Lowndes County, Mississippi:
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Projects

• Lowndes County      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Lowndes County Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lowndes County, Mississippi Genealogy Web Site      (Source: Mississippi Genealogy and History Network)
• Northwest Alabama Territory 

Adjacent counties

• Clay County, MS  to the northwest
• Lamar County, AL  to the northeast
• Monroe County, MS  to the north
• Noxubee County, MS  to the south
• Oktibbeha County, MS  to the west
• Pickens County, AL  to the southeast

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

• Columbus GEDCOM Index 
• Lowndes Co, Mississippi, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Lowndes County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• New Hope GEDCOM Index 

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Lowndes County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Egger Cemetery, Caledonia  partial     (Source: Carol's House)
• Friendship Cemetery  Columbus, Mississippi     (Source: USGenWeb Mississippi Archives)
• Lowndes County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Lowndes County  Mississippi Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Lowndes County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Lowndes County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (30)

Court and Legal Records

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

Ethnic

• Lowndes County      (Source: MSGenWeb African American Resources)

History

• Alabama and Mississippi Connections      (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• Alabama and Mississippi Connections  Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families on Both Sides of the Tombigbee River     (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)
• Lowndes County      (Source: Wikipedia)
• Lowndes County Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Lowndes County Historical Markers      (Source: The Historical Marker Database)
• Lowndes County History Markers 
• National Register of Historic Places 

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • Columbus Timeline 
  • Historic Places  Columbus, Mississippi
  • Columbus History 

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

  • Columbus, Mississippi Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
  • Columbus, MS Arsenal Building Fire, Dec 1865      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Columbus, MS Tombigee River Drowning, Feb 1905      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Lafayette, Lamar, Lauderdale, Lawrence, Leake, Lee, Leflore, Lincoln and Lowndes County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Lowndes County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• A List of the Purchasers of Public Lands at Columbus and Chocchuma, Mississippi  From 1st October, 1833 to 1st January, 1834     (Source: World Vital Records)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lowndes County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Lowndes, Monroe Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Clay, Lowndes Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Columbus-Lowndes Genealogy and Local History 
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: Family History Library)
• Lowndes County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Lowndes County, Mississippi     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MSLOWNDE-L Lowndes County genealogy

  • MSLOWNDE-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MSLOWNDE-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • MSLOWNDE-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 (12)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Encyclopedia of Appalachia 
• Lowndes County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Lowndes County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Migrations through Lowndes County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Mississippi State Archives  Various Records, 1820-1951     (Source: Family History Library)
• Montani Publishing  Publishers of Appalachian Memoirs mid-20th century     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Lowndes County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Lowndes County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• The Columbus Packet      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Columbus Packet  Columbus, MS     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Columbus, Mississippi Newspaper Obituaries      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• The Commercial Dispatch 
• The Commercial Dispatch      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Commercial Dispatch  Columbus, MS     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Memorial Funeral Home  Columbus, Mississippi

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Lowndes County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Lowndes County  Built in America     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi--Lowndes County.  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)

School Records and Histories

• 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  Lowndes County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Liberty Hall Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• Lowndes County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• Lowndes County, Mississippi  1860 slaveholders and 1870 African Americans     (Source: Large Slaveholders of 1860 and African American Surname Matches from 1870)
• Shields Plantation      (Source: Sankofa's Afrikan Slave Genealogy)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Lowndes County     (Source: Family History Library)

Societies

• Bernard Romans Chapter  Columbus     (Source: National Society Daughters of the American Revolution)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (69)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Bethel Presbyterian Church Birth Records  1827-1880     (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Lowndes County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Lowndes County 1831-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Lowndes County     (Source: Family History Library)

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