Wilkinson County, Mississippi:
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Projects

• Early Southwest Mississippi Territory      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Wilkinson County      (Source: Mississippi Genealogy and History Network)
• Wilkinson County Genealogy & History      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Wilkinson County, MSGenWeb Home Page      (Source: USGenWeb)

Adjacent counties

• Adams County, MS  to the north
• Amite County, MS  to the east
• Concordia Parish, LA  to the west
• East Feliciana Parish, LA  to the southeast
• Franklin County, MS  to the northeast
• West Feliciana Parish, LA  to the south

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

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

Cemeteries

• Gordon Cemetery      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Wilkinson County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Wilkinson County  Mississippi Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Wilkinson County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Wilkinson County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Wilkinson County, Mississippi Cemeteries 

Census Records and Indexes (38)

Court and Legal Records

• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Wilkinson County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Mississippi County Court Records  Wilkinson, Jefferson, Claiborne, Warren, Hinds, Holmes, and Harrison Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mississippi County Court Records      (Source: Genealogical Publishing Company and Clearfield Company)     ($)

Estate Records

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

Ethnic

• Wilkinson County      (Source: MSGenWeb African American Resources)

History

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

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

  • Fort Adams, LA Steamer J. L. AVERY Sinks In Mississippi River, Mar 1854      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Montez, LA Train Collision, Nov 1912      (Source: GenDisasters)
  • Walthall, Warren, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wilkinson and Winston County Tornadoes      (Source: The Tornado Project)
  • Wilkinson County Storms      (Source: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

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  Wilkinson County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Adams, Wilkinson Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Amite, Wilkinson Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

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

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

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

• MSSWTERR-L The Southwest Mississippi Territory prior to 1818

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

• MSWILKIN-L Wilkinson County genealogy

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

Maps and Gazetteers

• Historic Maps of Wilkinson County      (Source: Mississippi Archives)
• Tiger Map Server Browser 
• Wilkinson County  1885 Atlas and Gazetteer
• Wilkinson County      (Source: 1895 U.S. Atlas)
• Wilkinson County Gazetteer      (Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System)
• Wilkinson County Post Offices 
• Wilkinson County Post Offices  1846     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Wilkinson County Postal Covers      ($)
• Wilkinson County Topo Maps and Aerial Photos      (Source: Trails.com)

Military Records and Histories

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

• Civil War

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

• World War I

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

• World War II

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

Miscellaneous Data

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

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Wilkinson County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Wilkinson County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Woodville Republican      (Source: World Vital Records - mix of free and fee)
• The Woodville Republican  Jan 7, 1882 - Apr 16, 2009     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The Woodville Republican, Mississippi's Oldest Existing Newspaper  Volume 2, January 4, 1840 - October 30, 1847     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• The Woodville Republican, Mississippi's Oldest Existing Newspaper  Volume 6, January 5, 1884 - December 26, 1891     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• The Woodville Republican, Mississippi's Oldest Existing Newspaper  Volume 3, January 8, 1848 - January 9, 1855     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• The Woodville Republican, Volumes 1-5  1823-1883     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

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

Slaves, slave owners, and slavery in general - information (21)

Societies

• Southwest Mississippi Genealogy Society 

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (81)

Transportation and Industry

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

Vital Records

• Colored Marriages  1865-1870     (Source: AfriGeneas)
• Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935  includes Wilkinson County 1805-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• United States Census (Mortality Schedule), 1850  Wilkinson County     (Source: Family History Library)
• Wilkinson County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)

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