Tate County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi Tate County

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

County Courthouse
Tate County Courthouse 201 Ward St; Senatobia, MS 38668 Phone: 662.562.5661 Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1873. Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate, court, and land records from 1873.

Parent County
1873--Tate County was created 15 April 1873 from Marshall, Tunica and DeSoto Counties. County seat: Senatobia

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

 * DeSoto
 * Lafayette
 * Marshall
 * Panola
 * Tunica

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.

Church Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Sarah

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Taxation

 * 1874-1875, 1887-1889 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1873-1917 - Tate County Marriage Books 1-16 Index 1873-1917 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

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

Family History Centers

 * Senatobia Mississippi Family History Center

Websites

 * Tate County, MS History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * Mississippi Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.