Evans Memorial Library

United States Mississippi  Monroe  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: [mailto:eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us eml@tombigbee.lib.ms.us]

Address:


 * 105 North Long Street Aberdeen, MS 39730 USA

Telephone: 622-369-4601 Fax: 622-369-2971

Hours and holidays: Mon-Thu 10:00 am - 6:00 pm;  Fri and Sat 10:00 am - 4:00 pm; Holiday hours vary, call ahead

Map and directions: Google map: Evans Memorial Library, Aberdeen MS

Internet sites and databases:


 * Evans Memorial Library library history, Special Collections, programs, and online exhibitions.
 * Tombigbee Regional Library System catalog online searchable by all fields, title, author, subject, or ISBN. Can be filtered to Evans Memorial Library  items only.
 * Genealogical Collection: a Research Guide.
 * Guide to the Evans Manuscript Collection.

Collection Description
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."

Genealogical Collection:  has Monroe County cemetery records through 1938, an index to Monroe County marriages 1821-1825 and 1834-1921, A History of Monroe County, Monroe County census indexes for 1850, 1860, and 1880, Monroe County census microfilms 1820–1930, a digital and a printed index to 14,000 images in the F. S. McKnight Photographic Collection 1894-1930, over 1600 surname files, and over 500 published family histories.

Evans Manuscript Collection:  Record types: personal correspondence, journals, diaries, business ledgers, government records and newspaper clippings from 1813 to present. Organizations: churches, clubs and lodges, city and county governments, courts, legal firms, post office, hospitals, schools, plantations, and fairs. Topics: slavery, Antebellum South, settlement of northeast Mississippi, steamboats, agriculture, American Civil War, Reconstruction, history of medicine, World War I and II, Mexican War, and the Grange.

Alternate Repositories
If you cannot visit or find a source at the , a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * NARA I
 * National Archives at Atlanta
 * State Archives
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * McCardle Library, Vicksburg, regional and local genealogy for early Mississippi families, and military records.

Neighboring Collections


 * Monroe County Circuit Clerk, Aberdeen, marriages, jury lists, and tax lists.
 * Monroe County Chancery Clerk, Aberdeen, divorces, deeds, wills, and court records.
 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * U.S. District Court
 * County and local historical societies
 * County and local genealogical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * Repositories in surrounding counties in Mississippi: Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, and in Alabama: Lamar, and Marion.
 * Mississippi State Dept. of Health Vital Records, Jackson, births and deaths since 1912; marriages and divorces 1926 to 1938, and since 1942.
 * State Historical Society
 * State Genealogical Society
 * University Libraries
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding states: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Tennessee.