The following post was originally listed on August 4, 2007. Two of the three links did not work. Those links have been corrected, but the posting is being shown again for the convenience of all Mississippi researchers.
Oak
Hill Cemetery, Water Valley (in three parts) - Thanks to to Jim
Allen , former president, and Mike Worsham, current president, of
Yalobusha Co Historical Society for sharing.
Part
One; History and monuments http://www.rootsweb.com/~msyalobu/oakhill_cemetery_wv.html
Part Two A- L http://texannusa36.us/msyalobu/part_3_oak_hill_cem_wv.html
Part Three Mc - Z http://www.rootsweb.com/~msyalobu/part_3_oak_hill_cem_wv.html
November 8, 2007
Covington
County:
Covington County has recently received permission, courtesy of Mary Renna, to post transcriptions of over 50 personal letters and documents of the Stewart and Barnes Families ranging from 1813 to 1931.
There are some real gems if you get time to read through them all. If not, browse through the Barnes Family letters from 1871, 1915, 1923, and 1924 for an interesting read. Kimberlie, Covington County Coordinator - MSGenWeb Project
October
31, 2007
Jefferson
County:
Added Fayette High School Class of 1930 - Several articles about the class, photo of the 1929/30 Football team and cards of the Senior Class and an invitation to a party for the Senior Class. Contributed by Charles Dawkins.
http://jeffersoncountyms.org/Classof1930.htm
October
15, 2007
Jefferson
County:
Biography of James Gillam
Wood - contributed by Charles Dawkins
http://jeffersoncountyms.org/jgwood.htm
Extinct Towns and Villages
of Jefferson County, MS in 1902 - Contribued by Sue B. Moore
http://jeffersoncountyms.org/extinct.htm
October
2, 2007
Bolivar
County: Complete book - Reflections of Bolivar County
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msboliva/Reflectionscover.htm
Corrected link - Gunnison
Baptist Church History
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msboliva/GunnisonBaptistChurchHistory.htm
September
14, 2007
New
site location for Early Southwest Mississippi Territory - now at
http://www.natchezbelle.org/sw/
September
12, 2007
Lincoln
County: The Storm of 1883 contributed by Ed Godbold - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslincol/1883Storm.html
September
11, 2007
New
locations for Claiborne County - http://claibornecountyms.org
and for Jefferson County - http://jeffersoncountyms.org
August
24, 2007
Lafayette
County: Bible of Miles and Bettie Bryant Crocker - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/miles_croc_fam_bible.html
MSGenWeb Archives:
Spanish American War Rosters for Mississippi
1st Mississippi Regiment, 2nd Mississippi Regiment, 3rd Mississippi
Regiment
http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ms/spanamroster.htm
August
4, 2007
Yalobusha
County:
Oak
Hill Cemetery, Water Valley (in three parts) - Thanks to to Jim
Allen , former president, and Mike Worsham, current president, of
Yalobusha Co Historical Society for sharing.
Part
One; History and monuments http://www.rootsweb.com/~msyalobu/oakhill_cemetery_wv.html
Part Two A- L http://texannusa36.us/msyalobu/part_3_oak_hill_cem_wv.html
Part Three Mc - Z http://www.rootsweb.com/~msyalobu/part_3_oak_hill_cem_wv.html
August
1, 2007
Lauderdale
County: Lauderdale Springs Confederate Cemetery article;
includes list of soldiers who may have died there - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslaude2/LauderdaleSpringsConfederateCemetery.html
Confederate
Orphans' Home article accounting the efforts of Mississippi Baptists
in attending to the needs of those children orphaned by the war
-
http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslaude2/confederateorphanshome.html
July
30, 2007
Yalobusha
County: Kirkman Black Cemetery Index (contributed by Mike
Worsham) - http://www.rootsweb.com/~msyalobu/kirkman_black_cemetery.html
Also, the
site has a new search engine available on the site's index page
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~msyalobu/
Lafayette
County - A new search engine is available on the site's
index page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/
Special
Announcement from the Historic New Orleans Collection:
Ninth
Annual Genealogy Workshop: African American Genealogy
Saturday, August 18 • 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Boyd Cruise Room, Williams Research Center, 410 Chartres Street
Advanced registration is $25.00 per person and must be completed
by 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 11. After that point, participants
may register for $35.00, as space is available. Registration includes
a preservation kit and refreshments. Lunch, however, is not provided.
Speakers for the event are Reginald Washington and Elizabeth Shown
Mills. More info is available at their web site: http://www.hnoc.org/
or at Mississippi History & Genealogy Notes blog: http://msgenealogy.blogspot.com/2007/07/african-american-genealogy-workshop-in.html
July
21, 2007
Hatcher/Whitfield
Reunion & Potts Reunion information posted on statewide reunion
page. - http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/reunions.htm
Lafayette
County: Lafayette County Chickasaw Tribe - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye/lafaye_chickasaw_tribe/lafaye_chickasaw_tribe.html
Webster
County: Link to Webster County MS Genealogy & Resources
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswebst1/
July
2, 2007
Pearl
River County:
Added survey and map to Old Stewart Cemetery page, submitted by
Sara Sheldon:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_stewart_cem.html
Added Jackson-Rouse
family photos to Families Page, submitted by Nancy Brister:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/PR_Jackson_Rouse.html
June 28, 2007
Updated
contact information on Dancing Creek Genealogical & Historical
Society for Leake County on the societies page - http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/society.htm
June 16,
2007
MSGenWeb
Reunions page - Sosebee (and variant spellings) National Reunion
& the Garner-Bosarge Reunion - http://www.rootsweb.com/~msgenweb/reunions.htm
Itawamba County- Recent updates for this county
may be found at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msitawam/whatsnew.html
June 6, 2007
Choctaw
County: French Camp Historical Site Photos - contributed
by Ann Geoghegan and the late Kenneth Rhodes - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/frenchcampphotos.html
May 12, 2007
Reunions
added - Akins
Chickasaw County:
World War II Enlistees - http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/chickasaw/military/ww2/enlistment/
Roll of Honor, World War II - http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/chickasaw/military/ww2/rosters/chickasa6nmt.txt
Choctaw County:
Della Long Photos - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/dellalongphotos.html
and http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/dellalongpg2.html
1928 Commencement Program - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/1928commencement.html
1926 Moonlight Cabaret Minstrels Program - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/moonlightcabaret.html
1928 Lions Club Charter Night Program - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/lionsclub.html
1928 Recital of Students of Mrs. H.A. Hearon at Ackerman High School
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/1928recital.html
World War II Roll of Honor - http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/choctaw/military/ww2/rosters/choctawr3nmt.txt
Rankin County:
World War II Enlistees
Part I, Abel-Ellis: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/rankin/military/ww2/enlistment/rankinco49gmt.txt
Part II, Ellzey-Lee: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/rankin/military/ww2/enlistment/rankinco50gmt.txt
Part III, Leggett-Ruffin: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/rankin/military/ww2/enlistment/rankinco51gmt.txt
Part IV, Runnels-Young: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/rankin/military/ww2/enlistment/rankinco52gmt.txt
Webster County:
Faulkner & Kolb Family Photos: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mswebst2/faulkner_kolbphotos.html
World War II Enlistees
Part I, Adams-Hinkle: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/webster/military/ww2/enlistment/websterc53gmt.txt
Part II, Hodges-Shankle: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/webster/military/ww2/enlistment/websterc54gmt.txt
Part III, Shaw-Young: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/ms/webster/military/ww2/enlistment/websterc55gmt.txt
May 4, 2007
Jefferson
County: Mortality Schedules - submitted by Ann Geoghegan: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjeffe2/census.htm#mort
Brand Registry - submitted by Tony Miller: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjeffe2/brandindex.htm
Added a section on Pecan Grove Plantation, one of many lost
to "Old Man River" with many documents and a map contributed
by Ken Berry & Sam Lenaeus, both descendants of Samuel Robb.
Also added Mississippi Lodge No 56, Jefferson County, Mississippi,
Rodney to the Masonic Pages, contributed by Sam Price and 1890 Veteran's
Schedule for Fayette, MS contributed by Janice Rice.
Bolivar
County - Souvenir Program of 75th Anniversary of Gunnison, MS, 40
pages - many photos - http://www.rootsweb.com/~msboliva/GunnisonAnniversary/Book.htm
Tishomingo
County - over 400 pages and growing! - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mstishom/
Alcorn County - over 625 pages and growing! - http://www.rootsweb.com/~msalcorn/
March 20, 2007
Jones
County: See What's New Page at http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjones/whatsnew.html.
There are several items related to Springhill M.B. Church, an African-American
congregation.
Pearl River:
Added page on "Historic Byrd's Chapel UMC" submitted by
Pam Brister:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/PR_ByrdsChapel.html
Added new photographs, Palestine Cemetery, submitted by Pam Brister:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_palestine3.html
Added six new obits, submitted by Pam Brister:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_obits.html
Added two birth announcements, submitted by Pam Brister:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_vital_records.html
Added more documents to Ferrill Family Records, submitted by Ed
McKee:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_families.html
Monroe County:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msmonro2/whatsnew.html
- Several additions since last report.
Itawamba
County: http://www.rootsweb.com/~msitawam/whatsnew.html
- New additions since last report.
February
19, 2007
1890
Veteran's Schedule for Rodney, MS - contributed by Janice Rice -
http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjeffe2/1890vets.htm
February
17, 2007
Jefferson
County: Site is being updated. The old table of contents will remain
in place until the "overhaul of the site" is complete.
- http://www.rootsweb.com/~msjeffe2/index.htm
February
15, 2007
Claiborne
County: Added Port
Gibson Female College and Brashear Female Academy - including
student and teacher census data from 1860 -contributed by Sue B.
Moore
Simpson
County: An all new site! Check it out! New county coordinator
is Gerald Westmoreland.
Greene
County has a new county coordinator! Pat Creel is hosting this
site!
Choctaw County: History
of Cotton Mills by Narvell Strickland - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschocta/cottonmillsintro.html
Chickasaw County: Henry
Lemuel Burkett Photo and Information - http://www.rootsweb.com/~mschicka/lemuelburkitt.html
Pearl River County:
Two new obits, Eddins
and Mason, submitted by Pam Brister:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_obits.html
Descendants of William Robert McKee, submitted by Ed McKee:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_families.html
Clan Ferrill: A Partial Record of the Migrations of an Extended
Family,
submitted by Ed McKee:
http://www.geocities.com/twincousin2334/pearl_river_families.html
