Tunica County, Mississippi Genealogy

Guide to Tunica County Mississippi genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

United States  Mississippi   Tunica County

County Courthouse
Tunica County Courthouse PO Box 217; Tunica, MS 38676 Phone: 662.363.2451 Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate, court and land records. Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records.

Parent County
1836--Tunica County was created 9 February 1936 from the Chickasaw Cession. County seat: Tunica

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Mississippi county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Mississippi County Boundary Maps" (1785-1918) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Mississippi counties see: Mississippi Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Coahoma
 * Crittenden County, Arkansas
 * DeSoto
 * Lee County, Arkansas
 * Panola
 * Phillips County, Arkansas
 * Quitman
 * Tate

Census

 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Taxation

 * 1839-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1858-1917 - Tunica County Marriage Books A-F, 5-21 Index 1858-1917 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Mississippi Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical & Genealogical Societies

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Websites

 * Tunica County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * 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. Select the state, then the county.