Hattiesburg, Forrest County, Mississippi Genealogy

This is a Genealogy page for Forrest County Seat in the State of Mississippi.

Mississippi Forrest County

Church Records
The Hattiesburg Mississippi Family History Center is open to the public for research and guided help. This microfilm is a copy of a manuscript of Records of members, [1906?]-1943.[]is available at the Family History Center.

Cemeteries
Cemetery and obituary notices,Hattiesburg,Mississippi.

This microfilm #976.218/H1 V22t is available from the Family History Library. []

History
Hattiesburg is a city in Mississippi, bisected by the county line between Forrest County (where it is the county seat[2]) and Lamar County. The population was 45,989 in the 2010 census.[3] It is the principal city of the Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses Forrest, Lamar and Perry counties. Previously inhabited by the Choctaw Native Americans, the area now called Hattiesburg was obtained by the United States under the terms of the Treaty of Mount Dexter in 1805. After the treaty was ratified, European-American settlers began to move into the area. []. Captain William Harris Hardy, founder of Hattiesburg, was born at Collerine, Alabama on February 12, 1837. He received training in education, law, and surveying. During the War Between the States, he served as Captain of Company H of the 16th Mississippi Regiment. The Hattiesburg Area Historical Society has more about how this city was named. []

Vital Records
Hattiesburg is the County Seat of Forrest County. Vital records are located in Hattiesburg at the Department of Health. Available online records maybe found at Family Search Catalog or at Genealogy Inc. [].