at Ancestry $
 * 1781-1930 at FamilySearch

Social Security Records

 * 1935-2014 at FamilySearch - How to use this collection; index. Also at Ancestry, findmypast, Fold3, GenealogyBank, MyHeritage, and Steve Morse. Click here for more information.
 * 1936-2007 U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 at Ancestry ($) — index, click here for more information.

Tax Records

 * 1834-1899  at FamilySearch

Marriage

 * 1776-1935 Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1825 Mississippi Marriages to 1825 at Ancestry $
 * 1800-1911 at FamilySearch
 * 1826-1850 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50 at Ancestry $
 * 1826-1900 Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900 at Ancestry $
 * 1847-1919 Yalobusha County Marriage Books A-H Index 1847-1919 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch
 * 1858-1979 at FamilySearch — index and images

Death

 * 1822-1921 - at FamilySearch — index, some images
 * 1912-1943 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1912-1943 Reclaim the Records: Mississippi Death Index at Archive.org - images of index

Societies
Yalobusha County Historical Society, Inc. P.O. Box 258 Coffeeville, MS 38922-0258 Facebook

Websites

 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county.
 * Yalobusha County Mississippi Genealogy and History Network
 * Yalobusha County, Mississippi Genweb
 * – The FamilySearch catalog contains descriptions and access information for all genealogical materials (including books, online materials, microfilm, microfiche, and publications) in their collection.  Use Historical Records to search for specific individuals in genealogical records.