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Mississippi

This page provides the following links to basic Miississippi information:

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Wiki Basics Create a wiki account/username Modify your User page Update Your Volunteer Information Researchers -- General Guidelines When making requests of volunteers: Make requests specific -- avoid being too general. Make requests ONLY for the volunteer's specified research areas. (Do not ask for out-of-area requests.) Never ask more than one volunteer for the same request. Ask the volunteer what reimbursements they require: copies, gas, parking, etc. Negotiate an estimated completion time ... Remember: volunteers are not "on the clock," may research for multiple people, and respond reasonably as their time permits. Note: If no volunteer exists for an area, Follow the page, for alerts of page changes.

Help Files and FAQs Frequently-Asked Questions Wiki 101 Wiki Grand Tour Info for Volunteers NEW (and existing) volunteers, contact: the Wiki Admin with the following information: State: County: Your "display" name: ("Suz-eQ" ... "Sue" ... "Susanna Smith," etc.) Volunteer Services: (Describe your services -- i.e., tombstone photos, obituaries, public records lookups, etc.) Reimbursements (if any) for: gas/mileage, copies, fees, postage, parking, etc. Note: Always provide researcher with an estimated completion time. EXISTING volunteers may also Update Your Volunteer Information yourself.)

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MISSISSIPPI Volunteers

The Volunteer table below provides a list of Mississippi volunteers who will provide research assistance in the specified counties.

County	Volunteer's Name	Volunteer Services
ALL	Art Suever	CITY DIRECTORIES & FAMILY HISTORIES Can help with family histories listed in the Allen Co. Public Library Genealogy Catalog (ACPL). If there is a listing for a book, provide me with a list of titles/call numbers, family surname(s), and what family information you're looking for. (Also check the availability of ACPL microtext records (microfilm and microfiche).) The ACPL is the foremost repository for city directories. I can research hard cover city directories found in the ACPL Genealogy Catalog or microfiche and microfilm city directories found in the ACPL microtext catalog. (Please specify city, date range needed, and person(s) of interest.) Note: I do not live in Mississippi ... I live in Allen Co., IN.
ALL	Diane Kropp	Confederate Pension Records: In 1888 MS began granting pensions to indigent Confederate veterans or their widows. I can search the microfilm of original documents.
ALL	Shelli Steedman	I can check for marriages 1776-1935. Not all counties are listed. I can also help with censuses.
ALL	Zephyr	Available to copy/research any item, for any state or country, at the Clayton Genealogical Library in Houston, TX (one of the nation's top 10). Requestor MUST search the library catalog here FIRST (http://houstonlibrary.org) and provide the call information, title and author for the book you want searched along with the information to be sought in the source. Same for microfilm and other collections please.
Harrison	Ava	Will take photos of grave sites at no charge.
Tippah	Robert Sheffield	Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying.

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