Stone County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi Stone County

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

County Courthouse
Stone County Courthouse PO Box 7 Wiggins, MS 39577 Phone: 601.928.5266 Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate, land and military dischrage records from 1916. Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and court records.

Parent County
1916--Stone County was created 3 April 1916 from Harrison County. County seat: Wiggins

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

 * Forrest
 * George
 * Hancock
 * Harrison
 * Jackson
 * Pearl River
 * Perry

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

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

Websites

 * Stone 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.