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* ''The ACPL is the foremost repository for '''city directories'''''. I can research hard cover city directories found in the [http://smartcat.acpl.lib.in.us/ ACPL Genealogy Catalog] or microfiche and microfilm city directories found in the [http://www.genealogycenter.info/search_microtext.php ACPL microtext catalog]. ('''Please specify city, date range needed, and person(s) of interest'''.)
  
* ''The ACPL is the foremost repository for '''city directories'''''. I can research hard cover city directories found in the [http://smartcat.acpl.lib.in.us/ ACPL Genealogy Catalog] or microfiche and microfilm city directories found in the [http://www.genealogycenter.info/search_microtext.php 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''.
  
'''Note:''' I do '''not''' live in Mississippi ... ''I live in Allen Co., IN''.
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Over the years I have accumulated several files/records, documents, news items etc (5 GB) I have scanned/transcribed/digitized so I can search my hard drive easily.
  
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This info includes in part: prison, asylum, inmate, mug shots & Bertillon records, wanted & missing posters, photos, poor/alms/work houses, orphanages, sanitariums, court records, road/prison camp, executions, pardons, convict ships info etc. This info covers all U.S. states [and other countries] and all time frames from 1400's to present but primarily 18th & 19th century.
  
 
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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.
Note: The list below reflects the volunteers appearing on the RAOGK site, as of the Way Back Machine Snapshot on 14 Jun 2010.

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.
Adams Sharon Barnett Still Digital photos of tombstones in the Natchez City Cemetery only.
Alcorn Martha Berryman Alcorn County, Mississippi Cemetery Book.
Amite Sharon Spry Public Records library look ups and copying. Woodville Republican newspaper, 1823-1891.
Coahoma Flo Larson I am the director of the North Delta Museum at Friars Point and have access to many records. I will be glad to take tombstone pictures on various cemeteries in Coahoma County. In some instances, I will be able to look up records in the courthouse, since Friar's Point is the oldest town in the county (founded 1836) and was the county seat. Because of the price of gas, I will not be able to drive to remote cemeteries to take pictures.
DeSoto Paula Curcio Still photos of tombstones I can do look ups in cemeteries in De Soto County. I usally do digital and then e-mail the photo.
George Janet Walters Eubanks Public Records look ups and copying, courthouse & library. Obituaries. Gravestone pictures. Rocky Creek Baptist Church Cemetery Sand Hill Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Magnolia Cemetery, Lucedale, Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery.
Harrison Ava Coleman Still photos of tombstones
Hinds Renee Shakespeare Cemetary Book Lookups specifically for Jackson Cemetary formerly known as Willow Park Cemetary
Itawanba John B Thompson Still photos of tombstones I have a Itawamba Cemetery book.
Jackson Janet Wright Photos of headstones, public records lookups. NOTICE! If you are looking for Jackson, MS (the capital), that is in HINDS county, not JACKSON county, so check in HINDS instead of with me. Thanks!
Lee Robert W Williams Cemetery lookups & pictures of headstones "ONLY"
Marshall Lora Rhea Still photos of tombstones Locate all the information I can find on a persons name using the internet. birthdates deathdates etc.
Newton Sharon Spry Public Records library look ups and copying. Cemeteries, Census 1782-1995.
Panola Debbie Brigman I have the cemetery book for Panola Co., MS and will do look ups. First names and/or location in the county is needed. (at least quadrants) are needed.
Panola Darrel Brown Still photos of tombstones.
Pearl River Ruth Stockstill Walker Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying. Checking my own files, asking friend historian, library research.
Pontotoc Susan Lane Marriage lookups 1857-1891. Cemetery lookups.
Prentiss Diane Livingston Garvin Obituaries. Gravestone pictures.
Rankin Moe Bryant Still photos of gravestones in cemeteries in Rankin County. I may do others if they are within 25 miles of my home. I will need specific names, dates, and locations of the cemetery requested.
Sunflower Frances Williams Still photos of tombstones. Tombstones in South Sunflower County only.
Tippah Jerry Owen Still photos of tombstones and Public Records lookups and copying.
Tishomingo Martha Berryman Tishomingo County, Mississippi Cemetery Book.
Tishomingo Lisa Moses Public Records library look ups and copying. Gravestone pictures. Reimbursement may be required. Any cemeteries in Tishomingo County included but not limited to Belmont City, New Bethel, Old Bethel, Allen Chapel, Lindsey, Joel, Iuka City.


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