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Records Of The Family History Library
Family History Library Catalog
Archives And Libraries
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
Census
Church Records
Court Records
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
Land And Property
Maps
Military Records
Naturalization And Citizenship
Newspapers
Periodicals
Probate Records
Vital Records
For Further Reading
Comments And Suggestions

NATURALIZATION AND CITIZENSHIPLook this term up in the glossary.

Naturalization recordsLook this term up in the glossary. have usually been filed in the county, circuit (county, not U.S.), or U.S. district courts. Few Mississippi counties kept separate naturalization files or books. Usually such records are found in the general records of the local courts. The Family History Library has a good collection of Mississippi court records. Other clues to application for citizenship are found in the minutesLook this term up in the glossary. of the same courts.

If you need naturalization records after September 1906, contact a federal office of the Immigration and Naturalization ServiceLook this term up in the glossary.. The National Archives—Southeast Region (Atlanta) has records of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi (1906-1943). The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has a copy of the WPA Index to Naturalization Records Mississippi Courts, 1798-1906, which lists over 5,000 naturalizations (FHL film 1704224).


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NEWSPAPERSLook this term up in the glossary.

The Mississippi Department of Archives and History has an extensive collection of newspapers. The Family History Library does not have copies of Mississippi newspapers, but abstracts have been published in genealogical periodicals.

A directory to help you locate Mississippi newspapers is Mississippi Newspapers, 1805-1940: A Preliminary Union List. (Jackson, Miss.: Mississippi Historical Records Survey, 1942; FHL book 976.2 B3h; film 1036521 item 16).


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PERIODICALSLook this term up in the glossary.

The major periodicals and magazines helpful for Mississippi research are:

Itawamba Settlers. 1981—. Published by the Itawamba Historic Society, P.O. Box 7, Mantachie, MS 38855. (FHL book 976.2982 D25i.)

Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly. 1981—. Published by the Mississippi Coast Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly, P.O. Box 513, Biloxi, MS 39533. (FHL book 976.21 B2m.)

Mississippi Genealogical Exchange. 1955—. Published by the Mississippi Genealogical Exchange, P.O. Box 16609, Jackson, MS 39236-0690. (FHL book 976.2 B2g.)

Mississippi Genealogy and Local History. 1969-1979. Published by Irene S. Gillis, P.O. Box 9114, Shreveport, LA 71109. (FHL book 976.2 B2m.)

Mississippi State Courier. 1984-1985. Published by Courier Productions, P.O. Box 1320, Winnfield, LA 71483-1320. (FHL book 976.2 D25m.)

The Northeast Mississippi Historical and Genealogical Society Quarterly. 1980—. Published by the Northeast Mississippi Historical and Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 434, Tupelo, MS 38802. (FHL book 976.29 D25n; fiche 6050857-65 vols. 1-9.)

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