Grenada County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi  Grenada County

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

County Courthouse
Grenada County Courthouse PO Box 1208 Grenada, MS 38902 Phone: 662.226.1821

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, and probate records from 1870 and land records from 1835.

Parent County
1870--Grenada County was created 9 May 1870 from Carroll, Yalobusha, Choctaw, Tallahatchie, Webster and Montgomery Counties. County seat: Grenada

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

 * Calhoun
 * Carroll
 * Leflore
 * Montgomery
 * Tallahatchie
 * Webster
 * Yalobusha

Cemeteries

 * Cemeteries of Grenada County, Mississippi and surrounding areas

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 $


 * 1870 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

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

Taxation

 * 1870-1895 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1870-1922 - Grenada County Marriage Books A-J Index 1870-1922 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.
 * ? Grenada County, Mississippi marriage index book Index is listed by bride first and groom second.
 * [1870-1900 Grenada County Mississippi 1870-1900 marriage records Viewable

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

Websites

 * Grenada 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.