Mississippi Compiled Genealogies

Most archives, historical societies, and genealogical societies have special collections and indexes of genealogical value. These must usually be searched in person.

Manuscript Collections
Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) Collection. This collection consists of transcripts of Bible, cemetery, church, marriage, death, obituary, and will records. It was microfilmed in 1971 at the DAR Library in Washington, DC, and is on 20 microfilms at the Family History Library (FHL films 868497—). The volumes are generally arranged by county and many have individual indexes.

Mississippi Provincial Archives. Many colonial records for the lower Mississippi Valley were placed in archives in France, Spain, and England. These include correspondence about military and governmental affairs, some censuses, birth and burial registers, land grants, and surveys. Many of these records were transcribed by Dunbar Rowland and collected in a set of manuscript volumes known as the Mississippi Provincial Archives. This collection is at the Mississippi Department of History and Archives and on microfilm at the Family History Library. It includes:

Records of the French Dominion, 1612 to 1763 (FHL films 899957-71), and the English Dominion, 1763 to 1783 (FHL films 899981-85) (listed in the FHLC under MISSISSIPPI - HISTORY - SOURCES).

Records of the Spanish Dominion, 1757 to 1820 (FHL films 899972-80) (listed in the FHL Catalog under MISSISSIPPI - ARCHIVES AND LIBRARIES - INVENTORIES, REGISTERS, CATALOGS).

Published Collection
Johnson, Charles Owen, ed. The Order of the First Families of Mississippi 1699-1817: 1981 Register. Ann Arbor, Michigan: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1981. (FHL book 976.2 D2o.)