Rankin County, Mississippi:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Copiah County, MS  to the southwest
• Hinds County, MS  to the west
• Madison County, MS  to the north
• Scott County, MS  to the east
• Simpson County, MS  to the south
• Smith County, MS  to the east

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

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

Cemeteries (11)

Census Records and Indexes (30)

Court and Legal Records

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

Estate Records

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

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • City of Brandon History 
  • History of Florence, Mississippi 
  • Flowood History 
  • History of Pearl 

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

  • Rankin County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Rankin County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)

Introduction and Guides (11)

Land Records

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

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• CENTRAL-MS-L Central Mississippi genealogy

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

• MS-JACKSON-Metro-L Jackson, Mississippi metropolitan area genealogy

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

• MSRANKIN-L Rankin County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (13)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Rankin County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Rankin County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Brandon Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Ott & Lee Funeral Home  Brandon, Morton, Richland and Forest, Mississippi

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Historical Postcards of Rankin County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

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

Societies

• Chief Red Jacket Chapter  Brandon     (Source: Wayback Machine)
• Richland Historical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (33)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Marriage Index Page  includes Rankin County     (Source: Melba's Southern Families)
• Marriages in Rankin County, Mississippi      (Source: Vanished History Mall)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Rankin County 1828-1898     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Rankin County Marriage Records      (Source: GenealogyToday)
• Rankin County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Rankin County     (Source: Family History Library)

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