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Marshall County, Mississippi Research and Discoveries

This month’s US Black Heritage 1880 Census Project focus on WikiTree is the state of Mississippi, specifically Alcorn, Lafayette, and Marshall counties. I suggested Lafayette and Marshall (as a member of the USBH Mississippi team) because I’ve previously focused on them (mostly Lafayette because a lot of my more recent paternal ancestors were from there), but I decided to work on Marshall exclusively this month because only 1% of the black people in the 1880 census for Marshall County were recorded on the tracking spreadsheets as of September 1st (out of 18,587 people total).… Read more “Marshall County, Mississippi Research and Discoveries”

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My Lafayette County, Mississippi Web of Connections

Abbeville, Lafayette County, Mississippi is a very small rural town. The population (as of 2020) is only 372 people. It was originally founded by people who migrated there from Abbeville, South Carolina in the 1830s. I’m interested in Abbeville because my father and majority of his ancestors (at least back to 1870) were born either there or in larger Lafayette County.… Read more “My Lafayette County, Mississippi Web of Connections”

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Mississippi Genealogy Resources

I have a special interest in Mississippi genealogy because my father was born and raised here as well as many of his ancestors.

Free

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The Ancestor Hunt: Free Online Mississippi Collections

There are 24 categories of records across many databases (birth/marriage/death, probate, military, and more).

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