Mississippi County, Missouri:
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Projects

• Mississippi Co. MO      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Mississippi County      (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Mississippi County, Missouri      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)

Adjacent counties

• Alexander County, IL  to the north
• Ballard County, KY  to the northeast
• Carlisle County, KY  to the east
• Fulton County, KY  to the south
• Hickman County, KY  to the east
• New Madrid County, MO  to the west
• Scott County, MO  to the northwest

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

• History of Southeast Missouri  Embracing an Historical Account of the Counties of Ste. Genevieve, St. Francois, Perry, Cape Girardeau, Bollinger, Madison, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Dunklin, Scott, Mississippi, Stoddard, Butler, Wayne and Iron, 1888     (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• History of Southeast Missouri  Volume II     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Mississippi Co, Missouri, USA      (Source: Our Family Tree)
• Mississippi County Biography Bibliography      (Source: WorldCat)
• Mississippi County Family Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Mississippi County GEDCOM Index      (Source: GEDCOM Index .Com)
• Mississippi County Pioneers      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

Cemeteries

• Billion Graves for Mississippi County, Missouri      (Source: Billion Graves)
• Mississippi County  Missouri Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Mississippi County Cemeteries      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Mississippi County Cemeteries  Missouri Cemeteries Mailing List
• Mississippi County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Mississippi County Missouri Cemeteries      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Missouri Gravestones  Mississippi County
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)

Census Records and Indexes (26)

Church Records

• Mississippi County Church Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

Court and Legal Records

• Circuit Court records, 1845-1951      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Livingston's Law Register, 1851  Mississippi County Lawyers     (Source: Google Books)
• Mississippi County Court Records Directory      (Source: Court Records Free Reference and Directory)

Enslaved people, enslavers, and slavery in general - information

• 1850 Mississippi County Slave Census      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• 1850 Slave Schedules  Mississippi County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• 1860 Mississippi County Slave Census      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• 1860 Slave Schedules      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mississippi County      (Source: Sankofagen Wiki)
• United States Census (Slave Schedule), 1850  Mississippi County     (Source: FamilySearch)

Estate Records

• Mississippi County, Missouri Wills Records      (Source: SAMPUBCO)
• Missouri Probate Records, 1750-1998  includes Mississippi County     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Wills and Probate Records, 1766-1988  includes Mississippi County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

History (25)

Introduction and Guides

• Cyndi's List of Missouri locality links      (Source: Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites on the Internet)
• FamilySearch Wiki Research Guide      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Mississippi County      (Source: Histopolis Collaborative Genealogy & History)
• Mississippi County Public Records      (Source: Nationwide Environmental Title Research)
• Mississippi County, Missouri Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy, Inc.)

Land Records

• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Land Patents 1831-1969  Mississippi County, Missouri     (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• Mississippi County Deeds and Indexes      (Source: FamilySearch)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Mississippi County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Mississippi, Scott Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907  Mississippi, New Madrid Counties     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Libraries, Museums, Archives

• Cape Girardeau Research Center  includes Mississippi County, Missouri     (Source: State Historical Society of Missouri)
• Family History Library Holdings      (Source: FamilySearch)
• Guide to County and Municipal Records on Microfilm      (Source: Missouri State Archives)
• Library Directory for Mississippi County, Missouri      (Source: libraries.org - A directory of libraries throughout the world)
• Local Records Inventory Database      (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)
• Mississippi County Collection Descriptions      (Source: The Missouri Digital Heritage Initiative)
• PERiodical Source Index Search  Mississippi County, Missouri     (Source: Find My Past)
• The State Historical Society of Missouri Manuscript Collection  Mississippi County Collection Descriptions
• USGenWeb Archives      (Source: USGenWeb)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• MO-MISSISSIPPI mailing list  Group to discuss, share or ask questions of a genealogical nature for persons who may have had a life event in Mississippi County, Missouri
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)

• MOMISSIS Mississippi County genealogy

  • MOMISSIS Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (17)

Military Records and Histories

• Birds Point, MO  Returns from U.S. Military Posts, 1800-1916     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• List of Pensioners on the Roll January 1, 1883      (Source: Internet Archive)
• Mississippi County Military Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

• Civil War

  • 1890 Census of Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War  Mississippi County     (Source: FamilySearch)
  • 1890 Union Veterans Census  Special Enumeration Schedules Enumerating Union Veterans and Widows of the Civil War     (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)

• World War I

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

Miscellaneous Data

• Mississippi County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Missouri Genealogical Gleanings 1840 and Beyond, Vol. 7      (Source: Heritage Books)     ($)
• Missouri Miscellaneous Records, 1805-2002  includes Mississippi County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Newspaper Records

• Charleston Courier      (Source: Missouri Digital Newspaper Project)
• Chronicling America  Mississippi County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• Historical Charleston Newspapers      (Source: Newspaper Archive)     ($)
• Mississippi County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search Charleston Historical Newspapers      (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records

• Charleston Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• East Prairie Funeral Homes      (Source: Legacy.com)
• McMikle Funeral Home  Charleston, Missouri
• Mississippi County Obituaries      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images

• Bird's Point  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• East Prairie  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Historical Postcards of Mississippi County      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Mississippi County  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi County Photographs  Jan 1935-June 1944     (Source: Photogrammar)
• Mississippi County, Charleston  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)
• Mississippi County, East Prairie  America from the Great Depression to World War II     (Source: American Memory from the Library of Congress)

School Records and Histories

• Charleston School Yearbooks      (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Societies

• Mississippi County Historical Society 
• Mississippi County Historical Society      (Source: Facebook)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (22)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: FamilySearch)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Mississippi County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• Mississippi County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Mississippi County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)
• Mississippi County, Missouri      (Source: Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere)
• Patents  Mississippi County, Missouri     (Source: Google Patents)

Vital Records

• Mississippi County Marriage Records      (Source: USGenWeb Missouri Archives)
• Mississippi County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• Missouri County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records  1800-1991     (Source: FamilySearch)
• Missouri Marriage Records, 1805-2002  includes Mississippi County     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Missouri Marriages, 1851-1900  includes Mississippi County, 1851-1900     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Mississippi County, Missouri     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)

Wiki

• Mississippi County, Missouri Wiki      (Source: RootsWeb)

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