Whats New

11/30/08

Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery - The Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery has been posted and can be found under cemeteries. This cemetery listing was submitted by Barbara Blakeney

10/9/08

Palestine Methodist Church Cemetery - The Palestine Methodist Church Cemetery has been posted this date and can be found under cemeteries. Submitted by William G. Latham, Jr

11/13/07

Adrew Jackson Shaffer Family photograph taken in 1899 - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.

11/10/07

Adam Shaffer's Bible - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr

2/3/07

Goodspeed's Biography of H. L. Burkitt - submitted by Ronald Cramer

2/2/07

Photograph of Henry Lemuel Burkitt - submitted by Ronald Cramer

8/21/06

Photograph of John Frederick Shaffer Tombstone in Pine Bluff Cemetery - Thanks to William G. Latham, Jr. for contributing.

8/19/06

Surname Registry addition: Simons, Woods

6/23/06

African-American Burials with a West Point Address
Letters from Henry Burkitt to sister Mary Richardson - Thanks to Ron Cramer & John Bush
Surname Registry addition: Kornegay

3/25/06

Surname Registry additions: Blake, Orman

2/19/06

Surname Registry additions: Ingram, Porter, Pyron, Tabb

2/11/06

Surname Registry addition: Harris

1/29/06

Surname Registry Additions: Andrews, Dill, Hodnett, Pugh, Stringfellow, Weed, Wilson

1/21/06

Photo of Gladys Lorine Charles about age 36-38 on the Charles Photo page - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.

1/16/06

Additional Greenwood Cemetery graves in Partial Greenwood Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Photo of West Point City Cafe - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.

1/8/06

Partial Greenwood Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Partial Cedar Bluff Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Partial Peden Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Partial Adam Shaffer Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Partial Pine Bluff Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Partial Greene Family Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Partial Old Montpelier Cemetery transcription - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Cemetery List - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.

1/7/06

William Rush Staggs Biography - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Surname Registry Additions: Blansett, Brooks, Charles, Criddle, Davis, Felton, Hall, Hardiman, Latham, Myers, Shaffer, Stafford, Staggs, Stringfellow, Terry, Williams
More Charles Family Photos - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.

1/6/06

More Charles Family Photos - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.

12/15/05

James Alvin Terry biography - written and submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Dewey Emery Charles biography - written and submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.
Charles Family Photos - submitted by William G. Latham, Jr.

12/13/05

Latham & Related Families - link to William G. Latham's Family Tree Maker site

11/20/05

Lowry & McCardle's Clay County entry in their History of Mississippi (1891) - Thanks to Denise Wells

11/12/05

Surname Registry addition: Fant

10/31/05

Surname Registry additions: Cogdell, Cogsdell

8/22/05

Surname Registry additions: Clark, Cox

7/22/05

Surname Registry addition: Marshall

6/27/05

Greenwood Cemetery photographs - Thanks to Clare Herrick, W. R. Price, and Lori Thornton
Memorial Gardens photographs - Thanks to Lori Thornton
McPherson Cemetery photographs - Thanks to Lori Thornton
Palestine Cemetery photographs - Thanks to Mary Whitaker Davis

6/25/05

West Point's Presbyterian Church, 1909 - Thanks to Clare Herrick for the photograph
Katz Home Fire article from Vernon Clipper newspaper - Thanks to Veneta McKinney

5/1/05

Cemetery Photograph submission form added to Cemeteries page

4/19/05

Surname Registry update: Kornegay

4/9/05

Surname Registry additions: Baker, Castleberry

3/21/05

Surname Registry addition: Ivy

3/14/05

Surname Registry addition: Gilreath

3/13/05

Surname Registry additions: Bennett, Hardy, Kennedy, Love, Williams

2/22/05

Link to 1885 Mississippi Atlas (at Bob Franks' site)

2/13/05

Surname Registry Additions: Champion & Sansing

1/21/05

Surname Registry Addition: Saxon

12/13/04

Surname Registry Additions: Basinger, Cruikshank

11/26/04

The 2005 Northeast Mississippi Heritage Gathering will be held in Aberdeen on January 14 and 15. For a registration form and schedule, please visit http://www.aberdeenms.org/heritage.htm.

11/14/04

New Photo Page with photographs ofthe historical marker at Palo Alto and the marker for the Siloam Academy - Thanks to W. R. Price for submitting these.

11/13/04

Additional Photos of Greenwood Cemetery and Gilbert Family Biography [PDF] - Thanks to W. R. Price for these
Surname Registry addition: McPherson

11/8/04

Surname Registry update: Bean

10/11/04

Surname Registry additions: Critz, Hastings
Greenwood Cemetery photos - Thanks to Clare Herrick for these!

8/26/04

Surname Registry addition: Addison

8/23/04

Surname Registry addition: Beasley

8/13/04

Descendants of Royal Blankenship [PDF] - submitted by Roy Crowell; includes Blankenship and Perkins surnames in Clay County - located on the families page

8/9/04

Clay County Land Patents from Mississippi Land Patents Database - This resource in the USGenWeb Project Archives was contributed by Joy Fisher and Tina Vickery

Surname Registry addition: Hardy

7/31/04

Surname Registry addition: Barker

7/17/04

Surname Registry addition: Wooten

7/10/04

I've added a neat new resource that I started for the state to the Index page of this site. It is called Mississippi History & Genealogy Notes Blog and it will have all sorts of information related to Mississippi historical and genealogical research. I have enabled RSS for those of you with RSS readers.

6/30/04

Surname Registry Additions: Chester, Glen, Grace, Murrah, Pate

6/13/04

Surname Registry Addition: Bean

6/2/04

General Genealogical Information Section on Index Page

5/29/04

Surname Registry Additions: Junkin, Kornegay, Powell, Pressly

1/4/04

New surnames have been added over the past few months.