Lincoln County, Mississippi:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Amite County, MS  to the southwest
• Copiah County, MS  to the north
• Franklin County, MS  to the west
• Jefferson County, MS  to the northwest
• Lawrence County, MS  to the east
• Pike County, MS  to the south
• Walthall County, MS  to the southeast

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

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

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (18)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Lincoln County      (Source: MSGenWeb African American Resources)

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • History of Caseyville, MS      (Source: Remembering Their Names)
  • Woolworth      (Source: Ghosttowns.com)
  • The Ghost Town of Woolworth      (Source: Trails to the Past)

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

  • Brookhaven, MS Nursing Home Fire, Aug 1974      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Brookhaven, MS Train Wreck, Jan 1889      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Brookhaven, MS Train Wreck, Jan 1889      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln and Lowndes County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Lincoln County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • The Storm of 1883 - Copiah and Lincoln Co MS      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Vaughn, MS Casey Jones Train Wreck, Apr 1900      (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  Lincoln County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Copiah, Lincoln Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lincoln County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lincoln County, Mississippi     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MSLINCOL-L Lincoln County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (11)

Military Records and Histories

• Brookhaven, MS  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County Military Data      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Lincoln County, Mississippi     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

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

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Daily Leader 
• Daily Leader  Brookhaven     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lincoln County Obituaries      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

School Records and Histories

• 1892 Educable Children List  Colored Caseyville, MS     (Source: Remembering Their Names)
• 1892 Educable Children List  White Caseyville, MS     (Source: Remembering Their Names)
• Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children  1850-1892 and 1908-1957     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Southwest Mississippi Genealogy Society 

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

• Brady      (Source: Burke's Peerage & Gentry)     ($)
• Ambrose Bull  Abt. 1750, Ancestors and Descendents
• Lee's Ancestors and Descendants  Case, Hutsell, Crismon, Lipscomb, Sharpless, Dunkin, & others
• Biography of Rev. E. C. Eager  The Baptist Encyclopædia, 1881     (Source: Internet Archive)
• A Black Mississippi Family and Constantine Montgomery 
• Biography of Charles Oberschmidt  The Presbyterian Ministerial Directory, 1898     (Source: Google Books)
• Biography of Thomas A. Watson      (Source: USGenWeb Louisiana Archives)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Lincoln County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Lincoln County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Lincoln County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Patents  Lincoln County, Mississippi     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Lincoln County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Lincoln County 1890-1915     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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