Jones County, Mississippi:
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Projects

• AHGP Mississippi - Jones County 
• Jones County      (Source: Mississippi Genealogy and History Network)
• Jones County Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jones County MSGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Covington County, MS  to the west
• Forrest County, MS  to the south
• Jasper County, MS  to the north
• Perry County, MS  to the south
• Smith County, MS  to the northwest
• Wayne County, MS  to the east

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

• Jones Co, Mississippi, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Jones County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Jones County GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Jones County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Jones County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Jones County  Mississippi Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Jones County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Jones County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Jones County, MS Cemeteries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (32)

Directories

• Laurel City Directories      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Estate Records

• Mississippi, Probate Records  1781-1930     (Source: Family History Library)

Ethnic

• Jones County      (Source: MSGenWeb African American Resources)

History

• Jones County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Jones County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Laurel History 

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

  • Ellisville, MS Ellisville State School Fire Kills 15, Dec 1978      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and Jones County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Jones County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Laurel, MS Dynamite Explosion, Dec 1938      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Laurel, MS Scaffold Accident, Jan 1910      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Various Towns, MS, TX, LA, AR Tornado, Mar 1933      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

• Family Maps of Jones County, Mississippi  Mapping original land owners indexed on the BLM     (Source: Arphax Publishing Co.)     ($)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jones County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jones, Monroe Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jones County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jasper, Jones Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Jones, Smith Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Jones County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• Landrum's Homestead and Village  Laurel, Mississippi
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Jones County, Mississippi     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MSJONES-L Jones County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (12)

Military Records and Histories

• Jones County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Jones County, Mississippi     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Jones County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Mississippi Confederate Records  1889-1942     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Jones County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Jones County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Jones County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Jones County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Mississippi State Archives  Various Records, 1820-1951     (Source: Family History Library)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Jones County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Laurel Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Jones County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Laurel Historical Newspapers      (Source: Newspapers.com)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Ellisville Funeral Home  Ellisville, Mississippi
• Jones County Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Laurel Leader-Call 
• Laurel Leader-Call      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Laurel, Mississippi Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Leader Call  Laurel, MS     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Jones County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mississippi--Jones County--Antioch.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Jones County--Ellisville.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Jones County--Laurel.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Laurel.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Penny Postcards from Mississippi      (Source: USGenWeb Mississippi Archives)
• Photographs of Yesterday      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

School Records and Histories

• Laurel School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children  1850-1892 and 1908-1957     (Source: Family History Library)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Jones County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Jones County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Jones County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Jones County Genealogical & Historical Organization 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (47)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Jones County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Patents  Jones County, Mississippi     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• 1860 Mortality Schedule      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Jones County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Jones County 1882-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Jones County     (Source: Family History Library)

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