Mississippi Archives and Libraries

Online Resources

 * Includes tax, census, land, military, naturalization records and former slave narratives. Images.

These repositories preserve sources, maintain indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in Mississippi.

Wiki Articles on Major Repositories in Mississippi
National Archives at Atlanta· Mississippi Department of Archives and History· Mississippi Genealogical Society· Mississippi Historical Society· Evans Memorial Library· McCardle Research Library· Mississippi State University Mitchel Library· University of Mississippi Williams Library· University of Southern Mississippi· Briscoe Center for American History Austin TX· Dallas Public Central Library TX· Mobile Municipal Archives AL

Statewide Repositories
Mississippi Department of Archives and History 200 North Street Jackson, MS 39201 USA Telephone: 601-576-6850 Website [mailto:refdesk@mdah.ms.gov/ Email]


 * This is the best place to start genealogy research in Mississippi. Researchers can find original records from every Mississippi county here. They also have newspapers, genealogies, and county histories. A useful guide is:


 * Thomas W. Henderson and Ronald E. Tomlin, Guide to Official Records in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History (Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Department of Archives and History, 1975). ;.


 * An Official Guide to the Historical Materials in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, prepared in 1911-1912 by the Director, Dunbar Rowland, LL.D., is available on-line in its entirety at Google books.


 * Wiki articles describing parts of their online collections are found at:


 * Mississippi State Archives, Various Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Mississippi Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5301 Jackson, MS 39216 USA Website [mailto:Info@MSGenSociety.org/ Email]

Mississippi Historical Society PO Box 571 Jackson, MS 39205-0571 USA Telephone: 601-576-6849 [mailto:mhs@mdah.state.ms.us/ Email]


 * Their collection is now part of the Mississippi Department of Archives and History above.

Regional Repositories
Evans Memorial Library 105 North Long Street Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA Telephone: 622-369-4601 Fax: 622-369-2971 Website [mailto:eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us/ Email]


 * This is an outstanding regional library with records of the deep South, including Mississippi and Alabama oral histories, church records, newspapers, maps, military records, Chickasaw Indians, African Americans, fraternal histories, scrapbooks, manuscripts and photos. One of the largest genealogy collections in the South - could be called "the Fort Wayne Library of the South."

McCardle Research Library Old Courthouse Museum 1008 Cherry St Vicksburg, MS 39183 USA Telephone: 601-36-0741 Website [mailto:societyhistorica@bellsouth.net/ Email]


 * Regional and local genealogy for early Mississippians, and American Civil War records including local history, histories of Warren County families, local cemetery records, census records, business directories, civil war manuscripts, maps, marriage records, and tax records.

Mississippi State University Mitchel Library P.O. Box 5408 395 Hardy Rd Mississippi State, MS 39762-5408 USA Telephone: 662-325-7679 Website [mailto:to:sp_coll@library.msstate.edu/ Email]


 * The Mississippi State University Libraries has digitized and made available in its Digital Collections the Orville Babcock Diaries and the Letters of Pvt. Arthur McKinstry. The Babcock and McKinstry materials are a part of the overall Ulysses S. Grant Collection, which is housed at the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library on the first floor of Mitchell Memorial Library at MSU's Starkville campus.
 * They also have books, manuscripts, maps, biographies, and genealogies.

University of Mississippi Williams Library P.O. Box 1848 1 Library Loop University, MS 38677 USA Telephone: 662-915-7408 Website [mailto:archivesdept@olemiss.edu/ Email]


 * They have an excellent collection of records about Mississippi such as logging, early settlers, oral histories, manuscripts, and local histories.

University of Southern Mississippi McCain Library and Archives P.O. Box 5148 Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5148 USA Phone: (601) 266-4345 Fax: (601) 266-4409

Outside of Mississippi Repositories
Briscoe Center for American History University of Texas at Austin 2313 Red River Street Austin, Texas 78705 USA Telephone: 512-495-4532 Website


 * This collection is as large as the Texas state archives including newspapers, biographies, private collections, the American South, military history, Western Americana, photos, and the Natchez Trace Collection papers from Mississippi and Louisiana.[5] Their collections help with ethnic research about Latinos, African Americans, Germans, Swedes, Texas pioneers, the American South including plantations and slavery, and official Spanish documents of the Mexican state of Coahulia y Texas.[6] Military records cover all conflicts involving Texas such as the Texas Revolution (1836), Indian wars, and the American Civil War.[7]

Dallas Public Central Library 1515 Young St. Dallas, TX 75201-9987 USA Telephone: 214-670-1400 Website


 * Outstanding genealogical collection with records for more than Texas, including Oklahoma, Louisiana, Mississippi, the South, Mid-Atlantic, and New England states. 111,700 volumes, 64,500 microfilms, 89,000 microfiche, and over 700 maps, marriage, probate, deed, tax abstracts, films of originals for some states, and databases.

Mobile Municipal Archives P.O. Box 1827 457 Church Street Mobile, Alabama 36633-1827 USA Telephone: 251-208-7740 Fax: 251-208-7428 Website [mailto:archives@cityofmobile.org/ Email]


 * Includes records of early Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida settlers: Spanish, French, and Anglo especially during the Spanish period. This is the premier library for Gulf Coast settlers from Louisiana to Florida.

Guidebook

 * Mississippi Genealogical Society (Jackson, Mississippi), Survey of Records in Mississippi Court Houses (Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi Genealogical Society, 1957. ; and . Describes Mississippi county records.