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Projects

• Harrison County Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Harrison County MSGenWeb      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Harrison County, Mississippi Genealogy      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Harrison County, MSGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Harrison MS GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)

Adjacent counties

• Hancock County, MS  to the west
• Jackson County, MS  to the east
• Pearl River County, MS  to the northwest
• Stone County, MS  to the north

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence

• Biloxi GEDCOM Index 
• Biographies of Harrison County, Mississippi      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Harrison County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Harrison County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (16)

Court and Legal Records

• Mississippi County Court Records  Wilkinson, Jefferson, Claiborne, Warren, Hinds, Holmes, and Harrison Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mississippi County Court Records      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Ethnic

• Harrison County      (Source: MSGenWeb African American Resources)

History

• Harrison County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Harrison County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Harrison County History Markers 
• The History of Harrison County 
• History of Harrison County, Mississippi      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • History of Biloxi 
  • History of D'Iberville 
  • History of Gulfport 
  • History of Long Beach 
  • Pass Christian History      (Source: Wikipedia)

• Library

  • History of Our Libraries  Harrison County Library System
  • Long Beach Public Library History 

• Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

  • Biloxi, MS Hurricane, Oct 1893      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Biloxi, MS Prison Fire Kills 27 Inmates, Nov 1982      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Gulf Coast, MS Hurricane CAMILLE Eyes Coast, Aug 1969      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Gulfport, MS Train Wreck, Dec 1929      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Gulfport, NY Train - Auto Wreck, Dec 1929      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hancock, Harrison, Hinds, Holmes and Humphreys County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Harrison County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • Hurricane in August 1860      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hurricane in September 1860      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Mississippi locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• Harrison County  Mississippi Genealogy Network
• Harrison County      (Source: CinnamonToast Genealogy)
• Harrison County Resources      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Harrison Genealogy      (Source: GenDir)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Harrison County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Biloxi Museums 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Harrison County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library  Beauvoir
• Maritime & Seafood Industry Museum  Biloxi, Mississippi
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• Harrison County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Harrison County, MS Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MS-GULF-L Mississippi Gulf Coast genealogy

  • MS-GULF-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-GULF-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-GULF-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Harrison County Obituaries

  • MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MS-HARRISON-SHIP-ISLAND-L Discussing and sharing of information regarding the Civil War history of Ship Island, Harrison County, Mississippi, and the genealogies of its lighthouse keepers

  • MS-HARRISON-SHIP-ISLAND-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-HARRISON-SHIP-ISLAND-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-HARRISON-SHIP-ISLAND-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MSHARRIS-L Harrison County genealogy

  • MSHARRIS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MSHARRIS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MSHARRIS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers

• Biloxi  1721     (Source: USGenWeb)
• The coasts of West Florida, Alabama, Mississippi & Louisiana  1828     (Source: David Rumsey Map Collection)
• Harrison County  1885 Atlas and Gazetteer
• Harrison County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Harrison County Post Offices 
• Harrison County Postal Covers      ($)
• Harrison County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Unlimited access to topo maps. Try it free!)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 

Military Records and Histories

• Air Station Biloxi 

• World War I

  • World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918  Harrison County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• World War II

  • Harrison County, Mississippi  World War II Casualties, Army and Army Air Corps     (Source: AccessGenealogy)

Miscellaneous Data

• Harrison County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Harrison County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Harrison County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area 

Newspaper Records

• Daily Herald, Biloxi (8/16/1898 to 3/30/1907, 7/1/1907 to 6/30/1922)  GenealogyBank     ($)
• Harrison County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Herald Weekly (10/10/1891-11/26/1898)  GenealogyBank     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Funeral records from 1904-1948 for the coast of Mississippi      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Miscellaneous Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Buff)
• The Sun Herald, Biloxi      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Sun Herald, Biloxi (2/10/1994-Current)  GenealogyBank     ($)
• Sun-Herald  Obituaries from the past 365 days
• Sun-Herald  Recent obituaries

• MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Harrison County Obituaries

  • MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MS-HARRISON-OBITS-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (17)

Search Engines and Searchable Databases

• Marriage License Search Utility  1850s to present day

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Harrison County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Gulf Coast Chapter      (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)
• Pass Christian Historical Society 
• Sam Davis Camp 596, Biloxi      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (71)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Harrison County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Harrison County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mississippi Historic Light Station Information & Photography 

Vital Records

• Harrison Co. MS Marriages      (Source: Melba's Southern Families)
• Harrison County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage License Link 
• Marriage License Search Utility  1850s to present day
• Marriage Records for Harrison County      (Source: A to Z Marriages)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Harrison County 1812-1887     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Original Harrison County, Mississippi Marriage Returns      (Source: The Olden Times - Historic Newspapers Online)

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