Lafayette County, Mississippi:
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Projects

• Lafayette County      (Source: Mississippi Genealogy and History Network)
• Lafayette County Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lafayette County, MSGenWeb Project      (Source: Legacy USGenWeb)
• Lafayette County, MSGenWeb Project      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Calhoun County, MS  to the south
• Marshall County, MS  to the north
• Panola County, MS  to the west
• Pontotoc County, MS  to the east
• Tate County, MS  to the northwest
• Union County, MS  to the east
• Yalobusha County, MS  to the southwest

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

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

Cemeteries (10)

Census Records and Indexes (25)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Lafayette County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)

Estate Records

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

History

• Lafayette County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Lafayette County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lafayette County History Markers 
• Lafayette County History Page 
• National Register of Historic Places 

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

  • Delay, MS Tornado, Oct 1896      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Greenwood, Baldwyn, O'Tuckalofa, MS (Other Towns) Tornado, Mar 1942      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lafayette County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln and Lowndes County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Oxford, MS (see Humboldt, MS) Train Plunges Into Ravine, Feb 1870      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Oxford, MS Tornado, Oct 1896      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (10)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Center for the Study of Southern Culture 
• The Department of Archives and Special Collections  University of Mississippi Libraries
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lafayette County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lafayette County, Mississippi     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Rowan Oak  Oxford, Mississippi
• University of Mississippi Finding Aids and Inventories  Mississippi Digital Library
• The University of Mississippi Museum 
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MSLAFAYE-L Lafayette County genealogy

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

• MSNWTERR-L The Northwest portion of the Mississippi Territory

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

• NE-MS-L Northeast Mississippi genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Lafayette County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Lafayette County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  La Fayette County, Mississippi     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Oxford, MS  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Lafayette County     (Source: Family History Library)
  • The 19th Mississippi Infantry Regiment 
  • Mississippi Confederate Records  1889-1942     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Lafayette County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Lafayette County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lafayette County     (Source: The Library of Congress)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Oxford Eagle 
• Oxford, Mississippi Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Lafayette County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lafayette County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Oxford.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories (53)

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Slave Schedules  Lafayette County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lafayette County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Slave Named in a Letter Written by Prentiss Buie, 1867      (Source: Remembering Their Names)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Lafayette County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Oxford-Lafayette County Heritage Foundation 
• Skipwith Historical and Genealogical Society  Located in the Lafayette County and Oxford, Mississippi, Public Library
• The University Greys Camp 1803, Oxford      (Source: Sons of Confederate Veterans)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (59)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lafayette County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Lafayette County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Lafayette County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Oxford Train Depot Restoration 
• Patents  Lafayette County, Mississippi     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Lafayette County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Lafayette County 1856-1887     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Lafayette County     (Source: Family History Library)

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