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Projects

• Jackson County Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jackson County MSGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Jackson MS GenExchange      (Source: GenExchange)
• Ocean Springs Archives  Five Centuries on Biloxi Bay: A Chronology of Ocean Springs, Mississippi

Adjacent counties

• George County, MS  to the north
• Harrison County, MS  to the west
• Mobile County, AL  to the east
• Stone County, MS  to the northwest

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

• Jackson County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Jackson County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries (13)

Census Records and Indexes (23)

History

• Brief History of Jackson County 
• Jackson County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Jackson County History Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • History of Ocean Springs 
  • Pascagoula Profile and Trivia 

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

  • Gulf Coast, MS Hurricane CAMILLE Eyes Coast, Aug 1969      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Hurricane in Sept-Oct 1860      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Jackson County Storms      (Source: NCDC Storm Events)
  • Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and Jones County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Introduction and Guides

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

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Genealogy and Local History Department  Pascagoula Public Library
• Jackson County Archives Department 
• Jackson County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards (28)

Maps and Gazetteers

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

Military Records and Histories

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Jackson County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Jackson County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Jackson County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Mississippi Gulf Coast National Heritage Area 
• Southern Claims Commission  Cleveland, Cuyahoga and Jackson County, Ohio and Mississippi     (Source: Footnote)
• Southern Claims Commission  Jackson County, Mississippi     (Source: Footnote)

Newspaper Records

• Jackson County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Funeral records from 1904-1948 for the coast of Mississippi      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• The Mississippi Press  30-day Obituaries Archive
• The Mississippi Press, Pascagoula      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• MS-JACKSON-OBITS-L Obituaries for Pascagoula, Moss Point, St. Martin, Gautier, Ocean Springs, Kreole, Hurley, Wade, Pecan, Fort Lake, Orange Grove, Escatawpa, Vancleave, Three Rivers and surrounding areas, and requests for obituary lookups for residents of Jackson County, Mississippi

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

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historic Ocean Springs 
• Historical Postcards of Jackson County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jackson County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Ocean Springs      (Source: Touring Turn-of-the-Century America)
• Penny Postcards from Mississippi      (Source: USGenWeb Mississippi Archives)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

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

Societies

• Live Oak Rifles Camp 1985, Helena      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)
• Ocean Springs Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (72)

Tax Lists

• Jackson Co. MS 1836 Tax Index      (Source: Melba's Southern Families)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jackson County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Jackson County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mississippi Historic Light Station Information & Photography 
• Round Island Lighthouse  Local History

Vital Records

• 1860 Jackson County Mortality Schedule      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jackson County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Marriage Index Page  includes Jackson County     (Source: Melba's Southern Families)
• Marriage Records for Jackson County      (Source: A to Z Marriages)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Jackson County 1875-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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