Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors
Tracing Your Mississippi Ancestors

Author: Anne S. Lipscomb

Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi

Published: 1994-08

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 087805698X

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An essential how-to guide for researching ancestral roots in the Magnolia State

Red Book
Red Book

Author: Alice Eichholz

Publisher: Ancestry Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 812

ISBN-13: 9781593311667

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" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.

Prentiss County, Mississippi
Prentiss County, Mississippi

Author: Turner Publishing

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1563117843

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The history of Prentiss County, Mississippi, including the people and families, buildings, businesses, churches, organizations, schools and and sports.

Black-Gibbs-Mitchell-Giles Ancestors of Yazoo County
Black-Gibbs-Mitchell-Giles Ancestors of Yazoo County

Author: Sammie Giles Jr.

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2014-07-11

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 1493177435

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This book is about local history of families in an approximately 300-square-mile region of Yazoo County in central Mississippi from 1865 to 1965. It sketches the lives of these African Americans in a violent environment. It transcribes the 1865-66 plantation census of the county. It identifies relatives who fought in the Civil War, and points out the betrayal of Southern United States Colored Troops by Reconstruction presidents. It discusses survival skills, and compares life spans of two generations. Addressing unpleasantness it fills gaps left by oral family history.

Baxter-Short, Miller-Gill, and Related Families
Baxter-Short, Miller-Gill, and Related Families

Author: Mary Cynthia Baxter Harrell

Publisher:

Published: 1989

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13:

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James W. Baxter (1798-1872) was born in Adair Co., Kentucky. His father was probably James Baxter. He married Nancy Ann Short (1796-1875), the daughter of Elizabeth Short, in Green Co., KY in 1820. They were the parents of five children. They are both buried in Richmond Grove Cemetery in Logan Co., Illinois. Several generations of descendants are given.