Tunica County, Mississippi Genealogy

United States Mississippi Tunica County

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

County Courthouse
Tunica County Courthouse PO Box 217; Tunica, MS 38676 Phone: 662.363.2451 Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probate, court and land records. Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records.

Parent County
1836--Tunica County was created 9 February 1936 from the Chickasaw Cession. County seat: Tunica

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

 * Coahoma
 * Crittenden County, Arkansas
 * DeSoto
 * Lee County, Arkansas
 * Panola
 * Phillips County, Arkansas
 * Quitman
 * Tate

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 $


 * 1841 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.


 * 1880 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Maps

 * Maps of Mississippi (1785-1918)

Taxation

 * 1839-1899 -, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Marriage

 * 1858-1917 - Tunica County Marriage Books A-F, 5-21 Index 1858-1917 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.

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

Websites

 * Tunica 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.