Smith County, Mississippi:
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Projects

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

Adjacent counties

• Covington County, MS  to the south
• Jasper County, MS  to the east
• Jones County, MS  to the southeast
• Newton County, MS  to the northeast
• Rankin County, MS  to the northwest
• Scott County, MS  to the north
• Simpson County, MS  to the west

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

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

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Smith County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery  These Sacred Places     (Source: Jan Parsons Armstrong)
• Mt. Zion Baptist Church Cemetery  These Sacred Places     (Source: Jan Parsons Armstrong)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Providence Baptist Church Cemetery  These Sacred Places     (Source: Jan Parsons Armstrong)
• Smith County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Smith County  Mississippi Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Smith County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Smith County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)

Census Records and Indexes (28)

Court and Legal Records

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

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Smith County      (Source: MSGenWeb African American Resources)

History

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

• Histories of specific towns and townships

  • History of Mize, Mississippi 
  • History of Taylorsville 

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

  • Hazelhurst, Harrisville, St. John's, White Oak, MS Tornado Damages, Jan 1969      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Scott, Sharkey, Simpson, Smith, Stone and Sunflower County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Smith County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
  • Various Towns, MS, TX, LA, AR Tornado, Mar 1933      (Source: GenDisasters)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• Index to SmithMS.gz, 1841-1913      (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• SmithMS.gz  83 (more or less) land patents in the TRS system from various Land Offices serving Smith Co MS from 1841-1913     (Source: Deed Data Pool)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Smith County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Covington, Smith Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Simpson, Smith 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)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Smith County, Mississippi     (Source: PERiodical Source Index)
• Smith County Libraries      (Source: Public Libraries Library Directory)
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Smith County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Smith County, MS Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• SmithCoMS  Smith County Seeking Our Roots     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)

• 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)

• MSSMITH-L Smith County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers (10)

Military Records and Histories

• Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services, 1841  Smith County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883  Smith County, Mississippi     (Source: Internet Archive)

• Civil War

  • Mississippi Confederate Records  1889-1942     (Source: Family History Library)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Smith County - Approved Claims, 1871-1880     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)
  • Southern Claims Commission  Smith County - Barred and Disallowed Claims     (Source: fold3 - 7 day free trial)

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

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

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Mississippi--Smith County--Taylorsville.  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

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

Societies

• Smith County, Mississippi Genealogical Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (20)

Tax Lists

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

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Smith County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Mines, Mining and Mineral Resources      (Source: mindat.org - the mineral and locality database)
• Patents  Smith County, Mississippi     (Source: Google Patents)
• Smith County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• 1860 Smith County Mortality Schedule      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Smith County 1912-1925     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Smith County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Smith County     (Source: Family History Library)

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