Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi Genealogy

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

Church Records
The Hattiesburg Mississippi FamilySearch Center is open to the public for research and guided help. There is a microfilm which is a copy of a manuscript of Records of members, [1906?]-1943. This is available at the FamilySearch Center.

Cemeteries
Cemetery and obituary notices,Hattiesburg,Mississippi.

This microfilm #976.218/H1 V22t is available from the FamilySearch Library.

History
Hattiesburg is a city in Mississippi, bisected by the county line between Forrest County (where it is the county seat) and Lamar County. The population was 45,989 in the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties. Previously inhabited by the Choctaw Native Americans, the area now called Hattiesburg was obtained by the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Mount Dexter in 1805. After the treaty was ratified, European-American settlers began to move into the area. . Captain William Harris Hardy, founder of Hattiesburg, was born at Collerine, Alabama on February 12, 1837. He received training in education, law, and surveying. During the War Between the States, he served as Captain of Company H of the 16th Mississippi Regiment. The Hattiesburg Area Historical Society has more about how this city was named. Click Here

Repositories
The Mississippi State Archives includes images of records filmed at the Mississippi State Archives in Jackson, Mississippi. It includes narratives from former slaves, land records from the Office of the Secretary of State, lists of military veterans, military grave registrations, and naturalization records. The collection is being published as images become available.

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

Societies
Mississippi Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5301 Jackson, MS 39216

Related Wiki Articles

 * Mississippi Archives and Libraries
 * Missisippi Emigration and immigraton
 * Mississippi Genealogy
 * Mississippi Land and Property
 * Mississippi Military Records
 * Mississippi in the Civil War

Vital Records
Hattiesburg is the County Seat of Forrest County. Vital records are located in Hattiesburg at the Department of Health. Available online records maybe found at Family Search Catalog or at Genealogy Inc.