Leflore County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi  Leflore County

Guide to Leflore County, Mississippi ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Leflore County Courthouse 317 W Market Street PO Box 250 Greenwood, MS 38935 Phone: 662.453.6203 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage and court records. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce and probate records from 1871 and land records from 1834.

Parent County
1871--Leflore County was created 15 March 1871 from Carroll, Sunflower and Tallahatchie Counties. County seat: Greenwood

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating Mississippi county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation Mississippi County Boundary Maps" (1785-1918) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
For a list of record loss in Mississippi counties see: Mississippi Counties with Burned Courthouses

Neighboring Counties

 * Carroll
 * Grenada
 * Holmes
 * Humphreys
 * Sunflower
 * Tallahatchie

Census

 * 1805 - 1890 Mississippi, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1805-1890 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1660 - 1820 U.S. Census Reconstructed Records, 1660-1820 at Ancestry.com — index $
 * 1792 - 1866 Mississippi, State and Territorial Census Collection, 1792-1866 at Ancestry.com — index $


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)
 * Family Maps of (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Taxation

 * 1876-1898 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1866-1914 - Leflore County Marriage Books 1-29 Index 1866-1914 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

Genealogy Societies and Libraries
See also a List of Mississippi Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Websites

 * Leflore County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook