Guide To 
Vital Statistics Records 
In Mississippi 
VOLUME I 
PUBLIC ARCHIVES 
Prepared By 
The Mississippi Historical Records Survey 
Service Division 
Work Projects Administration 
The Mississippi Historical Records Survey 
Jackson, Mississippi GUIDE TO 
VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS 
IN MISSISSIPPI 
VOLUME I 
PUBLIC ARCHIVES 
Prepared by 
The Mississippi Historical Records Survey 
Service Division 
Work Projects Administration 
Jackson, Mississippi 
The Mississippi Historical Records Survey 
April 1942 HISTORICAL RECORDS SURVEY PROJECTS 
Sargent B. Child, Director 
Robert E. Strong, State Supervisor 
SERVICE DIVISION 
Florence Kerr, Assistant Commissioner 
Leo G. Spofford, Chief Regional Supervisor 
John C. L. Andreassen, Regional Supervisor 
Ethel Payne, State Director 
WORK PROJECTS AIM INISTRATION 
Howard 0. Hunter, Commissioner 
C. B. Braun, Regional Director 
Q. Edward Gatlin, State Administrator 
SPONSOR 
Mississippi Department of Archives and History 
Jackson, Mississippi FOREWORD 
This volume, prepared by the Mississippi 
Historical Records Survey, is, to the best of 
my belief and knowledge, the first attempt to 
list all public vital statistics records in 
the State of Mississippi. 
It will be of material assistance to in- 
dividuals who require information concerning 
marriage and divorce records and to the Divi- 
sion of Vital Statistics of the Mississippi 
State Board of Health in locating any missing 
records• 
R. N. WHITFIELD, Director 
Division of Vital Statistics 
Mississippi State Board 
of Health 
Jackson, Mississippi 
April 23, 1S42 PREFACE 
The Guide to Vital St^t1stics Records in Mississippi has been published 
to assist in t\ie war effort by providing a checklist of existing archival 
materials relating to births* marriages, deaths, and divorces. This Guide 
is being issued in two volumes: Volume I, Public Archives; Volume II, Church 
Archives. 
The paramount necessity and importance of all vital statistics records, 
especially birth records, has increased as the nation has prepared itself for 
defense and for total war. Birth records are prerequisites for entrance into 
the services of the Army and Navy, for employment in war industries and in 
other occupations. Birth records are needed to determine questions of parent- 
age, heredity, legitimacy, personal identity, property rights, inheritance, 
citizenship, and entrance into schools. They are also needed in establishing 
claims to old age assistance, benefits from workmens’ compensation, widows’, 
mothers1, and other pensions. 
Death records are essential in ascertaining the cause of death, rela- 
tive death rates, ratios of deaths to births, duration of life, and rates 
of life insurance. They also are valuable in comparing the relative health 
conditions of different states and communities, in controling contagious 
diseases, in effecting the shipment of bodies from state to state, and in 
preventing and detecting crime. They are required for proof of death in the 
probate of wills, the settlement of estates, the establishment of claims for 
insurance and pensions, and proof of ancestry and heredity. 
Marriage and divorce records are used to decide questions of parentage, 
heredity, legitimacy, property rights, inheritance, citizenship, pensions, 
benefits, marital relationships, for determining certain contractual rights 
and obligations, and for substantiating claims for exemption from selective 
service. 
This volume of public records is composed of separate sections on births, 
deaths, marriages, and divorces in which are listed both State and county re- 
cords of each classification. A short essay citing important legislation con- 
cerning each type of records precedes the actual listing of the records. 
The records of the Bureau of Vital Statistics of the State Board of 
Health are described and arranged in the full-length, formalized, and number- 
ed entry style used by the Survey in its publications of inventories of county 
archives. The county records are described in an abbreviated manner and are 
arranged alphabetically in each section by the name of the county, with the 
records listed chronologically thereunder. Sample birth and death certificates 
and reporting forms for marriages and divorces are inserted at the end of the 
applicable section. 
The titles and addresses of the custodians are given in the bodies of the 
record entries. The cost of certified copies of county records is indicated in the entries and the cost of certified copies of State records is indicated 
in the essays. It will be noted that certified copies of both Birth Certifi- 
cates and Death Certificates can be obtained only from the Division of Vital 
Statistics of the S~bate Board of Health, Jackson, Mississippi. 
In September 1940, in conjunction with the work of the Vital Statistics 
Division of the Bureau of the Census, the Historical Records Survey Project 
in each state was requested to supply the central office of the project with 
a brief checklist of existing State and county records of births, marriages, 
deaths, and divorces with transcripts, abstracts, or citations of legislation 
requiring or affecting the keeping of records of each of these types. The in- 
formation obtained in Mississippi as the result of this request is the basis 
of this publication. 
This volume was prepared for publication under the supervision of Nash 
K. Burger, Project Technician, by Elizabeth Gordon, Kate Langston, and Maurice 
Price. The field inventories of the county records were made by project em- 
ployes under the supervision of District Supervisors Lorine R. Goza, Sara 0. 
Smith, Mabel V. Bustin, and Eloise E. Parsons. The inventory of the records 
of the Division of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health was made and 
rcchecked by personnel of the State office of the Survey. 
The Survey acknowledges with sincere appreciation the assistance given 
by Dr. Felix J. Underwood, Executive Officer of the Mississippi State Board 
of Health; by Dr. R. N. Whitfield, Director of the Division of Vital Statis- 
tics; and by administrative officials of the State and Regional offices of 
the Work Projects Administration. 
A list of publications issued by the Mississippi Historical Records Sur- 
vey appears on page 62. Approximately 1,850 publications have been issued by 
the Survey throughout the Nation. 
ROBERT E. STRONG 
State Supervisor 
Mississippi Historical 
Records Survey 
9 Bridges Building 
Jackson, Mississippi 
April 1942 "To bring together the records of the past 
and to house them in buildings where they will 
be preserved for the use of men living in the 
future, a nation must believe in three things. 
It must believe in the past. It must believe 
in the future. It must, above all, believe in 
the capacity of its people so to learn from the 
past that they can gain in judgement for the 
creation of the future." 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt TABLE OF COOT ENTS 
Page 
Legislation Concerning Birth Records 2 
State Birth Records 4 
County Birth Records ............ 6 
Standard Certificate of Live Birth following IS 
State Certificate of Birth for Ages 2 through 12 years . . following 13 
Delayed Certificate of Birth for Persons Born Before 
November 1, 1912 following 13 
Delayed Certificate of Birth for Persons Born on or 
After November 1, 1912 following 13 
Standard Certificate of Stillbirth following 13 
Instructions to Registrars of Birth and Deaths ...... following 13 
Rules and Regulations Governing Birth and Death Regis- 
tration following 13 
Legislation Concerning Death Records 14 
State Death Records . 1.5 
County Death Records ..... ..... 16 
Standard Certificate of Death . following 23 
Standard Certificate of Stillbirth . following 23 
Legislation Concerning Marriage Records ... 24 
State Marriage Records 25 
County Marriage Records 27 
Cards Used by Circuit Clerks to Report Marriage Records 
Prior to 1926 following 43 
Statistical Records of Marriage Prepared by Circuit 
Clerks 1926-38 ................... following 43 
Punched Card Statistical Records of Marriage Prepared 
by Circuit Clerks 1938-42 ........ following 43 
Statistical Record of Marriage Prepared by Circuit 
Clerks Beginning January 1942 , following 43 
Legislation Concerning Divorce Records .......... 44 
State Divorce Records 46 
County Divorce Records 47 
Statistical Record of Divorce . . following 60 
Alphabetical List of Counties in Mississippi ........... 61 
List of Publications Issued by the Mississippi 
Historical Records Survey ...... ........ 62 LEGISLATION CONCERNING BIRTH RECORDS 
Prior to 1912 there was little governmental recordation of births in 
Mississippi. A law passed by the State Legislature in 1822 requiring the 
Tax Assessor to compile birth records for 1822 and three years following the 
enactment of the law does not seem to have been observed." In 1877 a State 
Board of Health, consisting of 12 physicians appointed by the Governor on the 
recommendation of the State Medical Association was established by the Legis- 
and the following year provision was made for the registration oiy 
all births with the circuit clerk of the county wherein the birth occured.'"' 
This provision requiring birth registration was, however, eliminated by an 
amending act in 1880.^ 
In 1912 a law was enacted providing that the State Board of Health should 
establish a Bureau of Vital Statistics.0 This law stipulated that this Bureau 
should set up a system for the registration of births on forms to be prescribed 
by the State Board of Health. The secretary of the State Board was to serve 
as Registrar and local registrars over the State might be appointed by the 
board. 
Under the provisions of this act the State was divided into registration 
districts, each city, town, village, and election precinct constituting a dis- 
trict, but the State Registrar was given authority to make combinations of 
districts. A local registrar was appointed for oach district. Births were 
to be reported by physician or midwife to the local registrar within 10 days. 
Stillborn children were to be registered both as births and deaths. The 
certificate of birth was to contain; place and date of birth, full name and 
sex of child, whether a single or plural birth, whether legitimate or il- 
legitimate; except in illegitimate births, full name, residence, race, age, 
birthplace, and occupation of father; similiar information regarding the 
mother, plus number of children of this mother and number now living; the 
whole to be signed by the person attending at birth. The State Registrar 
was to receive the reports monthly from the local registrars and was res- 
ponsible for permanently preserving them. Certified copies might be obtained 
from the State Registrar for 50 cents each, fees received from this source 
to bo turned in to the State Treasurer. Although the arrangement of infor- 
mation on the birth certificate has been changed since 1912 the information 
called for is in general, the same. Two items on the present form not on 
the earlier one are; length of pregnancy, and time spent in hospital, if any. 
Stillbirths are now recorded separately.' 
1. L. M. 1822, p. 24. 
2. L. M. 1877, p. 60. 
3. L. M. 1878, pp. 129-137. 
4. L. M. 1880, pp. 160-169. 
5. L. M. 1912, pp. 158-159; Code 1917, secs. 4868-4874; Code 1930, secs. 
4904-4910. 
6. Mississippi State Board of Health, Report of the Board of Health, 1911- 
13, 179-ff • ~ " ‘ 
7. Mississippi State Board of Health, Twenty-Fourth Biennial Report, 1924- 
25. Vol. 1, 17. ' Births 
p 
In 1924, the number of local registrars was 1,250. During the 1930’s 
a program of consolidation of the State’s large number of registration dis- 
tricts was begun with the result that by 1936 the total number of registrars 
was reduced to ’’less than and at present to 123. 
NO BIRTH CERTIFICATES OR COPIES THEREOF ARE AVAILABLE EXCEPT FRO! THE 
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. Records of births kept in the counties are copies or 
abstracts of the originals sent to the State Board. Because of the tendency 
to consolidate registration districts e.nd the fact that the Countjr Health Off- 
icer is the most important health official in the county, records are listed 
under his office even though they may, in part, be in the possession of the 
local registrars. Whore there is no Health Office,records are listed with 
the Registrar. 
8. Ibid *, 18. 
9. Mississippi State Board of Health, Twenty-Ninth Biennial Report, 1935- 
35, p. 17. * ” 
10. Mississippi State Board of Health, Thirty-First Biennial Report, 1937- 
39, p. 13. (1-4) 
STATE BIRTH RECORDS 
1. BIRTHS PRIOR TO 1912, 1870-1911. 51 vols. (labeled by contained 
certif. nos., 1-18156). 
Original certificates of birth of persons born prior to 1912 who have pre- 
pared such certificates and deposited them with the Division of Vital Stat- 
istics, showing State file number; county and town of birth; full name of 
child; sex; twin or triplet; number in order of birth; legitimate; month, 
day, and year of birth; full name, address, color, age last birthday, place 
of birth, and occupation of father of child; full maiden name, address, color, 
age last birthday, place of birth, and occupation of mother of child; number 
of children born to mother including this birth; signature and acknowledgement 
of persons making affidavits to this birth; and their relation to child; sign- 
ature and seal of notary; signature and address of person sending in certifi- 
cate; and date filed. For index, see entry 2. Hdw. and typed on ptd. form. 
500 pp. 8 x 9 x 2gr. 
2. BIRTH INDEX DELAYED BIRTHS ALL YEAR END VOLUMES - BIRTHS PRIOR TO 
1912. 1 vol. 
Russel-Soundcx system index to: 
i. All year end volumes 1912—, in Births (entry 3), showing surname, 
Christian name, and middle initial of child; father’s initial; 
code number for county of birth; code number for color; and 
contained State file number, 
ii. Births prior to 1912 (entry 1), showing surname, Christian name, and 
middle initial of child; father’s initial; code number for color; 
code number for county of birth; and contained State file number. 
3. BIRTHS, 1912—. 2833 vols. (labeled by inclusive certif. nos.). 
Original standard birth certificates filed with Division of Vital Statistics 
by local registrars of births and deaths, showing State file number; regis- 
trar’s number; county. State, city or rural precinct, hospital, or street 
address of birth; residence of mother by State, county, city or rural precinct; 
full name of child; date of birth, whether boy or girl or twin or triplet; 
whether stillborn or born alive; number of months of pregnancy; whether mother 
is married or not; full name, color or race, ago at time of this birth, birth- 
place, usual occupation, and industry or business of father of this child; 
full maiden name, color or race, age at time of this birth, birthplace, us- 
ual occupation, industry or business of mother of this child; number of child- 
ren of this mother now living, born alive but now dead, and born dead; mailing 
address of mother for registration notices; certification and signature of 
person attending this birth; name of informant and relation to this child; 
date certificate received by registrar; and signature of registrar. Arr. alph. 
by name of county of birth, and numcr. thereunder by contained State file no. 
For index, see entries 4, 5. Hdw. on ptd. form. 500 pp. 7x9x3. 
4. BIRTH INDEX, 1912-40. 51 vols. (dated). 
Russo1-Soundex index to Births (entry 3), showing surname, Christian name, and 
middle initial of child; father’s initial; code number for county of birth; 
code number for color; and contained State file number. Photostat of typed 
cards, 24 vols., 1912-24, 1927, 1930-40; typed, 27 vols., 1925-26, 1928-29. 
200 pp. 12 x 9 x 2. 5 
Births 
(5-9) 
5. INDENT/7, January 1, 1941 - June 30, 1941, 114 Remington-Rand 
Double Panels. 
Card slip index to 1940 volumes in Births (entry 3), showing surname, Christian 
name, and middle initial of child; father’s initial; code number for county of 
birth; code number for color; and contained State file number. Typed. Av. 110 
card slips to panel 20 x 8. 
6. CWA YTilTE BIRTH RECORDS, 1927-34. 15 vols. (labeled by inclusive 
certif* nos.). 
Original standard birth certificates prepared by county CWA Projects in 1934 
for white children born 1927-34 for which no birth certificates had been 
filed. For description of contents, arrangement, manner of recording, average 
number of pages, and dimensions, see entry 3. No index. 
7. CWA COLORED BIRTH RECORDS, 1927-34. 18 vols. (labeled by inclusive 
cortif. nos.). 
Original standard birth certificates prepared by county CWA Projects in 1934 
for colored children born 1927-34 for which no birth certificates had been 
filed. For description of contents, arrangement, manner of recording, average 
number of pages, and dimensions, see entry 3. No index. 
8. BIRTHS ILLEGITIMATE, 1934-36, 1938-39. 43 vols. (labeled by contain- 
ed cert if. nos.). 
Original standard birth certificates which show birth was illegitimate, with- 
drawn from Births (entry 5), and bound separately. For description of contents, 
arrangement, indexing, manner of recording, average number of pages, and 
dimensions, see entry 3. 
For similar records 1912-33, 1937, see entry 3. 
9. STILLBIRTHS, 1938—. 16 unbound vols. (labeled by contained cert if. 
nos.). 
Original standard certificates of stillbirths, filed with Division of Vital 
Statistics by local registrars of births and deaths, showing State file number, 
registrar’s number; place of stillbirth by county, city, rural precinct, hos- 
pital, or street address; residence of mother by State, county, city, or rural 
precinct; month, day, and year of birth; sex of child; whether twin or triplet; 
number of months of pregnancy; whether mother married or not; full name, color, 
or race, age at time of this birth, birthplace, usual occupation, and industry 
or business of father; full maiden name, color or race, age at time of this 
birth, birthplace, usual occupation, and industry or business of mother; num- 
ber of other children of this mother now living, born alive but now dead, and 
number of other children born dead; mother’s usual mailing address; whether or 
not child died before labor or during labor; complications of pregnancy or 
labor; whether or not an operation was performed, and if child died before or 
during operation; cause of stillbirth; certification and signature and address 
of person attending the birth; signature and address of informant; whether 
burial, cremation, or removal; date and place of burial or cremation; signature 
and address of funeral director; statement and signature of local registrar or 
coroner if physician was not present at stillbirth; date certificate filed 
with registrar, and signature of registrar. Arr. alph. by name of county, and 
numer. thereunder by contained State file no. No index. 500 pp. 7x9x3. 
Dr. R. N. Whitfield, Director, Division of Vital Statistics, Miss. State 
Board of Health, Jackson. Certified copy 50/. COUNTY BIRTH RECORDS 
ADAMS COUNTY (Natchez) 
1879-80 Record (in Register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths), 1 vol. 
Chron. by date of birth. No index. Circuit Clerk, Natchez. 
1929— Record, If. b*. Chron. by date of birth. Indexed alph. by 
surname of child. County Health Officer, Natchez* 
ALCORN COUNTY (Corinth) 
1938— Record, 1 f. b. Chron. by date of birth* Indexed alph. by 
surname of child. County Health Officer, Corinth. 
AMITE COUNTY (Liberty) 
1913— Record, 26 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Liberty. 
ATTALA COUNTY (Kosciusko) 
1912— Record, 86 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. Registrar, 
Kosciusko. 
BENTON COUNTY (Ashland) 
1912— Record, 72 vols. Chron. by date reported. No index. County 
Health Officer, Ashland. 
BOLIVAR COUNTY (Rosedale-Clevoland) 
1931— Record, of. b. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Rosedale. 
CALHOUN COUNTY (Pittsboro) 
1912-- Record, 62 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. Regis- 
trar, Calhoun City. 
CARROLL COUNTY (CarrolIton-Vaiden) 
1912— Record, 111 vols. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Vaiden. 
1928— Record, 12 vols. Chron. by date reported. No index. Regis- 
trar, North Carrollton. 
CHICKASAW COUNTY (Houston-Okolona) 
1912— Record, 24 f. b. Chron. by date reported. No index. County 
Health Officer, Houston. 
1923— Record, 1 f. b. Chron. by date reported. No index. Registrar, 
Okolona. 7 
Births 
CHOCTAW COUNTY (Ackerman) 
1917— Record, 22 vols. Chron. by date reported. No index. Regis- 
trar, Ackerman. 
CLAIBORNE COUNTY (Port Gibson) 
1927— Record, 32 vols. Chron. by date reported. No index. County 
Health Officer, Port Gibson. 
CLARKE COUNTY (Quitman) 
1920— Record, 229 vols. Alph. by first letter of surname. No index. 
Registrar, Quitman. 
CLAY COUNTY (West Point) 
1912— Record, 190 vols. Chron. by date reported. No index. Regis- 
trar, West Point. 
COAHOMA COUNTY (Clarksdale) 
1928- Record, 49 vols. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Clarksdale. 
COPIAH COUNTY (Hazlehurst) 
1912-- Record, 35 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date reported. No 
index. County Health Officer, Hazlehurst. 
COVINGTON COUNTY (Collins) 
1912— Record, 25 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Collins. 
DESOTO COUNTY (Hernando) 
1935-- Record, 27 vols. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Hernando. 
FORREST COUNTY (Hattiesburg) 
1912— Record, 4 f. b. Alph. by first letter of surname. No index. 
County Health Officer, Hattiesburg. 
FRANKLIN COUNTY (Meadvi1le) 
1912-- Record, 35 vols. Chron. by date reported. No index. Regis- 
trar, Meadvilie. 
GEORGE COUNTY (Luccdale) 
1912-- Record, 38 vols. and 1 f. d. Chron. by date of birth. No 
index. County Health Officer, Lucedale. 8 
Births 
GREENE COUNTY (Leakesvilie) 
1935— Record, 4 vols. and 2 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No index. 
County Health Officer, Leakesville. 
GRENADA COUNTY (Grenada) 
1912-- Record, 51 vols. Chron. by date reported. No index. Regis- 
trar, Grenada. 
HANCOCK COUNTY (Bay St. Louis) 
1912-- Record, 46 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Bay St. Louis. 
HARRISON COUNTY (Gulfport) 
1906-15 Record (Gulfport), 1 vol. Chron. by date of birth. No index. 
Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Jackson. 
1912-- Record, 123 vols. Chron. by date recorded. Indexed alph. by 
registration district. County Health Officer, Gulfport. 
HINDS COUNTY (Raymond-Jackson) 
1910-17 Record (Jackson), 1 vol. Chron. by date of birth. No index. 
Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Jackson. 
1925— Record, 185 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Jackson. 
HOLMES COUNTY ' (Lexington) 
1930— Record, 3 vols. and 2 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No index. 
County Health Officer, Lexington. 
HUMPHREYS COUNTY (Belzoni) 
1933— Record, 1 f. b. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Belzoni. 
ISSAQUENA COUNTY (MayersviUe) 
1912— Record, 6 vols. and 2 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No index. 
County Health Officer, MayersviUe. 
ITAWAMBA COUNTY (Fulton) 
1912— Record, 1 f. b. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Fulton. 
JACKSON COUNTY (Pascagoula) 
1909— Record, 32 f. b. Chron. by date of birth, alph. thereunder 
by surname. No index. County Health Officer, Pascagoula. 9 
Births 
JASPER COUNTY (Bay Springs-Paulding) 
1912-- Record, 73 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Bay Springs. 
JEFFERSON COUNTY (Fayette) 
1912— Record, 20 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Fayette. 
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (Prentiss) 
1912— Record, 89 vols. Chron. by date of birth. Index alph. by first 
letter of surname. County Health Officer, Prentiss. 
JONES COUNTY (Ellisville-Laurel) 
1908— Record, 41 vols., 12 f. b. and 5 f. d. Chron. by date of birth. 
No index. County Health Officer, Laurel. 
KEMPER COUNTY (DeKalb) 
1932— Record, 18 vols. and 4 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No 
index. County Health Officer, DeKalb. 
LAFAYETTE COUNTY (Oxford) 
1912— Record, 99 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Oxford. 
LAMAR COUNTY (Purvis) 
1933— Record, 1 f. d. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Purvis. 
LAUDERDALE COUNTY (Meridian) 
1930— Record, 14 f. b. Alph. by first letter of surname. No index. 
County Health Officer, Meridian. 
LAWRENCE COUNTY (Monticello) 
1935— Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Mont icello. 
LEAKE COUNTY (Carthage) 
Not invent or ie d. 
LEE COUNTY (Tupelo) 
1932— Record, 1 vol. and 2 f. b. Chron. by date recorded. No index. 
County Health Officer, Tupelo. Births 
LEFLORE COUNTY (Greenwood) 
1912— Record, 10 f. b. Alph. by first letter of surname. No index. 
County Health Officer, Greenwood. 
LINCOLN COUNTY (Brookhaven) 
1929— Record, 2 vols. and 1 f. d. Chron. by date recorded. No index. 
County Health Officer, Brookhaven. 
LOWNDES COUNTY (Columbus) 
1912-- Record, 103 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Columbus. 
MADISON COUNTY (Canton) 
1936— Record, 3 f. d. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Canton. 
MARION COUNTY (Columbia) 
1915-- Record, 115 vols. and 1 f. d. Chron. by date recorded. No 
index. County Health Officer, Columbia, 
MARSHALL COUNTY (Holly Springs) 
1912— Record, 98 vols. Nuraer. by registration districts, thereunder 
chron. by date of birth. No index. County Health Officer, 
Holly Springs. 
MONROE COUNTY (Aberdeen) 
1935— Record, 1 f. b. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Aberdeen. 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (Winona) 
1912— Record, 70 vols. 1912-35, numer. by registration districts, 
thereunder alph. by surnamej 1936—, chron. by date filed. No 
index. Registrar, 'Winona, 
NESHOBA COUNTY (Philadelphia) 
1930- Record, If. b. Chron. by date of birth. No index. Chancery 
Clerk, Philadelphia. 
NEWTON COUNTY (Decatur) 
1930— Record, 31 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. Registrar, 
Newton. Births 
NOXUBEE COUNTY (Macon) 
1912;-- Record, 94 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Macon. 
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY (Starkvilie) 
1912-- Record, 77 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Starkville. 
PEARL RIVER COUNTY (Poplarvilie) 
1931— Record, 2 vols. Alph. by first letter of surname. No index. 
County Health Officer, Poplarville. 
PERRY COUNTY (New Augusta) 
1912— Record, 50 vols. and If.d. Chron. by date recorded. No index. 
County Health Officer, New Augusta. 
PIKE COUNTY (Magnolia) 
1901-12 Record (McComb),1 vol. Chron. by date of birth. No index. 
Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Jackson. 
1931— Record, 4 f. d. Alph. by first letter of surname. No index. 
County Health Officer, McComb. 
PONTOTOC COUNTY (Pontotoc) 
1835— Record, 1 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No index. Registrar, 
Pontotoc. 
PRENTISS COUNTY (Booneville) 
1812— Record, 58 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Booneville. 
QUITMAN (Marks) 
1923— Record, 50 vols. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Lambert. 
RANKIN COUNTY (Brandon) 
1912— Record, 82 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Brandon. 
SCOTT COUNTY (Forest) 
1912— Record, 39 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Regis- 
trar, Forest. Births 
SHARKEY COURTY (Rolling Fork) 
1937— Record, 2 f. d. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Rolling Fork. 
SIMPSON COUNTY (Mendenhall) 
1912— Record, 115 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Mendenhall. 
SMITH COUNTY (Raleigh) 
1912— Record, 50 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Raleigh. 
STONE COUNTY (Wiggins) 
1912— Record, 30 vols. and If. b. Chron- by date of birth. No 
index. County Health Officer, Wiggins. 
SUNFLOWER COUNTY (indianola) 
1927— Record, 4 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Indianola. 
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (Charleston-Sumner) 
1912— Record, 70 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Charleston. 
TATE COUNTY (Senatobia) 
1912— Record, 30 vols. and 3 f. b. Alph. by surname. No index. 
County Health Officer, Senatobia. 
TIPPAH COUNTY (Ripley) (See also,Marriages, Tippah County, p. 41). 
1913— Record, 12 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Ripley. 
TISHOMINGO COUNTY (luka) 
1938— Record, 8 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No 
index. County Health Officer, luka. 
TUNICA COUNTY (Tunica) 
1933— Record, 26 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of birth. No 
index. County Health Officer, Tunica. 
UNION COUNTY (New Albany) 
1912— Record, 28 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of birth and 
alph. by surname. No index. County Health Officer, New Albany. Births 
WALTHALL COUNTY (Tylertown) 
1914-- Record, 78 vols. Chron. by date of recording. Registrar, 
Tylertown. 
WARREN COUNTY (Vicksburg) 
1912— Record, 4 vols. Chron. by date recorded. Indexed alph. by 
surname. County Health Officer, Vicksburg. 
WASHINGTON COUNTY (Greenville) 
1937— Record, 54 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Greenville. 
WAYNE COUNTY (Waynesboro) 
1914— Record, 33 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. County 
Health Officer, Waynesboro. 
WEBSTER COUNTY (Walthall) 
1935— Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date of birth. No index. Registrar, 
Stewart, 
WILKINSON COUNTY (Woodville) 
1912— Record, 29 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Woodville. 
WINSTON COUNTY (Louisville) 
1921-- Record, 50 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Louisville. 
I 
YALOBUSHA COUNTY (Coffeeville-Water Valley) 
1912— Record, 26 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Water Valley. 
YAZOO COUNTY (Yazoo City) 
Not inventoried. DEPARTMENT 
OF COMMERCE 
Bureau of 
The Census 
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
State File 
Number 
Registrar’s 
Number 
1. PLACE OF BIRTH — 
City or Inside or Outside 
County Town Corporate Limits? 
or Street or Rural 
Hospital and No Precinct 
Mother’s Stay Before Delivery—(a) In Hospital (b) In the Community 
2. RESIDENCE OF MOTHER— 
City or or Rural 
State County Town Precinct 
FOR LIVE BIRTH ONLY 
USE SPECIAL BLANK FOB RECORDING STILL BIRTH 
3. FULL NAME 
OF CHILD 
4. DATE OF 
BIRTH 
19 
5. Boy or Girl? 
6. Twin or 
T riplet? 
If so—born 1st., 
2d., or 3d. 
7. Number Months 
of Pregnancy 
8. Is Mother 
Married ? 
FATHER OF CHILD 
9. Full 
Name 
11. Age at Time 
10. Color or Race of this Birth Yrs. 
12. Where 
Born ? 
13. Usual 
Occupation 
14. Industry 
or Business 
MOTHER OF CHILD 
15. Full 
Maiden Name 
17. Age at Time 
16. Color or Race of this Birth Yrs. 
18. Where 
Born ? 
19. Usual 
Occupation 
20. Industry 
or Business 
21. CHILDREN BORN TO THIS MOTHER: 
(a) How many other children of this mother 
are now living? 
22. Mother’s Mailing Address for Registration Notice 
(b) How many other children were born alive but are now dead? (c) How many children were born dead? 
23. 1 hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child who was born alive at the hour of M. on the date 
above stated, and that the information given was furnished by related to this 
child as 
24. Date Rec’d. by Registrar 
25. Signature of Registrar 
19 
(Signed) 
Address MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS 
CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH 
Form V. S. IB 
EVERY BLANK ON THIS CERTIFICATE (Except the Affidavit) MUST BE FILLED OUT JUST AS IT 
SHOULD HAVE BEEN WRITTEN THE DAY THIS CHILD WAS BORN. (This certificate must be signed 
before an officer by two people thoroughly acquainted with the facts.) 
1. PLACE OF BIRTH 
County of — Place 
2. Full name of Child- 
3. Male, or 
Female 
4. Twin, Triplet 
or other? 
Number la order 
of birth? 
5. Is this a legiti- 
mate child? 
6. Date of 
birth , 19 
(Month) Day Year 
THE FATHER 
7. Full 
Name 
8. Address at time 
of this birth 
Age at time 
9. Color 10. of this birth yrs. 
11. Where 
Born T —— 
12. Occupation at time 
of this birth 
THE MOTHER 
13. Full Name 
Before Marriage 
14. Address at 
time of this birth 
Age at time 
15. Color 16. of this birth yrs. 
17. Where 
Born? 
18. Occupation at time 
of this birth 
19. Number of children born to this mother 
at time of this birth, 
and counting this birth 
20. Number of children of this mother living 
at time of this, birth, 
and counting this birth 
(Signed) (Signed) 
Relation to Child ■ Relation to Child 
State of Mississippi, County of 
This day personally appeared before me. the undersigned authority in and for said County and State the above 
who being by me first duly sworn say that they signed the above statements of facts relative to the birth ol 
Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 
day of 1® 
(SEAL) 
Name and address of party sending in this Certificate Mississippi State Board of Health 
FEUX J. UNDERWOOD. M. D..Executive Officer 
JACKSON. MISSISSIPPI 
For Ages 2 through 12 Years 
We have your communication in which you state that 
We are sorry that this birth record is not on file in this 
office. However, it may yet be filed by using the enclosed blank 
and following the instructions printed below. 
The certificate, when completed, should be sent direct to us. 
Yours very truly, 
flX 
R. N. Whitfiela, M. D, 
Director, Vital Statistics 
RNW:p 
ends. 
READ CAREFULLY BEFORE FILLING OUT BLANK 
The enclosed blank must be filled out accurately and every 
question answered to correspond to date of birth and no later date. 
Two persons thoroughly acquainted with the facts of the 
birth must sign the certificate before a notary or other person 
authorized to take depositions. These two persons may be the 
or one parent and the doctor who attended the case; or 
uncles and aunts; or two other persons who knew the facts. In the 
latter case the present ages of the persons signing must be stated. MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH — DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 
DELAYED CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH 
Full Name 
at birth _ 
County 
of Birth 
NOTE -This Form ONLY for Persons Born BEFORE NOV. 1, 1912 
Form V.S.—511-NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON SENDING IN THIS CERTIFICATE 
Name Address 
STATE OF 
MISSISSIPPI 
. Sex 
Date 
of Birth 
Color _ 
Full 
Name 
Where 
Born? 
THE FATHER 
Full Name 
Before Marriage 
Where 
Born? 
THE MOTHER 
AFFIDAVIT By Applicant — I hereby declare upon oath that the above statements are true and correct, 
(Signed). 
Full Address: 
19. 
(Seal) My Commission Expires 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 
day of 
Notary Public 
19 
For State of 
County of 
AFFIDAVIT By Close Relative (or other person) I hereby declare upon oath that the above Statements are true and 
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief - for the following reasons: 
(Signed). 
Full Address: 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 
day of 
1 9 _ 
(Seal) My Commission Expires 
Notary Public 
(Do Not Write Below This Line) 
For State of 
County of 
PARENTAGE, AGE AND MISSISSIPPI BIRTH VERIFIED BY U. S. CENSUS OF 
OTHER SUPPORTING EVIDENCE 
Name and Kind of Document and By Whom Issued and Signed 
Date Original Document 
Was Made 
1 
_2_ 
Information Concerning Registrant as Stated in Document 
1 
2 
Birth Date or Age 
Birthplace Name of Father 
Name of Mother 
I hereby certify that I have reviewed the evidence recorded above and that the information is as noted in these ab- 
stracts. This the 
day of 
M. D. By 
19_ 
State Director Vital Statistics 
Authorized Clerk in the Department NOTE—This Form ONLY for Persons Born ON or AFTER NOV. 1, 1912 
Form V.S.—511A NAME AND ADDRESS OF PERSON SENDING IN THIS CERTIFICATE 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH — DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 
DELAYED CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH 
Full Name 
at birth _ 
Sex 
Color 
County 
of Birth 
STATE OF Date 
MISSISSIPPI of Birth 
THE FATHER 
THE MOTHER 
Full 
Name 
Where 
Born? 
Full Name 
Before Marriage 
Where 
Born? 
Address 
AFFIDAVIT By Applicant — I hereby declare upon oath that the above statements are true and correct. 
(Signed). 
Full Address: 
(Seal) My Commission Expires 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 
day of 
Notary Public 
1 9 
19 
For State of 
County of 
AFFIDAVIT By Close Relative (or other person) I hereby declare upon oath that the above Statements are true and 
correct to the best of my knowledge and belief - for the following reasons: 
(Signed). 
Full Address: 
Sworn to and Subscribed before me this the 
day of 
19 
(Seal) My Commission Expires 
Notary Public 
19 
For State of 
County of 
PARENTAGE, AGE AND MISSISSIPPI BIRTH VERIFIED BY U. S. CENSUS OF 
OTHER SUPPORTING EVIDENCE 
(Do Not Write Below This Line) 
M. D. By 
State Director Vital Statistics Authorized Clerk in the Department Bureau of the Census Applicant for information from Census records must fill in this form as 
Department of Commerce completely as possible. Also it must be SIGNED IN PERSON by the applicant. 
Washington, D. C. 
Date No. 
Gentlemen; Will you please furnish me with any information appearing on the Census records concerning my Age, 
Place of Birth, and Names of Parents, especially as shown in the next census taken after my birth. 
Name in full of applicant (Print or Type) 
Maiden Name Date of Birth Place 
(If a woman) 
Full name of Father Mother . 
Name of Husband or Wife (1) (Z) 
GIVE EXACT PLACE OF RESIDENCE AT EACH DATE LISTED BELOW: 
Number and Street City, Town, Township With whom living 
Census date Very Important (precinct, beat, etc.) County and State (Name, Head of Household).. 
June 1, 1850 
June 1, I860 
June 1, 1870 
June 1, 1880 
, June 1, 1900 
Apr. 15, 1910 
Jan. 1, 1920 
Apr. 1, 1930 
Reason for requesting this information; For proof in preparing Delayed Birth Certificate. 
I certify that I have been unable to get this information from State or Local records. 
Signature of Applicant 
Present address (Number and Street) ___ 
City County State _ 
Form VS 351 Note - The 1890 schedules were destroyed by fire. 
SEE OTHER SIDE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILLING OUT THIS BUREAU CENSUS FORM 
The most necessary information for you to give on the blank 
is your location at the time the census was made. Select the 
first census year which came after you were born, and then to the 
right of this date state name of town where you were living at 
the time, also name of the street. If you were not living in an 
incorporated town, give Beat number and name of Voting Precinct. 
Then further to the right, give name of County, State, and with 
whom living. This latter question can usually be answered with 
the word ‘’Parents". Of course all questions in the upper half 
of the blank should be carefully answered, and your signature and 
address written at the bottom of the sheet. It may be necessary 
for you to confer with the parents or others to learn in what 
town or in what beat you were living when the particular census 
was made. 
When the blank is completed and signed by you, mail it to 
the Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, 
D. C. Date 
To the 
Life Insurance Company 
Address 
Dear Sirs; 
Will you please refer to your records and send direct to the Mississippi State 
Board of Health, Division of Vital Statistics, Jackson, Mississippi, any information 
concerning ray date of birth and place of birth (or reference to parents) that may 
appear on ray application made for Insurance in your company on or about the year 
Name of Beneficiary 
Policy No. 
Amt. of Insurance 
My Date of Birth, 
I was living at 
Yours very truly, 
when policy was taken out. 
Address, 
Insurance Company will please mail 
this direct to the applicant, who in 
turn will mail to us with other 
evidence of age and place of birth. 
To The Mississippi State Board of Health 
Division of Vital Statistics 
Jackson, Mississippi 
Dear Sirs: 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. 
With reference to 
Policy No, 
1s sued 
, said applicant stated on the application; 
Date of Birth 
Place of Birth 
Parents (if mentioned): Father 
Mother 
Yours very truly. 
Dated at 
Life Insurance Company 
This the 
day of 
By. 
, 19 
Official Title 
To Insurance Company; 
Please imprint your 
Seal on this sheet 
vs-352 DIRECTIONS FOR PREPARING YOUR OWN BIRTH RECORD 
(In case your Birth has not been Registered) 
1. Use the enclosed colored "Delayed Certificate of Birth" form. 
- MITE PLAINLY WITH GOOD INK, OR USE A PLAIN WRITING TYPEWRITER - 
2. After filling in the information about yourself and your parents, go 
before a notary public and complete the first affidavit. 
3. Get a close relative (Father, or Mother, or Aunt, or Uncle) to make second 
affidavit before a notary public. If a close relative cannot be reached, 
someone who has known you all your life may make the second affidavit. 
4. Then you must get together at least two documents written about you over 
five years ago, which will help in proving your Age and Place of Birth. * 
Such as a statement from an insurance company if the policy is over five 
years old; a statement from the Census Bureau at Washington, showing how 
you were listed in the next census after your birth; a public school 
record; a baptismal record (if Catholic or Episcopalian); etc., etc. 
SEE OTHER SIDE OF THIS SHEET. 
5. For most purposes during this war copies of birth records should be certi- 
fied, and bear the State Board of Health seal. To get a certified copy 
send money order for fifty cents payable to the Mississippi State Board of 
Health. DO NOT SEND CASH. 
6. Do not mail the State Board of Health any of the above mentioned items until 
you are able to send all in one envelope, which will be: 
a. The Delayed Certificate of Birth, prepared as directed under Paragraph 2 
and 3) above. 
b. Two or more pieces of Documentary Proof, described in Paragraph 4, above. 
c. Money order for fifty cents payable to the Mississippi State Board of Health. 
d. A short letter from you giving your name and full address. 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI DELAYED BIRTH REGISTRATION 
Forms of Documents and other Evidence which may be submitted to the 
Mississippi State Board of Health by an Applicant in proving Parentage, 
Mississippi Birth, and Date of Birth. 
FURNISH AT LEAST TWO OF THESE OR SIMILAR DOCUMENTS. 
1. A statement from the U. S. Bureau of the Census in Washington concerning 
the Applicant and his or her parents as shown in the next census made 
after the applicant’s birth. (Printed form with instructions for writing 
the Census Bureau is attached). If a $3.00 money order made out to the 
U. S. Treasury is included with this request to the Bureau of the Census, 
you may expect an early reply. 
2. A statement from the Insurance Company, if the applicant has a policy 
over five years old, even though the policy is not now in force. (Blank 
for writing insurance company is attached). 
3. A certified Baptismal Certificate. A Catholic or Episcopalian can 
usually secure such a certificate from his original church. 
4-. If you were married in Mississippi between June, 1926, and Judy, 1938, 
send us date and county of marriage, and name of wife before her marriage. 
We will probably have your marriage record on file and it will serve as 
proof on your birth certificate. 
5. A birth certificate of a son or daughter born more than five years ago fur- 
nishes excellent proof of age and Mississippi birth of the father or mother. 
If the child was born in Mississippi, send us the name, date, and place of 
birth. If born in another state, and you need this proof to complete your 
own birth certificate, write the State Board of Health of the other state, 
giving name of child, date and place of birth; send them a money order 
for fifty cents and ask for a certified copy of the child's birth certifi- 
cate . 
6. A school certificate sworn to by the Superintendent of the School, or by 
the County Superintendent of Education, will show age and parentage of the 
applicant when he first entered school. 
7. Army Discharge (War of 1918) will help to prove age and place of birth. 
8. If the physician who attended the birth is still living, his affidavit is 
acceptable, especially as to names of parents and Mississippi birth of the 
Applicant. 
9. The Mississippi State Board of Health has a book of births of McCorab City, 
Mississippi, dating back to July 1, 1901; a book of births for Jackson, 
Mississippi, dating back to November 2, 1910; and a book of births for 
Gulfport, Mississippi, 1906-1912,Inclusive. 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI 
Form VS-379 DEPARTMENT 
OF COMMERCE 
Bureau of 
The Census 
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF STILLBIRTH 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
State File 
Number 
Registrar’s 
Number 
1. ’LACE OF STILLBIRTH — 
City or Inside or Outside 
County Town Corporate Limits? 
or Street or Rural 
Hospital and No. Precinct 
Mother’s Stay Before Delivery—(a) In Hospital (b) In the Community 
2. RESIDENCE OF MOTHER— 
City or or Rural 
State County T own Precinct 
3. NAME OF CHILD STILLBORN 
4. Date of birth 
(Month) (Day) (Ym) 
5. Sex: 
6. Twin or If so—born 1st 
triplet 2d, or 3d 
7. Number months of 
pregnancy 
FATHER OF CHILD 
MOTHER OF CHILD 
. 8. Is mother married? 
9. Full name 
10. Color or race 11. Age at time of this birth yrs. 
12. Birthplace 
(City. town, or county) (State or foreign country) 
13. Usual occupation 
14. Industry or business 
15. Full maiden name 
16. Color or race 17. Age at time of this birth yrs. 
18. Birthplace 
(City. town, or oounty) (Stat. or (or.ian country) 
19. Usual occupation 
20. Industry or business 
21. Children born to this mother: 
(a) How many children of this mother are now living? 
(b) How many children were born alive but are now dead? 
(c) How many other children were bom dead? 
22. Mother’s usual mailing address 
23. Did child die before labor? During labor? 
24. Pregnancy, complications of 
25. Labor: (a) Complications of 
(b) Induced? 
26 (a) Was there an operation for delivery? 
(Yet or no) 
(b) State all operations, if any 
(c) Did child die before operation? or during operation? .. 
27. Cause of stillbirth (state only morbid conditions causing fetal death. 
Do not use such terms as prematurity, asphyxia, etc.): 
(a) Fetal causes 
(b) Maternal causes 
28. I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child who was bom dead 
at the hour of -on. on the date above stated. 
Signature 
(Specify if M. D.. midwife or other) 
Address 
32 (a) Statement of local registrar or coroner if physician was not present at 
stillbirth 
(b) Signature Title 
33. Date filed with local registrar 
34. Registrar’s own signature 
29 (a) Informant 
(b) Address 
30 (a) Burial, cremation, or removal (i) Date 
. (Month day y.ar) 
Vc) Place or burial or cremation 
31 (a) Signature of funeral director 
(i) Address INSTRUCTIONS TO REGISTRARS 
OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS 
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED 
ALSO 
TO PHYSICIANS AND UNDERTAKERS 
FOR THEIR INFORMATION AND CO-OPERATION 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI INSTRUCTIONS TO COUNTY AND DISTRICT REGISTRARS 
The County and District Registrar's allegiance is to the State 
Board of Health. 
The County or District Registrar represents the Division of Vital 
Statistics of the Mississippi State Board of Health in his (or her) 
registration area. He should not hesitate to enforce the rules and 
regulations of the Board of Health governing birth and death registra- 
tion. Every effort should be made by friendly tactics to secure prompt 
and accurate reporting, but when these methods fail, the registrar is 
expected to enforce the rules and regulations. There is no reason for 
permitting one individual to delay his or her certificates month after 
month, and in many instances fail to file the required records alto- 
gether. 
HOW REGISTRARS ARE PAID 
County and District Registrars are paid quarterly. The division 
of Vital Statistics sends out vouchers to the registrars shewing the 
amount each is due for sending in birth and death certificates during 
the preceding three months. ■ 
For births and deaths occurring in towns of 5000 or more inhabi- 
tants, registrars are paid twenty-five cents for each certificate. In 
places of less than 5000 people, the registrar receives forty cents for 
each certificate sent in on time, and twenty-five cents for certificates 
that are delayed, or are materially incorrect, whether it be his fault 
or the fault of others. 
The voucher received by the registrar should be filed immediately 
with the Chancery Clerk who places the same before the Board of Super- 
visors for payment. Vouchers are due in January, April, July and 
October. 
THE COUNTY AND DISTRICT REGISTRAR'S REPORT 
The regulations require that each registrar make his report to 
the State Division of Vital Statistics on the tenth of each month; and 
a "report" means birth and death certificates for the previous month, 
and any delayed certificates - together with the report card,(Form V.S. 
12) properly filled out to correspond to the certificates enclosed. 
The report will not be considered as delayed if it reaches the State 
Division before the x8th of the month, but it should reach the Division 
by the 12th. Along with the card and certificates should be sent any 
monthly reports from hospitals, undertakers and coffin dealers that may 
be in the registrar's hands. 
In counties having full-time health departments, the registrars 
have been directed to mail or turn over their reports to the health 
officers, who in turn mail them on to the State Division about the 15th 
of the month. 
BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS 
Provide a special piece of furniture (whether homemade or not) 
for keeping all records in proper order. 
Every registrar must copy his birth certificates in his Birth Record Book each month before mailing same on the tenth. He must also 
do the same for his death certificates, using his Death Record Book. 
Certificates should be numbered, beginning each year with Number a for 
Births and Number 1 for deaths, on the certificates and in the Record 
Books. 
HOW BIRTH CERTIFICATES ARE FILED 
The rules and regulations governing birth registration require 
the person who attends a birth (Doctor or Midwife) to file the certifi- 
cate within ten days with the registrar of the district or county in 
which the birth occurred. However, no complaint is made if the certif- 
icate is filed by the first of the next month, before the registrar 
makes his report. If there be no attendant, then the father or mother 
should make the birth report. 
In case of twins or triplets, etc., a separate birth certificate 
must be made for each child. Try to get each twin named and numbered 
in order of birth, as first born, or second born, etc. This item is 
very important for records in births of this nature. (Item 5 on the 
blank—Also, Item 27). 
STILLBIRTHS 
A stillborn child is one that shews no evidence of life after 
birth. 
Stillborn children are registered only as births. They are not 
registered at all unless gestation has advanced through the fifth 
month. 
BACK RECORDS OF BIRTHS 
There is new no regulation permitting the filing of a birth cer- 
tificate of any person older than twelve years of age. Send the proper 
information to the State Division so a search may be made, if the person 
was born since November 1, 1912. The record may be already on file. If 
not on file, the State office furnishes a special blank for registering 
any birth that occurred less than thirteen and over two years ago, and 
another form for any person over twelve years of age; but in the latter 
case the record must be used direct. It cannot be accepted for filing 
by the State Division. 
HOW DEATH CERTIFICATES ARE FILED 
The regulations of the Board of Health require that the under- 
taker, shall be held responsible for the completion of the death cer- 
tificate in every case where his hearse is used in the burial of any 
deceased individual. The undertaker must obtain family history of the 
deceased from a reliable member of the family, and must have that indi- 
vidual sign his or her name under Item No. 17 (Informant and Address). 
The undertaker must also see that the proper date of death is stated 
under Item 21, and must sign his name in ink and give his address under 
Item 19. The undertaker must present the death certificate to the last 
physician in attendance for completion of that portion of the certifi- 
cate headed "Medical Certificate of Death" and the signature of the 
physician must appear on the certificate. 
3 DEATHS WITHOUT MEDICAL ATTENTION 
If no physician has recently attended the case, the undertaker 
should present the certificate to the local health officer for certifi- 
fication, or if there is no local health officer, then the registrar may 
state as nearly as possible the cause of death. Also, a statement should 
be written on the certificate showing that no physician was in attendance. 
VIOLENT AND ACCIDENTAL DEATHS 
For any death due to violence or to an accident, Items 23 and 24 
must be fully completed. 
If a death was due to foul or suspicious means, the matter must be 
turned over to the coroner for his investigation, and he should state on 
the death certificate the findings in the case and sign his name as coro- 
ner . 
Deaths from accidental and violent means will be very carefully and 
extensively tabulated in the future in every state. Be sure that every 
question on the death certificate in such a case is fully and completely 
answered. (Items 23 and 24).. 
Coroners, sheriffs, and others can often furnish complete and au- 
thentic information for your violent deaths. 
STILLBORN 
For a child born dead, no death certificate should be prepared, 
but a birth certificate must be made in every case for any stillbirth 
that has developed through five months gestation. 
PERMITS 
If the death occurred in a town of five thousand or more popula- 
tion, the undertaker must get the certificate completed and present the 
same to the registrar for a burial or removal or transit permit before 
the body is disposed of. 
If the death occurs in any place of less than five thousand people, 
no permit is required, but the undertaker must file the certificate with 
the registrar within five days after death. 
However, if the body is to be shipped across the State line, the 
undertaker must secure a transit permit to be carried into the other 
State. This is essential because of the fact that other states require 
that a permit be brought in with the body for burial. 
If any individual or undertaker makes application to disinter a 
body already buried, for the purpose of removing to some other point for 
reburial, the disinterment permit should be completed and sent to this 
office for signature, and the same will be signed immediately and return 
ed to the person asking for permission to disinter and remove the body. 
The registrar retains the completed permit after disinterment and re- 
burial have been made. CERTIFICATES MUST BE COMPLETE 
The County or District Registrar must see that every death certif- 
icate and every birth certificate is as complete as possible before he 
makes his report each month. By taking pains to examine these certifi- 
cates carefully when received, a great deal of correspondence and lost 
time can be eliminated. Of course, in certain cases it is impossible to 
get such items as family history, especially with old Negroes; but there 
should be no excuse for such items being omitted as the Date, Sex,Color, 
Address, Legitimacy, and so forth. 
SIGNATURES 
Registrars must not sign names of physicians and undertakers on 
certificates. If a certificate is sent in without the proper signature, 
get the signature, or if that is impossible, the name and address of the 
person who should have signed should be written.on the margin of the cer- 
tificate. Registrars may sign midwives 1 names to birth certificates when 
such midwives cannot write. 
The registrar must sign his own name to every certificate before 
mailing to the Division of Vital Statistics, and he should also state the 
date the certificate was filed with him. 
PROMOTIONAL WORK 
Arrange to visit every doctor, midwife, undertaker, coffin dealer, 
and hospital in the County, and have an understanding with each one of 
them as to how certificates and reports are to be turned over to you by 
the time your report day arrives; but remember that a death certificate 
must be filed with you within five days after death. 
(a) It may be best to send out postal cards to doctors and mid- 
wives on a day near the end of the month setting a time you will call on 
the first or second day of the next month and asking that all certifi- 
cates be ready. Midwives may be met in their groups at certain points, 
but you should go to doctors' offices. While on this round close in- 
quiries should be made of citizens relative to births and deaths that 
have come to their attention. 
(b) Arrangements may be made with doctors and midwives to mail 
their certificates on the first of every month. It would pay to fur- 
nish each doctor a stamped envelope for this purpose. As for the mid- 
wives, the leader of each midwife club could collect certificates from 
the members. However, follow whatever plans you find best suited for 
good registration in your own registration area. 
(c) All hospitals, coffin dealers, and undertakers are required 
to report to the State Division on the first of each month. Have those 
in your area make these reports direct to you so you can check them 
against birth and death certificates received. Send such reports along 
with your certificates. Registrars receiving these monthly reports 
should copy information from them pertaining to individuals dying in 
other counties, and send this information to the registrars of said 
counties. This data will be of material aid in getting certificates on 
all persons dying in each county. Hospital reports apply only to the 
county in which the hospital is located. Here is a fine opportunity 
for cooperation among county registrars. 
5 Watch newspaper accounts of births and deaths—make continual 
inquiries among visitors to the County Seat from different parts of the 
County—go to gatherings in different sections as you have opportunity— 
visit schools and ask for information—put notices in your county papers 
—publish monthly lists of births and deaths but do not publish their 
addresses—keep yourself and your job before the people all the time. 
SPECIAL POINTS OP INFORMATION 
The Division of Vital Statistics was established for the purpose 
of keeping records of births and deaths on November i, 1912. 
The Legislature authorized the State Division to begin keeping rec- 
ords of marriages and divorces in the early part of the year 1926, The 
same law authorized the Division to collect records of marriages that 
occurred prior to the year 1926. (By 'October 1, 1937, over 300,000 such 
back records of marriages had been collected in the State Division of 
Vital Statistics.) 
The law requires the Division of Vital Statistics to make a charge 
of fifty cents (50t) for issuing a certified copy of any birth, death, 
marriage, or divorce record. This fee should always be sent in the form 
of a money-order. When a request is sent in for a certified copy of a 
certificate, the name, date, and county should be clearly indicated. If 
the request is made for a birth certificate, the father's name should 
also be stated. 
The Board of Health some years ago directed that no registrar is 
authorized to issue a certified copy of a birth or death certificate. 
All certified copies are issued by the State Division of Vital Statis- 
tics. Registrars may mail a certificate in advance to the State divi- 
sion when a certified copy is requested. It is not good practice to 
send these certificates by individuals. 
A statement may be given by a registrar on request showing some 
person has died, giving name, color, date and place of death, but other 
items, such as aie, cause of death, etc., must not appear in the state- 
ment . 
Birth record books may be examined by school officials to deter- 
mine ages of children desiring to enter school for the first time. 
The Attorney General of the State has ruled that birth and death 
certificates are not public records until they are filed with the State 
office. Do not allow individuals to examine your certificates. 
Registrars are particularly cautioned not to furnish any person, 
firm or corporation any names and addresses connected with births and 
deaths. YOU WILL LOSE YOUR POSITION AS REGISTRAR IF YOU DO SO. 
(Names without addresses may be published in newspapers.) 
CORRECT STATEMENTS OF CAUSES OF DEATH 
It is a matter of great importance to have on the death certifi- 
cate as nearly as possible the accurate cause of death. 
Causes of death are tabulated throughout most of the civilized 
world on a uniform basis — in other words, so as to correspond with the 
adopted International List of Causes of Death. Very often a physician is not able to give full information on 
cause of death, but he should so state on the certificate. However, in 
a majority of cases he can state the cause of death in terms that will 
correspond to those on the uniform list. 
For instance, suppose a physician states that CANCER or TUBERCU- 
LOSIS was the cause of death, and does not state what part of the body 
was affected. He does not give the full information necessary, because 
cancer deaths and tuberculosis deaths are classified by portions of the 
body involved. We have to write hundreds of letters every year to 
doctors in Mississippi for just this additional information on cancer 
and tuberculosis. 
Hundreds of other letters to physicians could be avoided if the 
following points could be kept in mind: 
HEART DISEASE should always show the particular form of heart 
trouble - such as mitral regurgitation, aortic stenosis, chronic endo- 
carditis, chronic myocarditis, and so forth. Acute myocarditis and 
acute endocarditis should show the cause or stated as "Cause unknown." 
NEPHRITIS (Brights Disease) should always be properly qualified. 
Acceptable terms are chronic interstitial nephritis, or chronic paren- 
chymatous nephritis. Acute nephritis should always be accompanied with 
statement of predisposing cause, or "Cause unknown." 
PNEUMCNIA should be stated principally as Lobar pneumonia or 
Bronchial pneumonia, but bronchial pneumonia should always be qualified 
by giving the predisposing cause, or stated as "primary" or by the 
statement "Cause unknown." "Terminal" pneumonia or "hypostatic" pneu- 
monia should always be clarified by giving the predisposini cause. 
PARALYSIS should be designated - such as "General Paralysis of 
the Insane" - "Cerebral Hemorrhage" or "Paralysis due to " 
or "Apoplexy." 
ACCIDENTAL AND VIOLENT DEATHS (Such as Homicides, Suicides, 
Automobile, and other accidental deaths): 
About 140,000 people die in the United States every year by acci- 
dental and violent means. Approximately 2250 such deaths occur annually 
in Mississippi. Every state is endeavoring to get full information on 
these causes of death. 
Items 23 and 24 should be completely answered in every accidental 
or violent death. Each question is of prime importance. Give not only 
the day of injury but also the hour; and the place of injury should show 
the county (or State) and the exact spot as near as possible. 
Registrars, physicians, undertakers, officers, and others should 
not hesitate to answer additional inquiries which are made relative to 
accidental and violent deaths. The replies are kept confidential and 
used only in preparing statistics. The CAUSE should always accompany such statements as the follow- 
ing when either of them appear on a death certificate: 
ABSCESS DROPSY MALNUTRITION 
ACCIDENT ECLAMPSIA MENINGITIS 
ACIDOSIS E ODE MA OPERATION 
ASCITES EXHAUSTION PERITONITIS 
ASTHENIA FRACTURE PLEURISY 
ATROPHY GANGRENE POISONING 
CONGESTION GASTRITIS SALPINGITIS 
CONVULSIONS HEMORRHAGE SCLEROSIS 
CROUP HYSTERECTOMY SEPTICEMIA 
DEBILITY INANITION SHOCK 
DILATATION INFECTION TOXEMIA 
of the Stomach INFLAMMATION UREMIA 
of the Heart JAUNDICE 
Examine all death certificates carefully, and if you find some 
causes of death which are vague, show the doctor what you see printed 
here, and ask him to make additional statements. 
You will probably see your doctors before you make your report 
on the tenth of each month - so this additional information should not 
be very hard to get. NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF REGISTRARS 
(Effective March i, 1938) 
Please make changes as notified by using blanks at bottom of each 
page. 
COUNTY 
ADAMS 
(Charity Hosp 
ALCORN 
AMITE 
ATTALA 
BENTON 
BOLIVAR 
list Dist.). 
(and Dist.) 
CALHOUN 
CARROLL 
list Dist.) 
(and Dist.)........... 
CHICKASAW 
(1st Dist,) 
( and Dist.) 
CHOCTAW 
CLAIBORNE 
CLARKE . 
CLAY 
COAHOMA 
(Clarksdale & Lyon)... 
(Friars Point, Farrell 
and Stovall)....... 
i( J on e s t own ).. 
(Coahoma 
Lula & Rich)......... 
Mattson & Dublin).... 
Bobo) 
Sherard & Hillhouse). 
Fishing Bayou)....... 
King & Anderson) 
COPIAH 
(Crystal Springs) 
COVINGTON 
DESOTO 
FORREST 
FRANKLIN 
GEORGE 
GREENE 
GRENADA 
HANCOCK 
(Bay St. Louis 
and Wave land)..... . 
(Aaron Academy)....... 
(Ansley) 
(Caesar) 
(Crane Creek).... 
(Kiln and Fenton)..... 
(Flat Top) 
(Gainesville)......... 
(La keshore) 
(Logtown) 
(Parker).... 
(Standard) . .. . . 
REGISTRAR 
Mrs. Eliza M. Parham 
W . D . Deterly 
Mrs. Ellie Springer...... 
Miss Irma Westbrook.. 
Mrs. R. R. Watts.... 
Mrs. Delphia E. McDonald 
Mrs. C. C. Morris 
Miss Ruth Naron. 
Mrs. Esther Bennett 
Mrs. Vardaman Campbell 
Mrs. B. P. Cain.... 
Mrs. Mary R. Harrington....... 
Mrs. Porter Davis.. 
D . H . Quinn 
Mrs. Mary H. Moore 
Mrs. Nellie Case 
Mrs. Iva U. McClellan. 
Miss Mercedes McConnell....... 
Miss Daisy Fisher.. 
.Dr. D. 0. Pierce 
W. E . Lewis 
Mrs. Daisy B, Harris 
Dr . D , H. Raney 
S. R. Faust 
Howard Parker 
Mrs. Garner Johnson. 
J. C. Stevens 
Mrs. J. F. Scarborough 
Mrs. J. M. Dampeer 
Miss Allie I. McLeod 
Mrs. Edna R. Campbell 
Miss Verna Beach 
Miss Marguerite Costley 
Mrs. S. E. MeEachern.......... 
Mrs. Lorena Skehan............ 
Miss Cornie Perry 
Dr. C. L. Horton 
Mrs W. P. Blackwell........... 
Hy Schwartz 
A . J• Bilbo 
Calvin Shaw 
F. Fuente 
Felton Whitfield .' 
Theo. Totenhorst 
Edwin Green 
C. W. Fountain 
Thomas W. Dossett 
Mrs. Irene Ladner 
ADDRESS 
Natchez Miss.. 
Nat chez 
Corinth 
Liberty 
Kosciusko 
Ashland 
Rosedale 
Cleveland 
Calhoun City 
N. Carrollton 
Vaiden 
Houston 
Okolona 
Ackerman 
Port Gibson 
Quitman 
West Point 
Clarksdale 
Friars Point 
Jonestown 
C oahoma 
Lula 
Mattson 
Bobo 
Hillhouse 
Clarksdale, R a 
Dickerson 
Hazlehurst 
Crystal Springs 
Mt, Olive 
He rnando 
Hatt iesburg 
Meadville 
Lucedale 
Lea ke sville 
Grenada 
Bay St. Louis 
Nicholson 
Ansley 
Picayune 
Perkinston 
Kiln 
Picayune 
Picayune Rt. i 
La kes here 
Logt own 
P ic a yune, RFD 
Pass Chistian HARRISON 
(Gulfport, Hansboro, 
k Miss. City) 
(Biloxi, Beauvior, 
k Woolmarket)...... 
(Long Beach, and 
Willow Springs).... 
(Pass Christian;..... . 
Saucier. Crescent)... 
DeLisle ) 
Ly-an) 
(Advance) 
HINDS 
HOLMES 
HUMPHREYS 
ISSAQUENA 
ITAWAMBA 
JACKSON 
(Moss Pt., Creole, 
and East Side) 
(Pascagoula) ... . . . .. . . 
(Ocean Spgs., Larue, 
! Jacobs) 
Lat imer)..... 
E s c a t awp a) 
Bluff Creek) 
Hurley) - 
Wade ) 
Orange Grove) 
West Pascagoula 
and Gautier) 
(Pecan) 
(Carterville) . . 
(Big Point) 
JASPER 
JEFFERSON 
JEFF DAVIS 
JONES 
KEMPER 
(Electric Mills)...... 
LAFAYETTE 
LA MAR 
LAUDERDALE 
LAWRENCE 
LEAKE .................. 
LEE 
LEFLORE 
LINCOLN 
LOWNDES 
MADISON 
MARION 
MARSHALL 
MONROE 
(ist Dist.) 
(and Dist.).... 
MONTGOMERY 
NESHOBA 
NEWTON.. 
(Union 4 Vicinity).... 
NOXUBEE 
OKTIBBEHA 
PANOLA 
(Sard is) 
PEARL RIVER 
list Dist.) 
( and Dist.) 
Dr. Charles LeBiron... 
Dr. B. Z. Welch 
Laura Littlepage . . 
Mrs. C. B. Adam 
Mrs. Florence Leidigh 
Mrs. N. NeCaise 
B . B . Hatten 
Newton Shaw 
E . C . Gaynor 
Mrs. Jennie Thweatt........... 
Miss Maxine Brewer 
Mrs. Alice Lee 
Mrs. Myrtle Gillentine 
Dr. J. F. Colley..... 
Miss Kate Denhy 
Byrl Bailey 
D. L. Delaney 
Mrs. George Thompson 
Mrs. Gladys Ramsey 
E. G. Miz elie 
Mrs. R. C. Faggard..... 
Miss M. L. Leuba. . . 
Walter Gautier 
H. W. Stark 
C. Dalton Havens 
Mrs. Hubert S. Goff 
Mrs. J. A, McFarland 
Mrs . A. C. Puffer 
Mrs. Lela McNease 
Mrs. Eva T. Cranford 
H. T. Jackson........ ......... 
Dr. A. M. McCarthy - 
Dr. W. W. Phillips 
G. J. Thomas 
Inman Cooper... 
Mrs T. F. Conn.... 
Mrs. Ruth Chadwick... 
Mrs. J. A. Cottrell 
Mrs. Cornelia Jordan 
Mrs. Alice B. Hardison 
Mrs. Anne Shackelford 
Miss Edna Cordts 
Mrs. J. E. Watts 
Mrs . Garland Ragsdale 
Mrs. Mary M. Mims. 
Miss Mamie Jones. 
Mrs. Sue Siddon 
Miss Alma Cook 
Mrs. C. D. Beeman.. 
Mrs. Z. C. Hagan 
Mrs. Ora H. Bethany 
H. C. McCreight 
Dr. G. H. Wood.. 
Dr. J. M. Anderson 
H. K. McKee 
Bruce Breland 
Gulfport 
Biloxi 
Gulfport 
Pass Christian 
Saucier 
DeLisle 
Lyman 
Perkinston 
Jac kson 
Durant 
Belz on i 
Mayersville 
Fulton 
Moss Point 
Pascagoula 
Ocean Springs 
Larne 
Escatawpa 
Ocean Spgs., RFD 
Hurley 
Wade 
Orange Grore 
Gautier 
Pecan 
Perkinston, RFD 
Big Point 
Bay Springs 
Fayette 
Cars on 
Ellisville 
DeKalb 
Electric Mills 
Oxford 
Purvis 
Meridian 
Monticello 
Carthage 
Tupe1o 
Greenwood 
Brookhaven 
Columbus 
Canton 
C olumbia 
Holly Springs 
Aberdeen 
Amor y 
Sweatman 
Philadelphia 
Newton 
Union 
Macon 
Starkville 
Bate sville 
Sa rd is 
Picayune 
Poplarville PERRY 
PIKE 
PONTOTOC 
PRENTISS 
QUITMAN 
RANKIN 
SCOTT 
SHARKEY 
SIMPSON 
SMITH 
STONE 
SUNFLOWER 
(indianola, Heathman, 
& Johnson's Mill).. 
(Moorhead A Baird).... 
(Ruleville) 
(Drew, Dwiggins, 
A Lombardy) 
IInve rn ess) 
Rome) 
Dockery) 
Doddsville) 
Hale) 
Sunflower)........... 
Blaine ) 
TALLAHATCHIE 
fist Dist. I. .......... 
(and Dist.)..... 
TATE 
TIPPAH 
TISHOMINGO 
TUNICA 
UNION 
WALTHALL 
WARREN 
(Vicksburg, Cedar 
Grove, A Yokena)... 
(Bovina) 
(Brunswick)........... 
(Oak Ridge) 
(Redwood) 
(Red b one) 
WASHINGTON 
WAYNE 
WEBSTER 
WILKINSON 
WINSTON 
YALOBUSHA , 
fist Dist.) 
(and Dist.).. 
YAZOO 
(Yazoo City, Eden, 
Benton, Crumps, 
Center Ridge, Rob- 
inette, Tokeoa, 
Valley, Enola, 
and Zion).......... 
iSatartia) . . • . 
Bentonia A Dover)..., 
Deasonville, Hart- 
town A Fugates).... 
(Fairview A Holly 
Bluff) . . . 
(Midway A Free Run)... 
(Phoen ix) 
Miss May Belle Long... 
Mrs. Julia M. Vaughn.. 
Mias Velma Sudduth.... 
Miss Lonella Rogers... 
Mrs. E. A. McVey...... 
Mrs. Audrey Lee Webb.. 
Mrs. W. C. Anderson... 
Mrs. E. E. Turnijseed, 
R. K. Mahaf f ey 
F. S. Huff 
Mrs. Emma Lancaster... 
Miss Eleanor Steele... 
W. E. Stevenson....... 
E. D. Burke 
C. R. Hughes 
Mrs. Alma Spencer 
Dr. J. C. Herrington., 
W. T. Jones 
Mrs. J. T. Coleman.... 
Dr. A. M. Liddell 
Robert P. Roberts 
Mrs. J. H. Barksdale.. 
Mrs. Isabel Summers... 
Miss Christine Lay..,. 
Dr. W. D. Smith 
Howell Alvis 
Mrs. Ruby Gardner..... 
Mrs. L. C. Shannon.... 
Curtis E. Miller...... 
Mrs. Trixie Copes 
Dr. F. Michael Smith.. 
Dr. H. H . Aust in 
Rev. C. S. Slater 
C. J. Henry 
H. D. Gaunt 
Wesley Carter....' 
Mrs. Minnie G. Reise.. 
Miss Theresa Wilson... 
Mrs. Willie B. Parker. 
Mrs. Clarke McKey,.... 
Mrs. E. L. Richardson. 
Mrs. Vera L. Rogers... 
Miss Lottie Brown...,. 
Dr. U. L. McCalip 
S. H. Childress 
Mrs. C. F. Harris 
Dr. H. E. Friz e11 
Dr. H. C. Owen........ 
Dr. W. C. Smith 
Mrs. D. M. Busby 
New Augusta 
McComb 
Pontotoc 
Booneville 
Lambert 
Florence Rt. 4 
Forest 
Rolling Fork 
Mendenhall 
.Rale igh 
Wiggins 
Indianola 
Moorhead 
Rnleville 
Drew 
In ve me s s 
Rome 
D o’ckery 
D odd sville 
Shaw 
Sun flowe r 
Blaine 
Chariest on 
Sumner 
Senat ob ia 
Ripley 
In ka 
Tunica 
New Albany 
Tylertown 
Vicksburg 
Bovina 
Brunswick 
Oak Ridge 
Redwood 
Cedars t RFD 
Greenville 
Waynesboro 
Stewart 
Centerville 
Louisville 
Coffeeville 
Water Valley 
Yazoo City 
Satart ia 
Ben t on ia 
Vaughn 
Holly Bluff 
Zeiglerville 
Phoenix 
11 RULES AND REGULATIONS 
Governing 
BIRTH AND DEATH 
REGISTRATION 
REVISED JUNE, 1941 
Every Person Affected Should Preserve 
a Copy for Reference 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
Division of Vital Statistics 
Jackson, Mississippi I, Felix J. Underwood, Secretary and Executive Officer 
of the Mississippi State Board of Health, do hereby certify that 
the attached are the Rules and Regulations of the State Board of Health, 
governing birth and death registration in this State. 
All these attached rules and regulations have been thoroughly 
promulgated to all parties concerned. 
Witness my hand and seal of office, this the 
day of , nineteen hundred and 
(Signed) m. d. 
Secretary and Executive Officer, 
Mississippi State Board of Health. IN RE: PUBLIC INSPECTION OF RECORDS OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, 
MARRIAGES, AND DIVORCES 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED by the Mississippi State Board of Health, 
That the records of births, diseases, deaths, marriages, and divorces 
on file in the Division of Vital Statistics, although public records and 
accessible to the public at reasonable times and for proper purposes, shall 
not be available to public inspection when it would appear that the pur- 
pose of such inspection is idle curiosity, or to obtain names for adver- 
tising purposes, or for any purpose that might be construed as against 
public welfare, health, safety or morals, or against public policy. 
That every officer and employee in the Division of Vital Statistics 
is hereby cautioned to observe this order and show such records to the 
public only in conformity with the same. 
APPROVED this the 13th Day of December, 1940. 
FELIX J. UNDERWOOD, M. D., Secretary. VITAL STATISTICS LAWS 
BIRTH AND DEATH RECISTRATION; MORBIDITY 
(Ch. 149, Laws 1912; Sec. 4904-4910, Code of 1930, as Amended 
by Ch. 44, Laws of 1928; Ch. 209, Laws 1936; Ch. 269, Laws of 1938.) 
AN ACT authorizing the State Board of Health.to establish a Bureau of 
Vital Statistics; provide for the registration of births and deaths; the 
granting of burial or removal permits; the reporting of morbidity 
statistics; the election of a State Registrar of Vital Statistics and 
other assistants and remuneration for the same. 
Sec. 1. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Mississippi, 
That a Bureau of Vital Statistics shall be .established by the State Board 
of Health, which shall provide an adequate system for the registration of 
births and deaths and preservation of vital statistics on forms prescribed 
by said Board of Health, and provide adequate methods for enforcing the 
laws and orders of the Board relating to health matters of the State. 
Provided, however, that in the event a child is legally adopted by pro- 
ceedings in a chancery court of this state and a certified copy of the decree 
of adoption is filed with the Bureau of Vital Statistics, a birth certificate 
issued to any person showing the registration of birth of such adopted 
child shall show the names of the adoptive or foster parents in lieu of 
the names of the natural parents of said child and shall show any change 
in the legal name of said child in lieu of the original name of said child, 
but in all other particulars shall show the true facts of birth. (Ch. 269, 
Laws of 1938.) 
Sec. 2. That the Secretary of the State Board of Health shall act as 
State Registrar of Vital Statistics, and his compensation for said duties 
shall be fixed by the said Board, and it shall be his duty to carry into 
effect the rules, regulations, and orders of the State Board of Health, 
provided for the Bureau of Vital Statistics, and the said Board shall pro- 
vide for such clerical and other assistance as may be necessary for the 
purposes of this Act, and may fix the compensation of persons thus 
employed within the amount appropriated for the health work by the 
Legislature, and provide suitable apartments, properly equipped with fire- 
proof vaults and filing cases, for the permanent and safe preservation of 
all official records made and returned to said bureau. 
Sec. 3. That for the purposes of this Act the said State Board of 
Health may divide the State into registration districts, defining and 
designating the boundaries thereof and appointing local registrars in each 
district. 
Sec. 4. That the said Board of Health shall formulate and promulgate 
rules and regulations for the proper reporting and registration of morbidity 
and vital statistics, prescribing the method and form of making such 
registration. 
Sec. 5. That any copy of the records of birth, sickness, or death, 
5 when properly certified to by the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, to 
be a true copy thereof, shall be prima facie in all courts and places of the 
facts therein stated. 
Sec. 6. Each local registrar shall be paid the sum of twenty-five 
cents for each birth and each death certificate, properly made out in the 
manner and on the form required by the State Board of Health, same to 
be paid by the Board of Supervisors of the County in which the regis- 
tration district is located, upon certification made annually—between 
January 1 and February 20—to the Board of Supervisors by the State 
Registrar of Vital Statistics; except that in any county where not more 
than two registrars are serving, the Board of Supervisors shall pay said 
registrar or registrars, quarterly on quarterly certification from the State 
Registrar. 
• 
Provided, that in any registration district in which there is no munici- 
pality of five thousand or more inhabitants, the local registrar shall receive 
as his compensation the sum of forty cents for each birth and each death 
certificate, provided, farther, that said Registrar shall receive only twenty- 
five cents for each birth and each death certificate sent in to the Bureau 
of Vital Statistics at a later time than fixed by the regulations of the 
State Board of Health. 
Provided, further, that in case of death, resignation, or removal of 
a local Registrar at any time during the year, the State Registrar of Vital 
Statistics may then make certification to the Board of Supervisors of 
the amount due such Registrar for sending in birth and death certificates 
up to the time of said death, resignation, or removal; and the Board of 
Supervisors shall pay said amount on presentation of said certification. 
Sec. 7. That any person or persons who shall violate any rule, regula- 
tion, or order of the State Board of Health relative to recording, reporting, 
or filing information for the Bureau of Vital Statistics, or who shall 
wilfully neglect or refuse to perform any duties imposed upon them by 
said orders, or who shall furnish false information for the purpose of 
making incorrect records for said Bureau, shall be deemed guilty of a 
misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not less than 
five dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the 
county jail not exceeding sixty days, or suffer both fine and imprisonment, 
in the discretion of the court. 
Sec. 8. That all laws and Acts, or parts of Acts in conflict with this 
Act are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 9. That this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 
passage. 
MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE REPORTS 
Chapter 164, Laws of 1926—Amended by Chapter 132, Laws of 1928; 
Sections 4933-4941, Code of 1930; Section 1426, Code of 1930; and 
Chapter 293, Laws of 1938; provide for statistical reports of marriages 
by circuit clerks and for statistical reports of divorces by chancery clerks. RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF 
HEALTH GOVERNING THE REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND 
DEATHS, MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH AN ACT 
APPROVED MARCH 11, 1912 
Authorizing the State Board of Health to establish a Bureau of Vital 
Statistics; provide for the registration of births and deaths; the granting 
of burial or removal permits; the reporting of morbidity statistics; the 
election of a State Registrar of Vital Statistics and other assistants and 
remuneration for the same. 
REGISTRARS 
REGISTRATION DISTRICT 
Rule 1. For the purpose of this Act the State shall be divided into 
Registration Districts as follows: Each city, town, village, and election 
precinct shall constitute a primary registration district. 
Provided that the State Registrar may combine two or more of said 
primary registration districts into one primary registration district. 
APPOINTMENT OF REGISTRAR 
Rule 2. (As amended Dec. 13, 1940) The State Registrar shall 
appoint some person residing in each registration district to serve as Regis- 
trar of that district, provided that the following may not be appointed 
as registrar: (a) Practicing physician or member of his household or 
assistant in his office; (b) County health officer, or any of his person- 
nel serving on full-time basis; (c) Undertaker or member of his house- 
hold, or anyone in his employ. 
DEPUTY REGISTRAR 
Rule 3. Each registrar shall appoint a deputy to be approved by the 
State Registrar, whose duty it shall be to act instead of the registrar in 
case of absence, illness, or disability, who shall accept such appointment 
in writing, and who shall be subject to the rules and regulations governing 
the actions of registrars. 
REMOVAL OF REGISTRARS 
Rule 4. Any registrar, or deputy registrar, who fails or neglects to 
efficiently discharge the duties of his office in accordance with the Act 
providing for the registration of births and deaths, or the rules and 
regulations of the State Board of Health governing the same, shall be 
forthwith removed from the office by the State Registrar, in addition to 
the other penalties that may be imposed under Section 7 of the Act, REGISTRATION OF LIVE BIRTHS 
Rule 5 (A) (Adopted June 23, 1939.) In order that this State 
may secure statistics on births which will be uniform with such records 
in other States, every live birth occuring in this State shall be registered 
on the Standard blank form prepared and furnished by the State Board 
of Health, said form containing the following: 
1. PLACE OF BIRTH— 
City or Inside or Outside 
County Town Corporate Limits? 
or Street or Rural 
Hospital and No. Precinct 
Mother’s Stay Before Delivery—(a) In Hospital (b) In the Community 
2. RESIDENCE OF MOTHER— 
City or or Rural 
State County Town Precinct 
3. FULL NAME 4. DATE OF 
OF CHILD BIRTH 19 
MOTHER OF CHILD 
15. Full 
Maiden Name 
17. Age at Time 
16. Color or Race of this Birth Yrs. 
18. Where 
Born? 
19. Usual 
Occupation 
20. Industry 
or Business 
M. on the date 
related to this 
22. Mother’s Mailing Address for Registration Notice 
(b) How many other children were born alive but are now dead? (c) How many children were born dead? 
DEPARTMENT State File 
OF commerce STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH Numbcr 
The'cenaus STATE OF MISSISSIPPI straps 
5.'Bo7oTgTH? 
6. Twin or If so—born 1st., 7. Number Months 8. Is Mother 
Triplet? 2d., or 3d. of Pregnancy Married? 
23. I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child who was born alive at the hour of 
above stated, and that the information given was furnished by 
child as - - 
(Signed).. 
FATHER OF CHILD 
9. Full 
Name 
11. Age at Time 
10. Color or Race of this Birth Yrs. 
12. Where 
Born? 
13. Usual 
Occupation 
14. Industry 
or Business 
21. CHILDREN BORN TO THIS MOTHER: 
(a) How many other children of this mother 
are now living? 
24. Date Rec’d. by Registrar 
25. Signature of Registrar REGISTRATION OF STILLBIRTHS 
Rule 5 (B) (Adopted June 23, 1939.) In order that this State 
may secure statistics on stillbirths which will be uniform with such records 
in other States, every stillbirth occurring in this State shall be registered 
on the Standard blank form prepared and furnished by the State Board 
of Health, said form containing the following: 
1. PLACE OF STILLBIRTH— 
City or Inside or Outside 
County Town Corporate Limits? 
or Street or Rural 
Hospital and No. Precinct 
Mother’s Stay Before Delivery—(a) In Hospital (b) In the Community 
2. RESIDENCE OF MOTHER— 
City or or Rural 
State County Town Precinct 
3. NAME OF CHILD STILLBORN 4. Date of birth 
5. Sex: 6. Twin or If so—born 1st, 7. Number months of 
triolet 2d. or 3d oreamanev 8. Is mother married? 
MOTHER OF CHILD 
15. Full maiden name 
16. Color or race 17. Age at time of this birth yrs. 
18. Birthplace — 
(Oily. town, or oouaty) (8UU or foraics oouatry) 
19. Usual occupation 
20. Industry or business - 
27. Cause of stillbirth (state only morbid conditions causing fetal death. 
Do not use such terms as prematurity, asphyxia, etc,): 
(a) Fetal causes — 
(b) Maternal causes 
28. I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child who was bom dead 
at the hour of «m. on the date above stated. ] 
Signature 
(BpooUy it U. D.. midvifo or othor) 
Address 
32 (a) Statement of local registrar or coroner if physician was not present at 
stillbirth , 
(b) Signature Title 
33. Date hied with local registrar - 
34. Registrar’s own signature 
DEPARTMENT _ State File 
OF COMMERCE STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF STILLBIRTH Number 
Bureau of STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Registrar’s 
The Census Number 
22. Mother’s usual mailing address 
FATHER OF CHILD 
9. Full name 
10. Color or race ... 11. Age at time of this birth yrs. 
12. Birthplace 
(City, town, or aounty) (8UU or (oraisn oountry) 
13. Usual occupation 
14. Industry or business 
23. Did child die before labor? During labor? 
24. Pregnancy, complications of 
25. Labor: (a) Complications of 
(b) Induced? 
26 (a) Was there an operation for delivery? 
(Ye. or do) 
(b) State all operations, if any 
(c) Did child die before operation? or during operation? __ 
29 (a) Informant 
(i) Address 
30 (a) Burial, cremation, or removal (b) Date 
(Month d*y yw) 
(c) Place of burial or cremation 
31 (a) Signature of funeral director 
(b) Address 
21. Children bom to this mother: 
(a) How many children of this mother arc now living? 
(b) How many children were bom alive but arc now dead? _ 
(c) How many other children were bom dead? Rule 5 (C) (Adopted June 23, 1939.) IT IS HEREBY ORDERED 
BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH, That the following 
birth certificate blank content is approved in order that the conditions 
set forth in Chapter 269, Laws of 1938, relative to adopted children may 
be met by the Division of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health: 
1. PLACE OF BIRTH 
County Dist No Reg. No. 
Voting Precinct or Village 
or City. (Hospital) 
2. Full name of child 
3. Male or Female 4. Date of Birth 19 
FOSTER MOTHER 
11. Full Name 
Before Marriage 
12. Address 
13. Color 14. Age Yrs. 
15. Where Born 
16. Occupation 
CERTIFICATE OP ATTENDING PHYSICIAN OR MIDWIFE 
I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child who was at m., 
on the date above Stated. (Born nllvf or •tlllborn) 
(Signed) M. D. 
Filed 19 
or Midwife 
__________________RFfiEtPiP 
Address . 
Address 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
DIVISION OF VITAL STATISTICS 
ADOPTION CERTIFICATE OF BIRTH 
FOSTER FATHER 
5. Full 
Name 
6. Address 
7. Color 8. Age Yrs. 
9. Where Born 
10. Occupation IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That no adoption certificate of birth 
be prepared unless the original record of birth of the child in question is 
on file in the Division of Vital Statistics, and that the information to be 
placed on the adoption certificate under Items 1 to 4, inclusive, and the 
certificate of attending physician or midwife shall be copied from the 
original birth record with the exception that under Item 2 the full name 
of the child shall be the name given by order of the Chancery Court; and 
further, that the information under Items 5 to 16, inclusive, shall be ob- 
tained from the foster father and the foster mother; answers from the 
foster father and foster mother to be true as of the date of the court 
decree. 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that the original certificate of birth be 
removed from the regular files and placed with the certified copy of the 
court decree in a special file known as the “Adoption File.” 
IN RE: ADOPTIONS 
(Amendment—Approved Jan, 23, 1941) 
It is hereby ordered by' the Mississippi State Board of Health, 
That when the original birth record of an adopted child born in this 
State is not on file, and said child in its infancy was under the care of an 
orphan’s home, a home finding society or other institution, the Director 
of Vital Statistics may accept a birth certificate of said child made from 
original records on file with such institution when sworn to by the super- 
intendent of the same, and one other individual familiar with the records 
of the institution. 
HOW LIVE BIRTH CERTIFICATES ARE FILED 
Rule 6. All live births that occur in the State shall be registered 
in the districts in which they occur, as hereinafter provided. 
All certificates of live birth shall be written legibly, in unfading ink; 
and no certificate shall be complete and correct that does not supply all 
of the items of information called for therein, or satisfactorily account for 
their omission. 
It shall be the duty of the attending physician or midwife to file a 
certificate of live birth, properly and completely filled out on a blank 
provided by the Board of Health, giving all of the particulars required by 
Rule 5 (A), with the registrar of the district in which the birth occurred, 
within ten days after the date of birth. And if there be no attending 
physician or midwife, then it shall be the duty of the father or mother of 
the child, householder or owner of the premises, manager or superintend- 
ent of public or private institution in which the birth occurred, to register 
the birth as specified. 
In case of twins or triplets, etc., a separate birth certificate must 
be made for each child. The attendant on a birth must sign the certificate, and give his or her 
address and date of signature; provided, that a certificate of birth shall 
not be required for a child which has not advanced through the fifth 
month (20th week) of uterogestation. 
CHILD’S NAME 
Rule 7. The attendant on a live birth must make every effort possible 
to secure the full name of the child for the registrar before said registrar 
reports the birth to the State Department of Vital Statistics. 
When any certificate of birth of a living child is presented without 
the statement of the given name, then the registrar shall make out and 
deliver to the parent of the child, a special blank for the supplemental 
report of the given name of the child, which shall be filled out as directed, 
and returned to the registrar as soon as the child shall have been named. 
HOW STILLBIRTH CERTIFICATES ARE FILED 
Definition of a Stillbirth—A fetus showing no evidence of life after com- 
plete birth, providing uterogestation has advanced through 5 months 
(20 weeks) or more. 
Rule 8. All stillbirths that occur in the State shall be registered in 
the districts in which they occur, as hereinafter provided. 
All certificates of stillbirth shall be written legibly, in unfading ink; 
and no certificate shall be complete and correct that does not supply all 
of the items of information called for therein, or satisfactorily account 
for their omissions. 
It shall be the duty of the attending physician or midwife to prepare 
immediately a certificate of stillbirth, properly and completely filled out 
on a blank provided by the Board of Health, giving all of the particulars 
required by Rule 5 (B) (to item 29). And if there be no attending 
physician or midwife, then it shall be the duty of the father or mother 
of the child, householder or owner of the premises, manager or superin- 
tendent of public or private institution in which the birth occurred, to 
prepare the certificate as specified. 
In case of twins or triplets, etc., a separate certificate must be made 
for each child. 
The attendant on a stillbirth must sign the certificate, and give his 
or her address and date of signature. 
It shall be the duty of the undertaker or acting undertaker to secure 
from the attending physician or midwife the certificate of a stillborn child, 
complete items 29 (A) through 31 (B) and file the same within five days 
after the stillbirth occurred, with the registrar of the district in which the 
event took place; and if no undertaker or acting undertaker secures the 
certificate, the physician or midwife shall deliver the same to the registrar 
within ten days after stillbirth occurred. DELAYED BIRTH REGISTRATION 
Rule 9. (As amended Dec. 13, 1940, and June 27, 1941). It is here- 
by ordered by the State Board of Health that Rule 9 of the Rules and 
Regulations Governing Birth and Death Registration be amended so as to 
read as follows: 
Any individual born in the State of Mississippi whose birth has not 
been registered, may have his or her birth recorded in the Division of 
Vital Statistics after complying with the requirements set forth below. 
(a) For a child two years old or younger the birth may be regis- 
tered on the regular form as current births are registered. 
(b) For a child over two and under thirteen years of age the birth 
must be registered on a special blank prepared by the State Board of 
Health and the record sworn to by two individuals thoroughly acquainted 
with the facta. 
(c) For an individual over twelve years of age a “Delayed Cer- 
tificate of Birth” blank prepared by the State Board of Health must be 
completed, and sworn to by two individuals thoroughly acquainted with 
the facts. One of the two affidavits may be executed by the applicant 
himself. In addition to the said Delayed Certificate of Birth record, the 
applicant must furnish a transcript from the U. S. Bureau of the Census 
showing his name, age, Mississippi birth, and names of one or both parents, 
as taken from census records of the next census following applicant’s birth. 
A transcript from a later census will be acceptable, but will not be regard- 
ed by this Board as Class A evidence. 
(d) The Delayed Certificate of Birth form referred to above (Sec- 
tion c) shall contain the following items of information: Full name of 
applicant, sex, place and date of birth; name of father, maiden name of 
mother, color of parents, and their places of birth. In addition to above 
items the Director shall detail near the bottom of the blank any corrobora- 
tive evidence presented by the applicant. 
(e) If any required evidence cannot be produced, the Director of 
Vital Statistics is authorized to accept instead any other authentic proof 
of the facts connected with the age, parentage, and place of birth of the 
individual concerned. 
ILLEGITIMATE BIRTHS 
Rule 10. (As ammended June 27, 1941). Any physician, or other 
person who attends an illegitimate birth may file the certificate of such 
birth directly with the Department of Vital Statistics, but such certificate 
must be filed with said Bureau not later than the first of the month im- 
mediately succeeding the month of birth. 
No information relative to the father of an illegitimate child shall 
appear on the birth certificate. REGISTRARS TO KEEP RECORDS 
Rule 11. Every registrar must copy his birth and stillbirth cer- 
tificates in his Birth Record Book each month before mailing same on the 
5th. He must also do the same for his death certificates—copying these 
in his Death Record Book. Certificate should begin with No. 1 for 
births and No. 1 for deaths, at the beginning of each year. 
However, if the county health department is keeping a card record of 
all births and deaths, such file may be substituted for the registrar’s 
record books. 
OVER ONE MILLION BIRIN CERTIFICATES ARE IN THIS VAULT 
14 PRESENT DAY URGENCY 
For Prompt and Accurate Registration 
School Age — Six Years 
A child must be six years of age to 
enter a public school in Mississippi. 
Numerous school superintendents in the 
State each year mail to this Division lists 
of new pupils to find their dates of birth. 
In some states it is a legal requirement 
to show a birth record before entering 
school. 
Proof of Age for a Position 
No birth certificate, no job! This is 
getting to be true all over the country. 
You must prove your age and citizenship 
to get a job with Uncle Sam. Many in- 
dustries now require a birth record with 
every application for a position. Boys 
and girls have failed to secure positions 
because they were not registered at 
birth. 
Army — Navy — C. C. C. 
A birth record must accompany the 
application for enlistment in the Army, 
Navy, and the C. C. C. 
Uncle Sam must know your age, and 
he must know where you were born be- 
fore he figures on your other qualifica- 
tions. 
15 Marriage 
The laws of Mississippi set the mini- 
mum legal ages for marriage at 21 years 
for the groom and 1 8 years for the bride. 
Below these ages consent of parents or 
guardians is required. 
Be fortified with a birth record to 
prove you are old enough to marry. 
Passport 
Would you like a trip 
abroad? Well-to-do folks gen- 
erally go. A boy or girl born 
poor may some day be able to 
go over the sea. 
You must possess a birth 
certificate to get a passport. 
Birth Records Should Be ACCURATE 
Those who attend births should take great pains to see that all 
questions on a birth certificate are correctly answered by the mother, 
and the handwriting done with care, and with good ink. 
Also, the mother should be concerned and use every effort to see 
that her child is properly recorded and promptly registered. 
These records are filed in the Division of Vital Statistics of the 
State Board of Health where they are kept for generations. 
A birth certificate is of even greater value to a poor child than to 
a wealthy one. So, in fact, the poorer a family may be, the greater 
the reason for registering the birth of each child. 
16 Rule 12. (Adopted June 23, 1939). In order that this State may 
secure statistics on deaths which will be uniform with such records in 
other states, every death occurring in this State shall be registered on the 
Standard blank form prepared and furnished by the State Board of 
Health, said form containing the following: 
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION 
20. Date of death: Month day 
year hour A. M. or P. M 
21. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from 
that I last saw h .. alive on 19 
and that death occurred on the date and hour stated above. 
DURATION 
Due to .. : 
0t(Includedpr -"'r 
PHYSICIAN 
MAJOR FINbiNGS: 
Of operations - Underline 
sswrisus: 
should be 
01 *utop,y 
3. (a) FULL NAME I How Long hTu. S.7 Yrs. 
22. If death was due to external causes, fill In the following: 
(a) Accident, suicide, or homicide (specify) _ 
(b) Date of occurrence 
(c) Where did injury occur? 
(City or town) (County) (State) 
(d) Did Injury occur In or about home, on farm, in industrial 
place, in public place? 
(Specify type of place) 
While at work? (e) Means of injury 
department cif COMMERCE STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH state fh, no. 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI Registrar’s No. 
1. PLACE OF DEATH— 
County - - Town7 
H I I 0I" dVi*** b 07 Rur*1 
Length of Stay Before Death, (a) In Hospital (b) In this Community 
2. RESIDENCE BEFORE DEATH— 
State County Town7 PracfiTct 
3. (b) If veteran, 3 (c) Social Security 
4. Sex 5. Color or Race 6 (a) Single, widowed, married, 
6 (b) Name of husband or wife... 8 (c) Age of husband or wife If 
I«»ve years 
7. Birth date of deceased (liay) (Year) 
8. AGE: Years Months Days If less than one day 
hplace (Qjjy {owrli or covmty) (State or foreign country) 
10. Usual occupation —..— 
£ fl2. Name — 
j|l3. B rt P aC*city, town, or county) (State or foreign country) 
sjl- — ■ 
(City, town, or county) (State or foreign country) 
16 (a) Informant’s signature 
(b) Address 
17 (a> (Burial,''creation, or removal) <b> '(Month) (bay) (Year) 
(C) Place - - 
(b) Address IN RE: STANDARD CERTIFICATE BLANKS 
As ordered June 23, 1939, under Rules 5 (a), (b), (c), and Rule 12. 
That present rules and regulations of the Board of Health, or parts 
of such rules and regulations in conflict with this order shall be so con- 
strued as to conform to the contents of these new standard certificate 
blanks. 
REGISTRATION OF DEATHS 
Rule 13. No dead human body shall be held out for Burial, Crema- 
tion, or other such disposition in Mississippi longer than forty-eight (48) 
hours after death, unless the same has been thoroughly embalmed by a 
licensed embalmer. 
UNDERTAKER TO FILE DEATH CERTIFICATE 
and Obtain Permit (where required) 
Rule 14. The undertaker or person acting as undertaker shall be 
responsible for obtaining and filing the certificate of death with the 
registrar of the district in which the death occurred. He shall obtain the 
personal and statistical particulars from the person best qualified to supply 
them, over the signature and address of the informant. He shall then 
present the certificate to the attending physician, if any, or to the health 
officer or coroner, as directed by the registrar, for the medical certificate 
of the cause of death, and other particulars necessary to complete the 
record. He shall then state the facts required relative to the date of 
death and date and place of burial, over his signature and with his address, 
and present the completed certificate to the registrar within five days 
after the death occurred. 
Except that when a body is to be transported across the State line 
for final disposition in another state the completed death certificate 
must be delivered to the registrar and a burial-transit permit obtained 
prior to the removal of the body, in accord with Rules 15 and 23 of these 
Rules and Regulations. In such case the Undertaker shall deliver the 
burial-transit permit to the proper authority in the other state; or shall 
attach the burial-transit permit to the box containing the corpse, when the 
same is to be shipped by any transportation company. (See Rule 23, for 
Rules and Regulations Governing the Transportation of Bodies in the 
State of Mississippi). 
DISINTERMENT PERMIT 
Rule 15. No dead body shall be disinterred in Mississippi for trans- 
portation without a permit being given by the Mississippi State Board of 
Health for such disinterment; and said permit shall be presented to the 
registrar of the district in which the body is to be disinterred, who shall 
in turn issue a transportation permit if the body is to be re-interred in 
another state. Disinterred remains for transportation shall be incased in 
a metal casket or metal lined box and hermetically sealed; provided, that 
bodies in a receiving vault when prepared by licensed embalmers shall not 
be regarded as disinterred bodies until the expiration of thirty days. 
18 IN RE: BURIAL-TRANSIT PERMIT 
Rule 16. (As adopted June 27, 1941). It is hereby ordered by the 
Mississippi State Board of Health: 
That, after May 1, 1941, no undertaker or acting undertaker will be 
required to obtain a burial-transit permit in this State for disposition of 
any dead body, except under the following conidtions: 
(a) The regulation burial-transit permit must be obtained as here- 
tofore when a body is to be transported across the State line for burial 
or cremation in another State, in accord with Rule 23. 
(b) A permit accompanying a body brought into Mississippi for 
burial must be delivered by the funeral director within five days to the 
registrar of the district in which the body is interred, in accord with Rule 
23. 
(c) A disinterment permit must be obtained as heretofore, from the 
State Board of Health, when a body is to be disinterred for reinterment in 
another place, in accord with Rule 23. 
(d) Every undertaker or acting undertaker before burying a dead 
body in a cemetery with a regular sexton employed who is keeping a rec- 
ord of burials, shall present said sexton, on a blank furnished by the State 
Board of Health, certain information as required by Rule 17. 
(e) In any case where no permit is required a complete death cer- 
tificate must be filed by the undertaker or acting undertaker with the 
registrar of the district in which the death took place, and such certificate 
must be filed within five days after the death occurred. 
That all rules and regulations or parts of rules and regulations in con- 
flict with this order are hereby repealed. 
INFORMATION FOR SEXTON 
Rule 17. When a body is to be buried in a cemetery with a regular 
sexton employed, and the sexton is keeping a record of his burials, it 
shall be the duty of the undertaker to furnish said sexton at the time of 
the interment, the following information, either in the form of the regular 
burial permit, when required, or where permits are not required at the 
place of death, then on a special blank; 1. Name, age and sex of deceased; 
2. Place of death; 3. Cause of death; 4. Date of burial; 5. Name and address 
of undertaker. 
FALSE INFORMATION 
Rule 18. If the undertaker who secures information for a death 
certificate has reason to believe that any item has been answered falsely for 
the purpose of making an incorrect death record, it shall be the duty of 
said undertaker to inform the State Board of Health within five days 
after the death occurred, of such false information, at the same time 
furnishing the Board of Health with particulars as to name of deceased, date and place of death, name and address of party furnishing the false 
information, and the item, or items, of information believed to be false and 
given in for the purpose of making an incorrect record. 
DEATH WITHOUT MEDICAL ATTENTION 
Rule 19. In the case of a death where no physician was used, the 
health officer, if one is near, should fill out the physician’s side of the 
death certificate. If no health officer is available the registrar is authorized 
to complete the certificate, and should state that there was no attending 
physician; also should give cause of death according to whatever informa- 
tion may be available. Death from suspicious or foul means should be 
referred to the coroner for investigation and certification (by the coroner) 
on the death certificate. 
Rule 20. If no undertaker used his hearse in the disposition of a 
dead body, then the procedure just outlined in rules 13 to 19, inclusive 
must be followed by the acting undertaker or by the nearest relative of the 
deceased. 
Rule 21. The “Medical Certificate” on the death certificate blank 
shall be completed by, and signed by, the last physician in attendance on 
the deceased. Said physician shall also indicate on the blank the date of 
his certification. 
PHYSICIAN’S STATEMENT ON DEATH CERTIFICATE 
DELAYED DEATH CERTIFICATES 
Rule 22. No certificate for a death that occurred more than one 
year prior to request for filing shall be accepted by the Department of 
Vital Statistics, unless said record be supported by affidavits of at 
least two reliable persons, who shall be the undertaker or acting under- 
taker, or c.offin seller, and the last physician in attendance, if available. 
Provided, further, that no death certificate shall be accepted by the 
Department for any death that occurred more than five years prior to 
date of request for filing same. RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING THE TRANSPORTATION 
OF BODIES OF PERSONS DYING IN OR BURIED IN THE 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
(Rule 23. As amended June 23, 1939 and April, 1941) 
BODIES SHIPPED OUT OF THE STATE 
Rule 23. (1) A Burial-Transit Permit shall first be obtained from 
the Registrar of the District by the undertaker, or acting undertaker, be- 
fore transporting or shipping a corpse from Mississippi into another state. 
Said permit shall consist of the following, and the blanks for the same 
shall be furnished by the State Board of Health: 
(a) Full Name of Deceased; Place of Death; Date of Death; Method 
of Disposal; Place of Disposal. 
(b) Permit of Registrar. 
(c) Statement and Signature of Sexton or other authority as to 
date and method of Disposal, to be filled in immediately after disposition 
of the body. 
(d) When the body is to be shipped, the Burial-Transit Permit shall 
be attached in a strong envelope to the shipping case. 
(e) If the body is to be transported by Motor Vehicle, the Burial- 
Transit Permit shall be delivered immediately to the proper authorities 
in the other state. 
(f) The shipping funeral director shall state on the shipping en- 
velope how the body is prepared; and if embalmed, the name and license 
number of the embalmer. 
(2) The transportation into other states of bodies dead of smallpox, 
plague, Asiatic cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria (mem- 
branous croup or diphtheritic sore throat), scarlet fever, (scarlet rash or 
scarlatina), epidemic cerebrospinal meningitis, erysipelas, anthrax, and 
leprosy, shall be permitted only under the following conditions: The body 
shall be thoroughly embalmed with an approved disinfectant fluid, all 
orifices shall be closed with absorbent cotton, the body shall be washed 
with the disinfectant fluid, and placed at once in the coffin or casket 
which shall be immediately closed, and the coffin or casket shall be placed 
in a strong well made outside case. 
(3) Transportation of bodies dead of any disease other than those 
mentioned in Section 2 shall be permitted under the following conditions: 
(a) When the destination can be reached within twenty-four hours 
after death, the coffin or casket shall be enclosed in a strong well made 
outside case, and may be shipped or transported without embalming. 
(b) When the destination cannot be reached within twenty-four 
hours after death, the body shall be thoroughly embalmed, and the coffin 
or casket placed in a strong well made outside shipping case. 
(4) When a dead body is transported from another state into Mis- 
21 sissippi for burial, then the transit and removal permit, issued in accord- 
ance with the law and health regulations of the place where death occur- 
red, shall be delivered within five days by the undertaker to the regis- 
trar of the district where interment was made, together with a statement 
by the undertaker over his signature showing date and place of burial. 
(5) No dead body shall be disinterred in Mississippi for transporta- 
tion without a permit being given by the Mississippi State Board of Health 
for such disinterment; and said permit shall be presented to the registrar 
of the district in which the body is to be disinterred, who shall in turn issue 
a transportation permit if the body is to be re-interred in another state. 
Disinterred remains for transportation shall be incased in a metal casket 
or metal lined box and hermetically sealed; provided, that bodies in a re- 
ceiving vault when prepared by licensed embalmers shall not be regarded 
as disinterred bodies until the expiration of thirty days. (Rule 15). 
(6) The outside case may be omitted in all instances when the body 
is transported in hearse or funeral director’s conveyance. 
(7) Every outside case shall bear at least four handles and when 
over five feet six inches in length shall bear six handles. 
(8) The term embalming as employed in these rules shall require 
injection arterially, in addition to cavity injection, of an approved em- 
balming fluid by a licensed embalmer until the body is properly embalmed. 
RULE 24. TRANSPORTATION WITHIN THE STATE 
Rule 24. (1) Transportation within the State is defined as ship- 
ping or transporting a dead body from one county to another county in 
the State for burial or other disposition. 
(2) For transportation of bodies within the State, no Burial-Transit 
Permit is required, but when no permit is required, the undertaker in 
charge must observe Rule 17 of the Rules and Regulations wherever a 
sexton is keeping records of burials in his cemetery. 
(3) When the destination cannot be r6ached within twenty-four 
(24) hours after death, the body shall be thoroughly embalmed by a 
licensed embalmer. 
Except that a body for transportation in a first class container to 
the State University, for dissection purposes, may not be embalmed under 
36 hours after death. (Amendment November 28, 1936). 
(4) Every coffin or casket for transporting a body within the 
State shall be strongly and safely constructed. 
(5) The transportation of bodies dead of smallpox, plague, Asiatic 
cholera, yellow fever, typhus fever, diphtheria (membranous croup or 
diphtheritic sore throat), scarlet fever (scarlet rash or scarlatina), epi- 
demic cerebrospinal meningitis, anthrax, and leprosy shall be permitted 
only under the following conditions: The body shall be thoroughly em- 
balmed with an approved disinfectant fluid, all orifices shall be closed 
with absorbent cotton, the body shall be washed with the disinfectant 
22 fluid and placed at once in the coffin or casket, which shall be immediately 
closed; and no coffin or casket containing a body dead of one of the above 
mentioned diseases shall be opened for inspection of the body. 
(6) No disinterred body, offensive to smell, shall be transported in 
this State unless encased in a metal casket or metal lined box, and her- 
metically sealed. 
ADOPTED JUNE 25, 1926 
BY THE MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
Revised June 24, 1929 
Revised November 16, 1931 
Revised December 8, 1937 
Revised June 23, 1939 
Revised June 27, 1941 
UNDERTAKERS TO MAKE MONTHLY REPORTS 
REPORTS 
Rule 25. For the purpose of obtaining an additional check on death 
registration in Mississippi, it is hereby ordered by the Mississippi State 
Board of Health that on the first day of every month, each and every 
person, firm, corporation, burial society, or burial association, engaged in 
the business of burying dead persons, shall make a report to the Depart- 
ment, or its designated agent, showing the following data relative to each 
and every dead person buried during the previous month by such person, 
firm, corporation, burial society, or burial association: (1) name of de- 
ceased; (2) color; (3) county in which death occurred; (4) date of death; 
(5) name of registrar to whom the death certificate was delivered. 
COFFIN DEALERS’ RECORDS AND REPORTS 
Rule 26. Every person, firm, or corporation selling a casket, shall 
keep a record showing the name of the purchaser, purchaser’s post office 
address, name of deceased, date and county of death of deceased, and 
name and address of nearest relative of the deceased living in the home 
or in the community at the time of the death. This record to be open to 
inspection of the State Registrar at all times. On the first day of each 
month the person, firm, or corporation selling caskets shall report to the 
State Registrar, or his designated agent, each sale for the preceding month, 
on a blank provided for that purpose, and containing the following in- 
formation: (1) name of deceased; (2) color; (3) county of the death; 
(4) date of death; (5) name and address of nearest relatives; (6) relation 
of said relative to deceased. Provided, however, no person, firm, or cor- poration selling caskets only to dealers or undertakers shall be required 
to keep such records, nor shall such reports be required from undertakers 
when they have direct charge of the disposition of a dead body. 
Every person, firm, or corporation selling a casket at retail and not 
having charge of the disposition of the body, shall enclose within the 
casket a blank death certificate and a notice furnished by the State 
Registrar calling the attention of the family of the deceased to the re- 
quirements of the law, and the rules and regulations of the State Board 
of Health concerning the burial or other disposition of a dead body; and 
shall write at the bottom of said notice the name of the registrar of the 
district in which the death occurred. 
Every person, firm, or corporation selling caskets at retail shall 
obtain from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics at least once a year 
a list of registrars of all counties in which caskets are sold by him or them. 
The name of the person, firm, or corporation selling a casket shall 
be written on the reverse side of the blank death certificate placed inside 
of the casket. 
Rule 27. (As amended June 27, 1941.) All superintendents or man- 
agers, or other persons in charge of hospitals, almshouses, lying-in or other 
institutions, public or private, to which persons resort for treatment of 
diseases, confinements, or are committed by process of law, are hereby 
required to make a record for each inmate on admittance of all the per- 
sonal and statistical particulars that are required in the forms of birth 
and death certificates provided for by the Rules and Regulations, and as 
directed by the State Registrar. The personal particulars and information 
required by this section shall be obtained from the individual himself 
if it is practicable to do so; and when they can not be so obtained, they 
shall be secured in as complete a manner as possible from relatives, friends, 
or other persons acquainted with the facts. 
HOSPITAL RECORDS AND REPORTS 
Except that for persons resorting to said institutions for confine- 
ment, the personal and statistical particulars shall be entered on the 
standard birth (or stillbirth) certificate blank supplied by the Missis- 
sippi State Board of Health, and it shall be the duty of the Superintend- 
ent or manager of the institution immediately after each live birth oc- 
curs to prepare a live birth certificate in detail and secure the signature 
thereon of the attendant at the birth; and in the case of a stillborn 
child to prepare a stillbirth certificate through Item 22; then to have 
the attendant on the stillbirth complete Items 23 through 28 including 
his signature; then to have the undertaker or other person taking 
charge of the body to complete Items 29, 30, and 31. Completed live 
birth certificates and stillbirth certificates must be turned over to the 
registrar of the district on request of the registrar, except that when the 
body of a stillborn infant is to be transported across the State line the 
undertaker, or acting undertaker, must exchange the stillborn birth cer- 
tificate with the registrar for a burial-transit permit. 
It shall be the duty of every hospital in the state, through its super- 
24 intendent or manager, to make a report to the State Department of Vital 
Statistics, through the registrar of the district where the hospital is 
located, on the first day of each month, on blanks provided by the State 
Board of Health, showing a complete list of births and deaths occurring 
in the hospital during the preceding month, and giving in detail the follow- 
ing information relative to each birth: (1) Date of Birth, (2) Name of 
Father, (3) Address of Father, (4) Name of Attendant; and giving in 
detail the following information relative to each death: (1) Name and Age 
of Deceased, (2) Date of Death, (3) Previous Address, (4) Name of At- 
tending Physician, (5) Disposition of the Body. Every stillbirth shall be 
reported as a birth only. 
In case of an illegitimate child, the report must show the name of the 
mother instead of the name of the father. 
REGISTRAR'S REPORTS 
Rule 28. (As revised Dec. 13, 1940). It shall be the duty of the 
Registrar to supply blank forms to such persons as require them and he 
shall carefully examine each certificate of birth or death when presented 
for record to see that it has been made out in accordance with the pro- 
visions of the rules and regulations and the instructions of the State 
Registrar; and if any certificate is incomplete or unsatisfactory, it shall 
be his duty to secure the proper information. And he shall on the fifth 
day of each month transmit to the State Registrar, or to the County 
Health Officer if so directed, all of the original certificates of births and 
deaths registered with him during the preceding month, together with a 
summary card, and such other reports as he may have received from un- 
dertakers, coffin dealers, hospitals, etc., but the health officer must for- 
ward said report to the Division of Vital Statistics not later than the 
7th of the month. 
Rule 29. The State Registrar shall carefully examine the certificates 
received monthly from registrars, and if any such are incomplete or 
unsatisfactory he shall require such further information to be furnished 
as may be necessary to make the record complete and satisfactory. And 
all physicians, midwives, informants, or undertakers, connected with any 
case, and all other persons having knowledge of the facts, are hereby 
required to furnish such information as they may possess regarding any 
birth or death, upon demand of the State Registrar in person, by mail, or 
through the registrar. 
INCOMPLETE CERTIFICATES 
GENERAL RULES 
BLANK FORMS 
Rule 30. The State Registrar shall prepare, print, and supply all 
registrars all blanks and forms used is registering, recording, and pre- 
serving the returns, or in otherwise carrying out the purposes of this Act; 
and shall prepare and issue such detailed instructions as may be required 
to secure the uniform observance of its provisions and maintenance of a perfect system of registration. And no other blanks shall be used than those 
supplied by the State Registrar. 
BINDING AND INDEXING 
Rule 31. The State Registrar shall furnish, arrange, bind, and 
permanently preserve the certificates in a systematic manner, and shall 
prepare and maintain a comprehensive and continuous index of all births 
and deaths registered. 
Rule 32. The State Registrar shall, upon request, furnish any 
applicant a certified copy of the record of any birth or death registered 
under provisions of this Act, for making and certification of which he 
shall be entitled to a fee of fifty cents to be paid by the applicant. For 
any search of the files and records, when no certified copy is made, the 
State Registrar shall be entitled to a fee of fifty cents for each hour or 
fractional hour of the time of search, to be paid by the applicant. And the 
State Registrar shall keep a true and correct account of all fees received 
by him under these provisions, and turn the same over to the State 
Treasurer quarterly. 
Provided, further, that no registrar shall issue a plain copy or certified 
copy of any record of birth or death. 
CERTIFIED COPIES OF CERTIFICATES 
PENALTIES FOR VIOLATING REGULATIONS 
PHYSICIANS AND MIDWIVES 
Rule 33. If any physician, who was in medical attendance upon any 
deceased person at the time of death shall neglect or refuse to make out 
and deliver to the undertaker, sexton, or other person in charge of the 
interment, removal, or other disposition of the body, upon request, the 
medical certificate of cause of death, hereinbefore provided. 
Or, if any physician or midwife, in attendance upon a case of confine- 
ment, or any other person charged with responsibility for reporting births, 
who shall neglect or refuse to file a proper certificate of birth with the 
registrar within the time required by Rule 6 shall be deemed guilty of 
violation of Section 7 of the Act. 
UNDERTAKERS, SEXTONS, ETC. 
Rule 34. If any undertaker, sexton, or other person acting as under- 
taker, shall inter, remove, or otherwise dispose of the body of any deceased 
person, without having received a burial or removal permit as herein 
provided he shall be deemed guilty of violation of Section 7 of the Act. 
Rule 35. If any registrar, or deputy registrar, or sub-registrar who 
shall neglect or fail to enforce the provisions of this Act in his district, or 
shall neglect or refuse to perform any of the duties imposed upon him by 
this Act or by the instructions and direction of the State Registrar, shall 
be deemed guilty of violation of' Section 7 of the Act. 
REGISTRARS 
26 ALTERING CERTIFICATES, ETC. 
Rule 36. If any person who shall wilfully alter any certificate of 
birth or death, or the copy of any certificate of birth or death on file 
in the office of the local or State Registrar, shall be deemed guilty of 
violation of Section 7 of the Act. Any other person, or persons who shall 
violate any of the provisions of this Act and the Rules and Regulations, 
or shall wilfully neglect or refuse .to perform any duties imposed upon 
them by the provisions of the Act, and the Rules and Regulations, or shall 
furnish false information to a physician, undertaker, midwife or informant, 
for the purpose of making incorrect certification of births or deaths shall 
be guilty of violation of Section 7 of the Act. 
TRANSPORTATION COMPANIES 
Rule 37. Any transportation company or common carrier trans- 
porting or carrying, or accepting through its agents or employees for 
transportation or carriage, the body of any deceased person, without an 
accompanying permit issued in accordance with the provisions of the 
Rules and Regulations, shall be deemed guilty of violation of Section 7 
of the Act; provided, that in case the death occurred outside of the State, 
and the body is accompanied by a certificate of death, burial or removal or 
transit permit issued in accordance with law or Board of Health regulations 
in force where the death occurred, such death certificate, burial or removal 
or transit permit, may be held to authorize the transportation or carriage 
of the body into or through the State. 
REGISTRARS TO ENFORCE REGULATIONS 
Rule 38. Registrars are hereby charged with the strict and thorough 
enforcement of the provisions of this Act in their districts, under the 
supervision and direction of the State Registrar. And they shall make an 
immediate report to the State Registrar of any violations of this law, 
coming to their notice by observation or upon complaint of any person, 
or otherwise. The State Registrar under the direction of the State 
Board of Health is hereby charged with the thorough and efficient execu- 
tion of the provisions of the Act and the Rules and Regulations in every 
part of the State, and with the supervisory power over registrars, to the 
end that all of the requirements shall be uniformly complied with. He 
shall have authority to investigate cases of irregularity or violation of 
law, personally or by accredited representative, and all registrars shall 
aid him, upon request, in such investigations. When he shall deem it 
necessary, he shall report cases of violation of any of the provisions of 
this Act to the prosecuting attorney of the proper county, with a state- 
ment of facts and circumstances, and when any such case is reported to 
them by the State Registrar, all prosecuting attorneys shall forthwith 
initiate and prosecute the necessary proceedings against the parties re- 
sponsible for the alleged violation of the law. 
FELIX J. UNDERWOOD, M. D. 
Secretary and Executive Officer 
Mississippi State Board of Health 
27 PREPARATION AND FILING OF CERTIFICATES OF BIRTHS 
AND DEATHS 
1. The new Standard Live Birth, Stillbirth, and Death blanks 
should be used exclusively. All old forms should be discarded, 
if any are left on hand. 
2. Every item on the blank should be carefully answered with 
information obtained from the individual best informed in the 
case. Physicians will please carry the "Birth Record Note Book" 
along and get correct data for birth certificates from the new 
mothers themselves. This note book will also be the doctor's 
stub book. 
3. Each certificate should be prepared as neatly as possible with 
pen and good ink. Typing is acceptable, if the letters are clear. 
Physicians and undertakers should know that nearly half the cer- 
tificates are photographed and sent to the families concerned. 
4. Stillbirths are to be recorded only on the new Standard Still- 
birth certificate blank. 
5. Signatures. Birth and Death certificates are legal records. 
Physicians and undertakers must sign in ink. A record may be 
challenged in court, or by some other person or agency if signa- 
tures are not properly done. The registrar signs each certificate. 
The "informant" must sign on the death certificate. 
6. Filing. Our county registrars are now Special Agents of the 
Bureau of the Census, and can cooperate with physicians and 
undertakers in filing certificates. In a county with full-time 
health department, immediate filing of each certificate with the 
registrar would be a great help to the health officer; also to the 
Social Security Board with which many of our citizens are now 
concerned. Death certificates should never be filed later than 5 
days after death. 
7. The Division of Vital Statistics of the Mississippi State Board 
of Health was organized November 1, 1912. From that time 
to November 1, 1939 — twenty-seven years — approximately 
1,216,000 live births were registered, together with 614,000 
deaths. In addition, since January 1, 1926, this Division has 
registered approximately 400,000 marriages and 36,000 divorces. 
Also, there have been secured about 300,000 card records of 
marriages in the State dating from the earliest times to January 
1, 1926. 
28 THE VALUE OF THE DEATH CERTIFICATE 
FIRST — What a Death Certificate IS NOT. 
The certificate of Death as prepared by the undertaker is not simply a 
scrap of paper. It is not merely a blank filled out because the registration law 
requires such a formality. It is not just a piece of writing to be laid upon a 
musty shelf and never referred to again. It is not merely a few facts and fig- 
ures to be combined with other such records and certain statistics derived there- 
from. 
SECOND — What a Death Certificate IS. 
1. It is a living record of a dead personality. No matter how lowly in 
life, or how highly esteemed — the infant, the sharecropper, the prince or the 
king—each must have a death certificate prepared at death. The same blank is 
used for the pauper as is used for the king. 
2. The Death Certificate is a legal record — a living witness of facts, 
not only for today, but for generations to come. A fortune may hinge on a 
death certificate. 
3. Death records constitute the barometer of the health conditions of a 
community, or state, or a nation. From year to year they portray the progress 
we are making, or foiling to make, in our battles with the grim reaper. 
4. The Death Certificate is a family record. For over a quarter of a cen- 
tury it has been unnecessary for citizens of Mississippi to enter their deaths in 
the family Bible, which wears out easily, and which goes up in smoke along with 
other household effects when the house burns down. 
Therefore, Death Certificates should be promptly and accurately compiled, 
and then filed with all diligence, with the registrar who transmits them to the 
Division of Vital Statistics of the Mississippi State Board of Health. 
Social Security 
Nearly 50,000,000 persons have been given 
Social Security numbers in the United States 
— about one-third of the entire population. 
The Social Security Board must have immedi- 
ate proof of death of any number holder. 
Arrangements for such proof have been made 
through state and local registrars. 
Therefore, this constitutes one of the modern and important reasons for 
prompt and accurate filing of certificates of death. Always think of Social 
Security in connection with a death. A space is provided for the number on 
the death certificate. MODERN EQUIPMENT 
FOR HANDLING MISSISSIPPI’S VITAL STATISTICS 
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HAYES 
ALICE 
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2 
1528 
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HICKEV 
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36 
1 
8703 
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HOUSE 
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12235 
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HOUSE 
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10505 INDEX 
Page 
Adoption Certificates of Birth 10 
Altering Certificates 27 
Birth Certificate, Content 8 
Births—Delayed Certificates 13 
Births—How Registered 11 
Births, Illegitimate 13 
Births, Stillborn 12 
Binding and Indexing 26 
Blank Forms 25 
Burial-Transit Permit 19 
Certified Copies of Certificates 26 
Child’s Name 1 12 
Coffin Dealers, Duties 23 
Coffin Dealers, Monthly Reports 23 
Death Certificate, Content 17 
Deaths, Undertakers Time Limit 18 
Deaths, Without Medical Attention 20 
Death Certificate, Physician’s Statement 20 
Death Certificate, Delayed 20 
Death Certificate, False Information 19 
Deaths, How Registered 18 
Disinterment Permit 18 
Divorce Reports 6 
Hospitals, Records 24 
Hospitals, Reports 24 
Incomplete Certificates 25 
Law Authorizing Bureau of Vital Statistics 5 
Marriage Reports 6 
Physician’s Statement, Death Certificate 20 
Penalties for Violation of Regulations 26 
Public Inspection of Records 4 
Registration District 7 
Registrars and Deputies, Appointment 7 
Registrars, How Paid (Sec. 6 of Laws) 6 
Registrars, Removal of 7 
Registrars, Records 14 
Registrars, Reports 25 
Registrars to Enforce Rules and Regulations 27 
Sexton, Information for 19 
Stillbirth Certificate, Content 9 
Stillbirths, How Registered 12 
Transportation Companies 27 
Transportation Rules 21 
Undertakers, Monthly Reports 23 
Undertakers, Duty When False Information Is Given 19 
31 14 
LEGISLATION CONCERNING DEATH RECORDS 
The act of June 26, 1822, required the assessors of taxes in the several 
counties, at the time of making their next assessment and for three succeeding 
years, to make an enumeration of births, deaths and persons over 70 years 
of age in their counties and report it to tho Secretary of State who was to lay 
it before the The assessor received a fee of 5 cents for each 
person so enumerated. No records compiled under this lav/ have been found* 
By a law approved March 1, 1878, it was made tho duty of the State Board 
of Health, to exercise general supervision of the State system of registration 
of births, marriages and The secretary of the board was made Superin- 
tendent of Vital Statistics in the State. It was provided that records of 
deaths, births, and marriages should be filed with the clerk of the circuit 
court. This provision was repealed by the act of March 4, 1880.° 
From 1897 to 1912, the function of collecting complete death statistics 
was assigned to a county board consisting of 5 physicians, one from each super- 
visor’s district, appointed by the State Bureau of Vital Statistics. Tho Hospi- 
tal Medical College at Vicksburg acted as the State Bureau of Vital Statistics 
until 1906. It was provided that the county board might keep book.’ for regis- 
tering deaths which occured in the counties. The State Bureau was required to 
make an annual report to the State Department of Health concerning statistical 
work done in tho State during the proceeding Since no funds wore pro- 
vided this law was never carried out. 
Death registration with tho Division of Vital Statistics cf the State 
Board of Health was established in Mississippi by the ace of 1912By the end 
of 1938, a total of 591,436 deaths had been registeredr° 
NO DEATH CERTIFICATES OR COPIES THEREOF ARE AVAILABLE EXCEPT FRCM THE 
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. Records of deaths kept in the counties are copies or 
abstracts, of the originals sent to the State Board. Because of the tendency to 
consolidate registration districts and the fact that the County Health Officer 
is the most important health official in the county, records are listed under 
his office even though they may, in part, be in the possession of the local reg- 
istrars. Where there is no Health Office records are listed with the Registrar. 
1 • ~L» M*' 1'822 , <24 . 
2. L. M. 1878, p. 131. 
3. L. M. 1880, p. 160. 
4. L. M« 1897, p. 15] Code 1906, sec. 1645. 
5. L. M. 1912, pp. 158-159; Code 1917, secs. 4868-4874; Code 1830, sees. 
4904-4910. 
6. Mississippi State Board of Health, Thirty-First Biennial Report, 
1937-39,”p. 28. (1-3) 
STATE DEATH RECORDS 
(See also entry 9, p. 5) 
1. DEATHS, 1912—. 1457 vols. (labeled by contained cert if. nos.). 
Original standard death certificates filed with Division of Vital Statistics 
by local registrars of births and deaths, showing State file number, place of 
death by county, city, rural precinct, hospital, or street address; length 
of stay before death in hospital or in the community; residence before death 
by State, county, city,or rural precinct; full name of deceased; if foreign 
born, number of years in United States; veteran’s status, if any; social se- 
curity number; sex, color, or race, and marital status; name and age of husband 
or wife if alive; month, day and year of birth of deceased; age of deceased in 
years, months, and days, and in hours and minutes if less than one day of age; 
birthplace, usual occupation, industry or business of deceased; name and birth- 
place of father; full maiden name and birthplace of mother; signature and ad- 
dress of informant; whether buried, cremated, or removed, and date and place'of 
burial, cremation, or removal; signature and address of funeral director; date 
certificate received by local registrar; signature of registrar; medical cer- 
tification showing month, day, year, hour, a. m. or p. m. of death; certificate 
of physician of attendance on deceased; duration of attendance; last time seen 
alive; immediate cause of death; major findings of operation or autopsy; data 
as to doath if due to external causes; whether accident, suicide, or homicide; 
whether death occurod in or about hone, on farm, in industrial place, or in 
public place, and while at work; means of injury; signature and address of phy- 
sician, and date signed. Arr. alph. by name of county in which doath occured, 
and numer. thereunder by contained Stato file no. For index, see entries 2, 3. 
Edw. on ptd. form. 500 pp. 7 x 9 x 3. 
2. DEATH INDEX, 1912-40. 21 vols. (dated). 
Russel-Soundcx index to Deaths (entry 1), showing surname and Christian name of 
deceased, name of county of death, color of deceased, certificate number, and 
year of doath. Arr. alph. by first letter of surname and alph. thereunder by 
first letter of Christian name. Typed, 13 vols., 1912-24, 1927-31; photostat 
of typed card slips, 8 vols., 1925-26, 1932-40. 200 pp. 12 x 9 x 2. 
3. DEATH INDEX, Jan. 1, 1941 - Sept. 30, 1941. 77 Remington-Rand Double 
Panels. 
Card slip index to 1941 volumes in Deaths (entry 1), showing surname and Chris- 
tian name of deceased; name of county of death; color of deceased; certificate 
number; and year of death. Arr. alph. by first letter of surname of deceased, 
and alph. thereunder by first letter of Christian name. Typed. Av. 90 card 
slips to panel 6 x 15* 
Dr. R. N. Whitfield, Director, Division of Vital Statistics, Miss. State 
Board of Health, Jackson. Certified copy 50/. COUNTY DEATH RECORDS 
ADAMS COUNTY (Natchez) 
1879 Record (in Register of Marriages, Births and Deaths), 1 vol. 
Chron. by date of death. Circuit Clerk, Natchez. 
1929-- Record* 1 f. d. and 5 shelves (4! x !♦)* Alph. by surname of de- 
ceased. Card index. Alph. by surname of deceased. County 
Health Officer, Natchez. 
ALCORN COUNTY (Corinth) 
1938— Record, 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death. Index alph. by surname 
of deceased. County Health Officer, Corinth. 
AMITE COUNTY (Liberty) 
1913— Record, 12 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Liberty. 
ATTALA COUNTY (Kosciusko) 
1912— Record, 40 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Registrar, 
Kosciusko. 
BENTON COUNTY (Ashland) 
1912— Record, 20 vols* Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Ashland. 
BOLIVAR COUNTY (Roscdale-Clcveland) 
1935— Record, If. b. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Rosedale, 
CALHOUN COUNTY (Pittsboro) 
1912— Record, 31 vols, Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Pittsboro. 
CARROLL COUNTY (Carrollton-Vaiden) 
1912— Record, 97 vols. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. 
Registrar, Carrollton. 
1916— Record, 21 vols. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Vaiden. 
CHICKASAW COUNTY (Houston-Okolona) 
1912— Record, 24 bundles. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Houston. 
1915— Record, 1 f. b. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar. 
Ok oIona. Deaths 
CHOCTAW COUNTY (Ackerman) 
1916— Record, 9 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Ackerman. 
CLAIBORNE COUNTY (Port Gibson) 
1915— Record, 18 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Port Gibson. 
CLARKE COUNTY (Quitman) 
1916— Record, 24 vols. Alph. by first letter of surname of deceased. 
No index. County Health Officer, Quitman. 
CLAY COUNTY (West Point) 
v 
1912— Record, 190 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Regis- 
trar, West Point. 
COAHCMA COUNTY (Clarksdale) 
1928— Record, 37 vols. and 8 f. b. Alph. by surname of deceased. 
No index. County Health Officer, Clarksdale. 
COPIAH COUNTY (Hazlehurst) 
1912-- Record, 35 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Hazlehurst. 
COVINGTON COUNTY (Collins) 
1912— Record, 10 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Collins. 
DESOTO COUNTY (Hernando) 
1935— Record, 14 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Hernando. 
FORREST COUNTY (Hattiesburg) 
1912— Record, 3 vols. Alph. by first letter of surname of deceased. 
No index. County Health Officer, Hattiesburg. 
FRANKLIN COUNTY (Meadville) 
1912— Record, 24 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Meadville. 
GEORGE COUNTY (Luccdale) 
1912—- Record, 16 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No 
index. County Health Officer, Lucedale. Deaths 
GREENE COUNTY (Leakesville) 
1935-- Record, 2 vols. and 2 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No 
index. County Health Officer, Leakesville. 
GRENADA COUNTY (Grenada) 
1912— Record, 33 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Grenada. 
HANCOCK COUNTY (Bay St. Louis) 
1912— Record, 29 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Bay St. Louis. 
HARRISON COUNTY (Gulfport) 
1906-16 Record (Gulfport), 1 vol. Chron. by date of death. No index. 
Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Jackson. 
1912— Record, 70 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Gulfport, 
HINDS COUNTY (Raymond-Jackson) ' 
1925— Record, 140 vols. Chron. by date of death. No indox. County 
Health Officer, Jackson. 
HOLMES COUNTY (Lexington) 
1930— Record, 1 vol. and 2 f. b. Chron. by date of death and alph. 
by surname of deceased. No index. County Health Officer, 
Lexington. 
HUMPHREYS COUNTY (Belzoni) 
1933— Record, 1 f. d. Alph. by name of deceased. No index. County 
Health Officer, Belzoni. 
ISSAQUENA COUNTY (Mayersville) 
1912— Record, 7 vols. and 2 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No index. 
Mayersville. 
ITAWAMBA COUNTY (Fulton) 
1912-- Rocord, 1 f. b. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
FuIt on • 
JACKSON COUNTY (Pascagoula) 
1909— Record, 4 shelves. Alph. by surname. No index. County Health 
Officer, Pascagoula, Deaths 
JASPER COUNTY (Bay Springs) 
1912— Record, 36 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Bay Springs. 
JEFFERSON COUNTY (Fayette) 
1912— Record, 15 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Fayette. 
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (Prentiss) 
1914— Record, 37 vols. Chron. by date of death. Index alph. by first 
letter of surname of deceased. County Health Officer, Prentiss.. 
JONES COUNTY (Ellisville-Laurel) 
1912— Record, 21 vols. and 13 f. b. Chron. by date of death and alph. 
by surname of deceased. No index. County Health Officer, 
Laurel. 
KEMPER COUNTY (DeKalb) 
1933— Record, 8 vols. and 6 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No index. 
County Health Officer, DeKalb. 
LAFAYETTE COUNTY (Oxford) 
1912— Record, 53 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Oxford. 
LAMAR COUNTY (Purvis) 
1933— Record, 1 f. b. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Purvis. 
LAUDERDALE COUNTY (Meridian) 
1930— Record, 14 f. b. Alph. by first letter of surname of deceased. 
No index. County Health Officer, Meridian. 
LAWRENCE COUNTY (Monticello) 
1935— Record, 6 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Mont icello. 
LEAKE COUNTY 
Not invent or icd • 
LES COUNTY (Tupelo) 
1932— Record, 1 vol. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death and alph. by 
surname of deceased. No index. County Health Officer., Tupelo. 20 
Deaths 
LEFLORE COUNTY (Greenwood) 
1931— Record, 1 f. b. Alph. by first letter of surname of deceased. 
No index. County Health Officer, Greenwood. 
LINCOLN COUNTY (Brookhaven) 
1929— Record, 1 vol. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death and alph. by 
surname of deceased. No index. County Health Officer, Brook- 
haven. 
LOWNDES COUNTY (Columbus) 
1913— Record, 82 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Columbus. 
MADISON COUNTY (Canton) 
1936 — Record, 2 f. b. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. County 
Health Officer, Canton* 
MARION COUNTY (Columbia) 
1915— Record, 30 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date recorded. No index. 
County Health Officer, Columbia, 
MARSHALL COUNTY (Holly Springs) 
1912— Record, 43 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Holly Springs. 
MONROE COUNTY (Aberdeen) 
1935— Record, 1 f. d. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. County 
Health Officer, Aberdeen. 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (Winona) 
1912— Record, 30 vols. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Winona. 
NESHOBA COUNTY (Philadelphia) 
1930— Record, 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Philadelphia. 
NEWTON COUNTY (Decatur) 
1931— Record, 19 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Registrar, 
Decatur. 
NOXUBEE COUNTY (Macon) 
1912— Record, 45 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Registrar, 
Macon. Deaths 
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY (Starkville) 
1912— Record, 38 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Starkville. 
PANOLA COUNTY (Batesville-Sardis) 
1912— Record, 84 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Datesville. 
PEARL RIVER COUNTY (Poplarville) 
1935— Record, 1 f. b. Alph. by surname of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Poplarville. 
PERRY COUNTY (New Augusta) 
1912— Record, 20 vols. and 1 f. b. Alph. by first letter of surname 
of deceased. No index. County Health Officer, New Augusta. 
PIKE COUNTY (Magnolia) 
1931— Record, 1 f. b. Alph. by first letter of surname of deceased. 
No index. County Health Officer, Magnolia. 
PONTOTOC COUNTY (Pontotoc) 
1935-- Record, 1 f. d. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Pontotoc. 
PRENTISS COUNTY (Booneville) 
1912— Record, 24 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Booneville. 
QUITMAN COUNTY (Marks) 
1923-- Record, 50 vols. Alph. by surnEime of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Marks. 
RANKIN COUNTY (Brandon) 
1912— Record, 44 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Brandon. 
SCOTT COUNTY (Forest) 
1912— Record, 19 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Registrar. 
Forest. 
SHARKEY COUNTY (Rolling Fork) 
1927— Record, 5 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No index. 
County Health Officer, Rolling Fork. Deaths 
SIMPSON COUNTY (Mendenhall) 
1912-- Record, 38 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Mendenhall. 
SMITH COUNTY (Raleigh) 
1912-- Record, 14 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Raleigh. 
STONE COUNTY (Wiggins) 
1912— Record, 12 vols. and If. b. Chron. by date of death and alph. 
thereunder by first letter of surname of deceased. No index. 
County Health Officer, Wiggins. 
SUNFLOWER COUNTY (indianola) 
1933-- Record, 3 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Indianola. 
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (Charleston-Sumner) 
1912— Record, 40 vols. and 3 f. b. Chron. by date of death. Index 
alph. by surname of deceased. County Health Officer, Charleston. 
TATE COUNTY (Senatobia) 
1912- Rocord, 15 vols. and 3 f. b. Chron. by date of death. Index 
alph. by surname of deceased. County Health Officer, Senatobia. 
TIPPAH COUNTY (Ripley) (Sec also Marriages, Tippah County, p. 41) 
1913— Record, 8 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Ripley. 
TISHOMINGO COUNTY (luka) 
1938— Record, 4 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death. No index. 
County Health Officer, luka. 
TUNICA COUNTY (Tunica) 
1925-- Record, 20 vols. and 1 f. b. Chron. by date of death and alph. 
by first letter of surname of deceased. No index. County 
Health Officer, Tunica. 
UNION COUNTY (New Albany) 
1912-- Record, 96 vols. and If. d. Chron. by date of death-. 1912- 
1936, no index; 1937—, index alph. by surname of deceased.. 
County Health Officer, New Albany. Deaths 
WALTHALL COUNTY (Tylertown) 
1914-- Record, 21 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Registrar, 
Tylertown. 
WARREN COUNTY (Vicksburg) 
1928-- Record, 4 f. b. Chron. by date recorded. No index. County 
Health Officer, Vicksburg. 
WASHINGT ON C OUNTY (Gr e en vi 1 le) 
1937-- Record, 51 vols. Chron. by date of death and alph. by surname 
of deceased. No index. County Health Officer, Greenville. 
WAYNE COUNTY (Waynesboro) 
1913— Record, 19 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. County 
Health Officer, Waynesboro. 
WEBSTER COUNTY (Walthall) 
1935-- Record, 6 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Registrar, 
Walt hall, 
WILKINSON COUNTY (Woodville) 
1912-- Record, 20 vols. Chron. by date of death. No index. Registrar, 
Controvillc. 
WINSTON COUNTY (Louisville) 
1921— Record, 25 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. Registrar, 
Louisville and Noxapater. 
YALOBUSHA COUNTY (Coffeevillo-Water Valley) 
1912— Record, 14 vols. Chron. by date recorded. County Health 
Officer, Water Valley. 
YAZOO COUNTY 
Not inventoried. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
Bureau of the Census 
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF DEATH 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
State File No. 
Registrar’s No. 
1. PLACE OF DEATH— 
City or Inside or Outside 
County Town Corporate Limits? 
or Street or Rural 
Hospital and Number Precinct 
Length of Stay Before Death, (a) in Hospital (b) In this Community 
2. RESIDENCE BEFORE DEATH— 
City or or Rural 
State County Town Precinct 
3. (a) FULL NAME 
If Foreign Born 
How Long in U. S.? Yr«. 
3. (b) If veteran, 3 (c) Social Security 
name war No 
MEDICAL CERTIFICATION 
20. Date of death: Month day 
year hour A. M. or P. M 
21. I hereby certify that I attended the deceased from 
19 , to , 19 ; 
that I last saw h alive on 19 ; 
and that death occurred on the date and hour stated above. 
DURATION 
Immediate cause of death 
Due to 
Other conditions 
(Include pregnancy within 3 months of death) 
PHYSICIAN 
MAJOR FINDINGS: 
Of operations Underline 
the cause to 
which death 
should be 
Of autopsy charged sta- 
tistically. 
22. If death was due to external causes, fill in the following: 
(a) Accident, suicide, or homicide (specify) 
(b) Date of occurrence 
(c) Where did injury occur? 
(City or town) (County) (State) 
(d) Did injury occur in or about home, on farm, in industrial 
place, in public place? 
(Specify type of place) 
While at work? (e) Means of injury 
23. Signature , M. D. 
Address Date Signed. ..._ 
4. Sex 5. Color or Race 6 (a) Single, widowed, married 
divorced 
6 (b) Name of husband or wife. 6 (c) Age of husband or wife il 
(alive years 
7. Birth date of deceased 
(Month) (Day) (Year) 
8. AGE: Years I Months Days If less than one day 
hr min 
9. Birthplace 
(City, town, or county) (State or foreign country) 
10. Usual occupation 
11. Industry or business 
2 [ 12. Name 
£ ) 13. Birthplace 
(City, town, or county) (State or foreign country) 
£C f 
Ul 14. Maiden name 
xj 
o|15. Birthplace 
Ig I (City, town, or county) (State or foreign country) 
16 (a) Informant’s signature 
(b) Address 
17 (a) (b) Date 
(Burial, cremation, or removal) (Month) (Day) (Year) 
(c) Place 
18 (a) Signature, funeral director 
(b) Address - 
19 (a) (b) 
(Date received local registrar) (Registrar’s signature) DEPARTMENT 
OF COMMERCE 
STANDARD CERTIFICATE OF STILLBIRTH 
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI 
State File 
Number 
Bureau of 
The Census 
Registrar’s 
Number 
1. PLACE OF STILLBIRTH— 
City or Inside or Outside 
County Town Corporate Limits? 
or Street or Rural 
Hospital and No. Precinct 
Mother’s Stay Before Delivery—(a) In Hospital (b) In the Community 
2. RESIDENCE OF MOTHER— 
City or or Rural 
State County T own Precinct 
3. NAME OF CHILD STILLBORN 
4. Date of birth 
(Month) (D»y) (Ymut) 
5. Sex: 
6. Twin or 
triplet 
If so—born 1st, 
2d. or 3d 
7. Number months of 
pregnancy 
8. Is mother married? . 
FATHER OF CHILD 
9. Full name 
10. Color or race 11. Age at time of this birth yrs. 
12. Birthplace 
s (City. town, or county) (State or foreign country) 
13. Usual occupation 
14. Industry or business 
MOTHER OF CHILD 
15. Full maiden name 
16. Color or race 17. Age at time of this birth yrs. 
18. Birthplace 
(City. town, or county) (Stnto or fonhtn country) 
19. Usual occupation 
20. Industry or business 
21. Children born to this mother; 
(a) How many children of this mother are now living? 
(b) How many children were born alive but are now dead? 
(c) How many other children were bom dead? 
22. Mother’s usual mailing address 
27. Cause of stillbirth (state only morbid conditions causing fetal death. 
Do not use such terms as prematurity, asphyxia, etc.): 
(a) Fetal causes 
(b) Maternal causes 
28. I hereby certify that I attended the birth of this child who was bom dead 
at the hour of jn. on the date above stated. 
Signature 
(Specify if M. D.. midwife or other) 
Address 
23. Did child die before labor? During labor? 
24. Pregnancy, complications of 
25. Labor: (a) Complications of 
(i) Induced? 
26 (a) Was there an operation for delivery? 
(Yee or no) 
(i) State all operations, if any 
(c) Did child die before operation? or during operation? _ 
32 (a) Statement of local registrar or coroner if physician was not present at 
stillbirth 
(b) Signature Title 
33. Date filed with local registrar 
34. Registrar’s own signature 
29 (a) Informant 
(Jj) Address 
30 (a) Burial, cremation, or removal (b) Date 
. (Month dny year) 
(c) Place of burial or cremation 
31 (a) Signature of funeral director 
(b) Address LEGISLATION CONCERNING MARRIAGE RECORDS 
Legislation requiring the keeping of marriage records in Mississippi 
was first enacted on February 28, 1799. This laxv authorized persons to be 
joined in marriage either after declaring or publishing their intention to 
marry at least 15 days before such a marriage, or procuring a license from 
the Governor. Officiants were required to transmit a certificate of every 
marriage performed to the register of the county in which the ceremony was 
performed. 
The obtaining of a license was made mandatory by laws passed in 1805 
and 1807.® Until 1857 licenses wore issued by the register of the orphan’s 
court,0 from 1857 to 1871 by the clerk of the probate and since 
1871 by the clerk of the circuit court.® 
Officiants have been required to return certificates of all marriages 
performed to the officials issuing the licenses, to bo recorded in the office 
of issuance.^ 
With respect to the keeping of marriage records by the State Board of 
Health, a law passed in 1878, but repealed in 1880, made it the duty of the 
circuit clerks to furnish the Board with detailed information concerning 
marriages, compiled from the local marriage records.' Since 1926 it has 
been mandatory that circuit clerks make regular monthly reports to the 
Division of Vital Statistics of the State Board of Health of licenses issued 
and of marriages performed in the counties.® 
To obtain records of marriages prior to 1926, the State Board of Health 
was authorized in 1926 to contract with the circuit clerks of all counties 
to report such marriages.^ 
1. The Historical Records Survey, Sargent1s Code, A Collection of the 
Original Laws of the Mississippi Territory Enacted • • • 1799-1800 , 
The Historical Records Survey, Jackson, 1939, pp. 23-25. Hereafter 
cited as Sargent’s Code. 
2. Original Laws of the Mississippi Territory, Series D, No. 3, Mississippi 
Department of Archives and History; Code 1807, p. 368; Code 1816, p. 329. 
3. Code 1807, p. 368; Code 1816, p. 329; Code 1848, p. 493. 
4. Code 1857, p. 332. 
5. Code 1871, sec. 1760; Code 1880, sec. 1148; Code 1892, sec. 2860; Code 
1906, sec. 3245; Code 1917, sec. 2552; Code 1930, sec. 2362. 
6. Code 1807, p. 368; Code 1816, p. 329; Code 1848, p. 493; Code 1857, 
p. 333; Code 1871, sec. 1761; Code 1880, sec. 2553; Code 1930, sec-. 
2364. 
7. L. M. 1878, p. 131; L. M. 1880, p. 160. 
8. L. M. 1926, p. 255; Code 1930, sec. 4926-4927; L. M. 1939, p. 653. 
See entries 3, 5, 6. 
9. L. M. 1926, p. 257; L. M. 1929, p. 185; Code 1930, sec. 4940. o.o 
entries 1, 2. (1-4) 
STATE MARRIAGE RECORDS 
1. MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1926, 1801-1925. 350 file drawers. Three 
types of cards filled out by clerks of county circuit courts from local 
marriage records, giving information in these local records including: 
1. Marriage license issued but never cancelled and no returns made 
showing that marriage was ever consummated, record of; showing 
names of intended groom and bride, date license issued, volume 
and page of record in local marriage records, statement by 
clerk that license was never cancelled, and that no return was 
made to show that marriage was consummated, signature of clerk, 
name of county, and date of certification. 
ii. Marriage record, correct copy of, showing date filed with Board of 
Health, names of groom and bride, color, date married, name and 
title of officiant at marriage ceremony, certification of clerk, 
volume and page of record in local marriage records, signature of 
clerk, name of county, and date of certification, 
iii. Marriage record of persons whose color is not known, correct copy of, 
showing date filed with Board of Health, names of groom and bride, 
date married, name and title of officiant at marriage ceremony, 
certification of clerk, volume and page of record in local marriage 
records, signature of clerk, name of county, and date of certifi- 
cation. 
Arr. according to Russe1-Soundex system. No index. Approx. 325,000 cards 
kept in file drawers 5 x 7 x 16. 
2. MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1926, 1801-1925. 3 f. d. 
Microfilmed copies of three types of cards filled out by clerks of the circuit 
court of all counties from local marriage records, entry 1. For contents, 
arrangement, and indexing, see entry 1. Microfilm. 52 100’ films kept in file 
drawers 5 x 7 x 16. 
3. MARRIAGES, 1926-April 1938. 718 vols. (1-13500). Discontinued in 
April 1938 in favor of punched card record. Marriages, entry 5. 
Original monthly statistical reports of marriages, filled out by contracting 
parties prior to performance of marriage ceremony, certified to and filed by 
officiant with clerk of the circuit court issuing license, and delivered to 
Division of Vital Statistic by the clerk; showing State file number, full 
names, county and State of residence, present and future address, race or 
color of groom and bride; whether or not single, widov/ed, or divorced and 
age, place of birth, occupation, fathers’ and mothers’ full names; signatures 
of contracting parties and of witnesses certification, signature, title and 
address of officiant; date and place ceremony performed; date license issued; 
and name of county in which issued. Reverse side of form shows instructions 
for filling out form and citation to law of 1926 requiring form to be filled 
out. Arr. alph. by name of county in which license was issued, and number, 
thereunder by contained State file number. For index, see entry 4, below. 
Hdw. on ptd. form. 500 pp. 8 x 9 x 2>r. 
4. MARRIAGE INDEX, 1926-June 1938. 11 vols. (dated). Discontinued in 
June 1938 in favor of punched card record. Marriages, entry 5. Marriages 
(5-6) 
Photostatic copies of Russel-Soundex panel indexes to Marriages (entry 3), 
showing surname, Christian name, and second initial of groom, initials of bride, 
county code number, code number denoting color (l for white, 2 for colored), 
numerical indication of month, calendar year, and contained State file number. 
Arr. according to Russel-Soundex system. Photostat. Av. 200 pp. 6 vols., 
1926-31, 14 x 11 x 3; 5 vols., 1932-38, 12 x 9 x 2. 
5. MARRIAGES, July 1928-December 1941. 47 f. d. 
Punched card record of marriages consummated in all counties transmitted 
monthly by circuit clerk, showing name of county; month; color of contracting 
parties; name, age, address and name of father of groom; name, age, address, 
and name of father of bride; date licensed; date married; name and title of 
officiant; volume and page of record in local marriage records; signature of 
clerk of the circuit court; and punches denoting county, month, color, name 
letter, code number, and ages of groom and bride. Arr. according to Russell- 
Soundex system. No index as this is a combination original record and index. 
Typed and hdw. on ptd. form. 4-gr x 8-g- x 24. 
6. MARRIAGES, January 1942—. 7 vols. (1-3500). 
Original monthly statistical report of marriages sent to Division of Vital 
Statistics by circuit clerk, showing State file number, full name, address, 
age, and color of bride and groom; names of fathers; date licensed, married, 
and name and title of officiant at marriage ceremony; book and page number 
in local marriage record; and certification of the clerk, Arr. alph. by 
name of county in which license was issued and numer. thereunder by contained 
State file number. No index. 1 box punched cards and printed index to be 
prepared from these reports. Hdw. and typed on ptd. form. 500 pp. 64- x 8g ' 
x 2 |. 
Dr. R. N. Whitfield, Director, Division of Vital Statistics, Mississippi 
State Board of Health, Jackson. Certified copy 50/. COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS 
ADAMS COUNTY (Natchez) 
1802— Marriage Record (white), 20 vols. Chron. by date issued. 1802- 
73, separate index; 1874—, indexed alph. by first letter of 
surname of male. Certified copy 75/. Circuit Clerk, Natchez, 
1802-73 Index (white), 3 vols. Alph. direct and reverse, by first letter 
of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Natchez. 
1866— Marriage Record (colored), 31 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surname of male. Certified copy 
75/. Circuit Clerk, Natchez. 
1879-80 Marriages (in Register of Marriages, Births and Deaths), 1 vol. 
Chron. by date of marriage. No index. Circuit Clerk, Natchez. 
1892-- White and Colored Marriage License Returns. 22 f. b, Chron. by 
date of return. No index. Circuit Clerk, Natchez. 
ALCORN COUNTY (Corinth) 
1840— Marriage Record (white and colored), 47 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. Index alph. by first letter of surname of male and 
female. Certified copy Circuit Clerk, Corinth. Records, 
1840-69 are records of old Tishomingo County. 
AMITE COUNTY (Liberty) 
1809-- Marriage Record, 32 vols. Chron. by date issued. Separate 
index. Certified copy •*!. Circuit Clerk, Liberty. 
1809-- Index, 3 vols. Alph. direct and reverse, by first letter of sur- 
name. Circuit Clerk, Liberty. 
ATTALA COUNTY (Kosciusko) 
1892— Marriage Record (white), 14 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 50/. Circuit 
Clerk, Kosciusko. 
1892-- Marriage Record (colored), 14 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surname of male. Certified copy 
50/. Circuit Clerk, Kosciusko. 
BENTON COUNTY (Ashland) 
1870— Marriage Record, 14 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surname of male. Certified copy vl. Circuit 
Clerk, Ashland. 
BOLIVAR COUNTY (Rosedalc-Cleveland) 
1866— Marriage Record, 46 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surname of male and female. Certified copy 
ijfil. Circuit Clerk, Rosedale. 
1900-- Marriage Record, 54 vols. Alph. by first letter of surname 
of male and female. Certified copy #1. Circuit Clerk, 
Cleveland. Marriages 
CALHOUN COUNTY (Pittsboro) 
1930- Record of Marriage Applicants, 1 vol, Chron. by date of 
application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Pittsboro. 
1931— Affidavits for Marriage License, 2 f. d. No index. Certified 
copy vl« Circuit Clerk, Pittsboro, 
1922— Marriage Record (white), 5 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy tyl. Circuit 
Clerk, Pittsboro. 
1923— Marriage Record (colored), 2 vols. Chron. by date issued Indev 
alph. by first letter of surname of male. Circuit Clerk, Pivts- 
boro. 
1923— Marriage Certificates Returned, 3 f. d. No arr. Mo index. 
Circuit Clerk, Pittsboro. 
CARROLL COUNTY (CarrolIton-Vaiden) 
1834-- Marriage Record, 27 vols. Chron. by date recorded. Index alph. 
direct and reverse, by first letter of surname of male and 
female. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Carrollton. 
1873— Marriage Record, 10 vols. Chron. by date issued. No index. 
Certified copy Cl. Circuit Clerk, Vaiden. 
CHICKASAW COUNTY (Eouston-Okolona) 
1930— Record of Marriage Application, 1 vol. Chron. by date of 
application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Houston. 
1863-96 Marriage License and Bond, 7 vols. Chron. by date issued, 
and chron. thereunder by date returned. No index. Certified 
copy Cl- Circuit Clerk, Houston. 
1877-96 Marriage License and Bond, 4 vols, Chron. by date issued and 
by date of return. No index. Certified copy $1. Circuit 
Clerk, Okolona. 
1862-- Marriage Record, 20 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surname of male and female. Certified copy 
|1. Circuit Clerk, Okolona. 
1877— Marriage Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date recorded. No index. 
Certified copy frl. Circuit Clerk, Okolona, 
1924— Certificates of Marriage, 1 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No 
index. Circuit Clerk, Houston. 
1936— Certificates of Marriages, License Returned, 28 pkg. Chron. 
by date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Houston. 
CHOCTAW COUNTY (Ackerman) 
1931— Record of Marriage Applications, 3 vols. Chron. by date of 
application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Ackerman. 
1881— Marriage Record, 19 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index, 
1881-1912, alph. direct and reverse, by first letter of surnames 
of both applicants. Certified copy vl. Circuit Cleric, Acker- 
man. Marr iages 
CLAIBORNE COUNTY (Fort Gibson) 
1816— Marriage Record (white), 15 vols. Chron. by date of application. 
No index. Certified copy bl.25. Circuit Clerk, Port Gibson. 
1870— Marriage Record (colored), 21 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
No index. Certified copy (1.25. Circuit Clerk, Port Gibson. 
1890— Certificates of Marriage License Returned. 7 f. b. Chron. by 
date returned. No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, 
Port Gibson. 
CLARKE COUNTY (Quitman) 
1853-- Marriage Record (white), 15 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
Circuit Clerk, Quitman. 
1866— Marriage Record (colored), 15 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy *1. 
Circuit Clerk, Quitman. 
1915— Marriage License Certificates, 2 f. b. Chron. by date returned. 
No index. Circuit Clerk, Quitman. 
CLAY COUNTY (West Point) 
1872— Marriage Record, 29 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surname of male and female. Certified copy 
Ql. Circuit Clerk, West Point. 
1872— Marriage Returns, 3 pigeon holes and 4 manila jackets. Numer. 
by license number. No index. Circuit Clerk, West Point. 
COAHQMA COUNTY (Clarksdale) 
1849-1930 Marriage Record District^7 (white and colored), 27 vols. 
Chron. by date issued. Index by first letter of surname of 
groom. Certified copy Ql. Circuit Clerk, Clarksdale. 
1892— Marriage Record (white), 8 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surname of groom. Circuit 
Clerk, Clarksdale. 
1892-- Marriage License (colored), 56 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alnh. by first letter of surname of groom. Certified 
copy Ql. Circuit Clerk, Clarksdale. 
COPIAH COUNTY (Hazlehurst) 
1823-31; Marriage Record, 51 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
1836— by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Hazlehurst. 
1823— Index to Marriage Record, 3 vols. Alph. by first letter of 
surnames. Circuit Clerk, Hazlehurst. 
1933— Certificates of Marriage License Returned, 2 desk files. Chron. 
by date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Hazlehurst. Marriages 
COVINGTON COUNTY (Collins) 
1904— Marriage Record (white), 9 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
$1. Circuit Clerk, Collins. 
1904— General Index to Marriage Record, 1 vol. Alph. by first 
letter of surnames. No index. Circuit Clerk, Collins.. 
1905— Marriage Record (colored), 6 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
$!• Circuit Clerk, Collins. 
1905— Certificate of Marriage License Returned (white), 2 f. b. 
Chron. by date received. Index alph. by first letter of 
surnames. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, Collins. 
1905— Certificates of Marriage License Returned (colored), 2 f. b. 
Chron. by date received. No index. Certified copy 50/. 
Circuit Clerk, Collins. 
DESOTO COUNTY (Hernando) 
1845— Marriage Record (white), 28 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surname of male and female. 
Certified copy from 50/ to £1*50. Circuit Clerk, Hernando. 
1866— Marriage Record (colored), 34 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surname of groom and bride. 
Direct and reverse. Certified copy from 50/ to Cl.50. Cir- 
cuit Clerk, Hernando. 
1936— Monthly Reports of Marriages, If. b. Chron. by date of report. 
No index. Circuit Clerk, Hernando. 
FORREST COUNTY (Hattiesburg) 
1930— Application for Marriage License, 1 vol. Chron. by date 
issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, Hattiesburg. 
1908— Marriage Record, 35 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph., 
direct and reverse by first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Hattiesburg. 
1908— General Index to Marriage Record, 1 vol. Alph. by first letter 
of surnames. No index. Circuit Clerk, Hattiesburg, 
1910— Certificates of Marriage License Returned, 4 f. b. Chron. by 
date returned. No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, 
Hattiesburg. 
FRANKLIN COUNTY (Meadville) 
1818— Marriage Record (white and colored), 29 vols. Chron. by 
date issued. Index alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Meadville. 
1818-1905; Certificates of Marriage License Returned, 1 f. b. and 1 
1935— basket. 1818-1905, no arr.; 1935--, chron. by date returned. 
No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, Meadville. 31 
Marriages 
GEORGE COUNTY (Luc©dale) 
1932— Marriage Notices, 1 vol. Chron. by date of notice. No 
index. Certified copy 80/. Circuit Clerk, Lucedale. 
1910— Marriage Record (white), 6 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
80/. Circuit Clerk, Lucedale. 
1910— Marriage Record (colored), 3 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
80/. Circuit Clerk, Lucedale. 
1928— Marriage Certificates, 1 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No 
index. Certified copy 80/. Circuit Clerk, Lucedale. 
GREENE COUNTY (Leakesvilie) 
1930— Notice of Application for Marriage License, 1 vol. Chron. 
by date issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, Leakesville. 
1874— Marriage Record, 14 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy |l. 
Circuit Clerk, Leakesville. 
1912— Certificate of Marriage, 2 f. b. and 5 pkgs. Chron. by 
date returned. No index. Certified copy &1. Circuit 
Clerk, Leakesville. 
GRENADA C OUNTY (Grenada) 
1870— Marriage Record (white), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. No 
index. Certified copy vl. Circuit Clerk, Grenada. 
1880— Marriage Record (colored), 15 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
No index. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Grenada. 
1908— Certificates of Marriage Returned, 6 f. b. Chron. by date 
issued. No index. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Grenada. 
HANCOCK COUNTY (Bay St. Louis) 
1853— Marriage Record, 29 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Bay St. Louis. 
1853— Marriage License Certificates (colored), 2 f. b. Chron. by 
date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Bay St. Louis. 
1882— Marriage License Certificates (white), 10 f. b. Chron. by 
date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Bay St. Louis. 
HARRISON COUNTY (Gulfport) 
1841— Marriage Record, 51 vols, Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit 
Clerk, Gulfport. 
1846— Marriage Certificates, 41 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No 
index. Circuit Clerk, Gulfport. 
1869-78 Marriage Bonds, 1 vol. Chron. by date of Bond. No index. 
Circuit Clerk, Gulfport. 32 
Marr iages 
HINDS COUNTY (Raymond-Jackson) 
1930-- Notice of Applications for Marriage License, 1 vol. Chron. 
byr date issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, Raymond. 
1838— Marriage Bonds, 6 vols. Chron. by date of Bond. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy *>1. Circuit Clerk, 
Raymond. 
1823— Marriage License Record (white), 13 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. 1823-70, separate index; 1871—, alph. by first 
letter of surnames. Certified copyr Circuit Clerk, Raymond. 
1823-- General Index to Record of Marriages (white), 1 vol. Alph. by 
first letter of surnames. No index. Circuit Clerk, Raymond. 
1865— Marriage Record License (colored), 35 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. 1865-78, separate index; 1879—, alph. by first letter 
of surnames. Certified copy Jjpl. Circuit Clerk, Raymond. 
1865-78 General Index to Record of Marriages (colored), 1 vol. Alph. 
by first letter of surnames. No index. Certified cony not 
available. Circuit Clerk, Raymond. 
1870— Marriage Record (white), 26 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
Circuit Clerk, Jackson. 
1871— Marriage Record (colored), 37 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
Circuit Clerk, Jackson. 
HOUSES COUNTY (Lexington) 
1889-90 Marriage Record (colored), 28 vols. Alph. by first letter of 
surnames. Separate index. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Lexington. 
1893— Marriage Record (white), 6 vols. Alph. by first letter of 
surnames. Separate index. Certified copy &!. Circuit Clerk, 
Lexington. 
1889-90 Index to Record of Marriages (colored), Alph. by first letter 
of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Lexington. 
1893— Index to Record of Marriage (white), 1 vol. Alph. by first 
letter of surnames of bride and groom. Circuit Clerk, Lexing- 
ton. 
HUMPHREYS COUNTY (Belzoni) 
1930-37 Applications for Marriage Licenses (white), 3 vols. Chron. by 
date issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, Belzoni. 
1930-37 Application for Marriage Licenses (colored), 2 vols. Chron. 
by date of application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Belzoni. 
1918— Marriage Record (white), 3 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit 
Clerk, Belzoni. 
1918— Marriage Record (colored), 12 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy v-1. 
Circuit Clerk, Belzoni. I!***-** » 
ISSAQUENA COUNTY (Mayersvilie) 
1866-- Marriage Record, 18 vols. Chron. by date issued- Index direct 
and reverse, alph. bjr first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Mayersvilie. 
ITAWAMBA COUNTY (Fulton) 
1837— Marriage Record (white and colored), 28 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy 4-1. Circuit Cleric, Fulton. 
JACKSON COUNTY (Pascagoula) 
1914-18 Application for Marriage License Certificates, 1 vol. Chron. 
by date issued. Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter 
of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Pascagoula. 
1875-1908 Marriage Record, 8 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index direct 
and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, 
Pascagoula. 
1909— Marriage Record (white), 23 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy |p 1 * Circuit Clerk, Pascagoula. 
1909— Marriage Record (colored), 19 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy *>1. Circuit Clerk, Pascagoula. 
1898— Certificates of Marriage Licenses Returned, 12 f. b. Chron. by 
dates certificates returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Pasca- 
goula . 
JASPER COUNTY (Bay Springs-Paulding) 
1931— Notice of Application for Marriage License, 2 vols. Chron. by 
date of notice. No index. Circuit Clerk, Bay Springs. 
1906— Marriage Record, 14 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1, Circuit Clerk, 
Bay Springs. 
1932— Marriage Record, 14 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Paulding. 
JEFFERSON COUNTY (Fayette) 
1930— Record of Marriage Applications (notices), 1 vol. Chron. by 
date of application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Fayette. 
1805— Marriage Record (white), 17 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy Cl. Circuit Clerk, Fayette. 
1866— Marriage Record (colored), 20 vols. Chron. by date of marriage. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy Cl* Circuit Clerk, Fayette. 
1898— Marriage Record (certificates), 5 f. b. Chron. by date returned. 
No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, Fayette. Marriages 
JEFFERSON COUNTY (Continued) 
1915— Certificates of Marriage License Returned, 2 f. b. and 1 
bundle. Chron. by date of return. No index. Certified 
copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, Fayette. 
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (Prentiss) 
1906— Marriage Record (white), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1, Circuit 
Clerk, Prentiss. 
1906— Marriage Record (colored), 5 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
Circuit Clerk, Prentiss. 
JONES COUNTY (Ellisville-Laurel) 
1882— Marriage Record (white), 12 vols. Chron. by date issued. No 
index. Certified copy Circuit Clerk, Ellisville. 
1887— Marriage Record (colored), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. No 
index. Certified copy £l. Circuit Clerk, Ellisville. 
1907— White Marriages, 14 vols. Chron. by date issued. No index. 
Certified copy 01. Circuit Clerk, Laurel. 
1923-32 Marriage Certificates, 1 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No 
index. Circuit Clerk, Laurel. 
1932— Returns on Marriage Licenses, 1 f. b. and 9 folders. Chron. by 
date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Laurel. 
KEMPER COUNTY (DeKalb) 
1912— Marriage Record (white), 3 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy $1. Circuit Clerk, DeKalb. 
1912— Marriage Record (colored), 8 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, DeKalb. 
1928-- Marriage Certificates Returned (white), 1 f. b. Chron. by date 
returned. Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of 
surnames. Circuit Clerk, DeKalb. 
1933— Certificates of Marriage Licenses Returned (colored), 1 bundle. 
Chron. by date issued. Index direct and reverse, alph. by first 
letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, DeKalb. 
LAFAYETTE COUNTY (Oxford) 
1931— Notice of Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1 vol, Chron. 
by date issued. No index. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Oxford. 
1850-- Marriage Record (white), 15 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, Oxford. Marriages 
LAFAYETTE COUNTY (Continued) 
1837— Marriage License, 48 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No 
index. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Oxford. 
1865— Marriage Record (Freedmen), 6 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
Circuit Clerk, Oxford. 
1893-- Marriage Record (colored), 11 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, 
Oxford. 
1901— Marriage Certificates, 3 f. b. Chron. by date filed. No 
index. Certified copy *>!• Circuit Clerk, Oxford. 
LAMAR COUNTY (Purvis) 
1931— Notice of Applications for Marriage License* 1 vol. Chhon. 
by date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Purvis. 
1889— Marriage Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Purvis. 
1920— Certificates of Marriage, 2 f. b. Chron. by date returned. 
No index. Circuit Clerk, Purvis. 
LAUDERDALE COUNTY (Meridian) 
1839-45; Marriage Record (white), 37 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
1851— Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Meridian. 
1865— Marriage Record (colored), 38 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy fyl. Circuit Clerk, Meridian. 
1893-1910; Marriage Licenses and Certificates Returned, 3 f. b. Chron. 
1939— by date issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, Meridian. 
LAWRENCE COUNTY (Montice llo) 
1818— Marriage Record, 22 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy ftl. Circuit Clerk, 
Mont icello. 
LEAKE COUNTY (Carthage) 
1836-57; Marriage Record, 21 vols, Chron. by date issued. No index. 
I860-- Certified copy fcl* Circuit Clerk, Carthage. 
LEE COUNTY (Tupelo) 
1930-34 Marriage Application, 1 vol. Chron. by date issued. No index. 
Circuit Clerk, Tupelo. 
1867— Marriage Record (white and colored), 44 vols. Chron. by date- 
issued. Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy |1. Circuit Clerk, Tupelo. Marriages 
LEE COUNTY (Continued) 
1867-- Certificates of Marriage License Returned, 16 f. d. Chron. 
by date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Tupelo. 
1938— Statistical Record of Marriages for State Board of Health, 
1 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, 
Tupelo. 
LEFLORE COUNTY (Greenwood) 
1844— Marriage Record, 74 vols. Chron. by date of issue. Index 
direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Greenwood. 
LINCOLN COUNTY (Brookhaven) 
1893— Marriage Record (white and colored), 29 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. Index alph. by first letter of surnames of male and 
female. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Brookhaven. 
1893— Marriage Record, 7 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No index. 
Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, Brookhaven. 
LOWNDES COUNTY (Columbus) 
1830— Marriage Record (white), 36 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Separate index. Certified copy Circuit Clerk, Columbus. 
1865-76 Marriage Record (Freedmen), 4 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
No index. Certified copy tyl. Circuit Clerk, Columbus. 
1877— Marriage Record (colored), 23 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Separate index. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Columbus. 
1865— Index to Marriages (colored), 10 vols. Alph. by first letter 
of surnames. No index. Certified copy $1* Circuit Clerk, 
Columbus. 
1892-- Certificates of Marriage License Returned, 5 f. b. and 1 
bundle. Chron. by date returned. No index. Certified copy 
50/. Circuit Clerk, Columbus. 
MADISON COUNTY (Canton) 
1865-73 Marriage Record (Freedmen), 2 vols. Chron. by date of marriage. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, Canton. 
1930— Marriage Licenses, Record and Certificates, 1 f. b. Chron. by 
date filed. No index. Circuit Clerk, Canton. 
1930-- Marriage Record, 31 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit 
Clerk, Canton. 
1932— Statistical Record of Marriages, 1 f. b. Chron. by date filed. 
No index. Circuit Clerk, Canton. 
1934— Marriage Record (colored), 1 vol, Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, Canton. Marriages 
MARION COUNTY (Columbia) 
1812— Marriage Record, 24 vols. Chron. by date filed. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit 
Clerk, Columbia. 
MARSHALL COUNTY (Holly Springs) 
1836-1929 Marriage Record (white and colored), 32 vols. Chrcn. by date 
issued. Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified 
copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Holly Springs. 
1930— Marriage Record (white), 1 vol. Chron. by date issuee. IAa 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy £1. Circuit 
Clerk, Holly Springs. 
1930— Marriage Record (colored), 4 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $!. 
Circuit Clerk, Holly Springs. 
1812-- Marriage Certificates, 5 f. b. Chron. by date filed. No index. 
Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, Holly Springs. 
MONROE COUNTY (Aberdeen) 
1821— Marriage Record, 50 vols. Chron. by date filed. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Aberdeen. 
1871-74 Marriage Record (Freodmen), 1 vol. Chron. by date filed. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, Aberdeen. 
1900-- Certificates of Licenses Returned, 12 manila jackets. Chron. 
by date of marriage. No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit 
Clerk, Aberdeen. 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (Winona) 
1900— Marriage Record, 16 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Winona, 
1900-27 Marriage Certificates Returned, 9 f. b. Chron. by date returned. 
No index. Certified 0005/- $1. Circuit Clerk, Winona. 
NESHOBA COUNTY (Philadelphia) 
1883— Marriage Record (white), 15 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Philadelphia. 
1883— Marriage Record (colored), 10 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnam.es. 
Certified copy |1. Circuit Clerk, Philadelphia. 
NOXUBEE COUNTY (Macon) 
1834— Marriage Record, 43 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $>1. Circuit Clerk, 
Macon. Marriages 
NOXUBEE COUNTY (Continued) 
1834— General Index to Record of Marriages, 2 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. Circuit Clerk, Macon. 
OKTIBBEHA. COUNTY (Starkville) 
1930-32 Applications for Marriage Licenses, 2 vols. Chron. by date 
issued* No index. Circuit Clerk, Starkville. 
1861— Marriage Record (white), 13 vols. Chiron, by date issued. 
Separate index. Certified copy $;!• Circuit Clerk, Starkville. 
1866— Marriage Record (colored), 21 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Separate index. Circuit Clerk, Starkville. 
1861— Index to Marriage Record, 1 vol. Alph. by first letter of 
surname of male. No index. Circuit Clerk, Starkville. 
1881— Certificates of Marriage License, 22 f. b. Chron. by date of 
return. No index. Certified copy Circuit Clerk, 
Starkvillo. 
1936— List of Marriage License, of uhich No Returns Have Been Made, 
1 folder. Chron. by date filed. No index. Circuit Clerk, 
Starkville. 
PANOLA COUNTY (Batesville-Sardis) 
1871-77; Marriage Record, 41 vols. Chron. by date of filing. Index 
1880— alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified cony £1. Circuit 
Clerk, Sardis. 
REARL RIVER COUNTY (Poplarville) 
1890— Marriage Record, 25 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Poplarville. 
PERRY COUNTY (Now Augusta) 
1930-35 Record of Marriage Applications, 1 vol. Chron. by date issued. 
No index. Circuit Clerk, New Augusta, 
1877- Marriage Record, 12 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index direct 
and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
$1. Circuit Clerk, New Augusta. 
1878- Certificate of Marriage Licenses Returned, 7 f. b. Chron. by 
date issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, New Augusta. 
PIKE C OUNTY (Magno1ia) 
1882- Marriage Record, 42 vols, Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Magnolia. 
1930— Certificates of Marriages Returned, 3 bundles. Chron. by date 
returned. No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, 
Magnolia. Marriages 
PONTOTOC COUNTY (Pontotoc) 
1836— Marriage Record (white), 17 vols. Ghron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, Pontotoc. 
1836— Marriage Record (colored), 9 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, Pontotoc. 
1926— of Marriagejsy7, 1 f. b. Chron. by date of report. No 
index. Circuit Clerk, Pontotoc. 
1932— Certificate of Marriage, 1 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No 
index. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Pontotoc. 
PRENTISS COUNTY (Booneville) 
1930-33 Notices of Applications for Marriage License, 3 vols. Chron. 
by date issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, Booneville. 
1871— Marriage Record, 22 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Booneville. 
1872— Certificates of Marriage License Returned, 9 f. b. Chron. by 
date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Booneville. 
QUITMAN COUNTY (Marks) 
1877— Marriage Record (white), 7 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy &1. Circuit 
Clerk, Marks. 
1877— Marriage Record (colored), 26 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, Marks. 
1927— Certificates of Marriage, 5 f. b. Chron. by date returned. No 
index. Certified copy &1. Circuit Clerk, Marks. 
RANKIN COUNTY (Brandon) 
1924— Applications of Marriage License, 1 vol. Chron. by date issued. 
No index. Circuit Clerk, Brandon. 
1828— Marriage Record, 30 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Brandon. 
SCOTT COUNTY (Forest) 
1872— Marriage Record (white), 11 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
|1. Circuit Clerk, Forest. 
1865— Marriage Record (colored), 11 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, 
Forest. Marriages 
SHARKEY COUNTY (Rolling Fork) 
1070— Marriage Record, 43 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index direct 
and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
$1. Circuit Cleric, Rolling Fork. 
SIMPSON COUNTY (Mendenhall) 
1872-- Marriage Record (white), 15 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1, 
Circuit Clerk, Mendenhall. 
1872- Marriage Record (colored), 13 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, 
Mendenhall, 
1897— Index to Marriage Record, 1 vol. Alph. direct and reverse by 
first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Mendenhall. 
1871— Marriage Certificates, 68 vols. Alph. by first letter of sur- 
names. No index. Certified copy 50p'. Circuit Clerk, Mendenhall, 
SMITH COUNTY (Raleigh) 
1930-31 Record of Marriage Applications, 3 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
No index. Certified copy Circuit Clerk, Raleigh. 
1912-- Marriage Record, 6 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, 
Raleigh. 
STONE COUNTY (Wiggins) 
1916— Marriage Record, 6 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Wiggins. 
1916— Marriage Certificates, 1 f. b. and 21 pigeon holes. Chron. 
by date of marriage. No index. Circuit Clerk, Wiggins. 
SUNFLOWER COUNTY (Indian©la) 
1861— Marriage Record, 54 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index direct 
and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
Cl. 1861-71, 2 vols.. Circuit Clerk, Leflore County, Greenwood; 
52 vols., 1871—, Circuit Clerk, Indianola, 
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (Charleston-Sumnor) 
1857— Marriage Record, 31 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 4>1* Circuit Clerk, 
Char leston. 
1850— Certificates of Marriage, 6 f. b. and 40 bundles. Chron. by date 
issued. No index. Certified copy fyl. Circuit Clerk, Charleston. 
TATE COUNTY (Scnatobia) 
1873— Marriage Record, 40 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index direct 
and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, 
Scnatobia. 41 
Marriages 
TIPFAH COUNTY (Ripley) 
1866- Marriage Bonds, 1 bundle. Chron. by date of filing. No index. 
Circuit Clerk, Ripley. 
1930— Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1 f. b. Chron. by date of 
application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Ripley. 
1930— Notice of Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1 vol. Chron. 
by date of application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Ripley. 
1858— Marriage Record, 22 vols. Chron. by date of application. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames of applicants. Circuit 
Clerk, Ripley. 
1870-80 Register of Marriages, Births, and Deaths, 1 vol. Chron. by 
date reported. No index. Circuit Clerk, Ripley. 
1867- Marriage Certificates, 10 f. d. and 2 envelopes. Chron. by 
date of return. No index. Circuit Clerk, Ripley. 
TISHOMINGO COUNTY (luka) (See also, Alcorn County) 
1887— Marriage Record (white), 13 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, luka. 
1887— Marriage Record (colored), 3 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. 
Circuit Clerk, luka. 
TUNICA COUNTY (Tunica) 
1858— Marriage Record, 39 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certi- 
fied copy Circuit Clerk, Tunica. 
UNION COUNTY (New Albany) 
1930— Application for Marriage License, 2 vols. Chron. by date 
issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, New Albany. 
1878— Marriage Record (white), 20 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy |1. Circuit Clerk, New Albany. 
1878— Marriage Record (colored), 12 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $>1. Circuit Clerk, New Albany. 
WALTHALL COUNTY (Tylertown) 
1930— Notices of Applications for Marriage License, 1 vol. Humor. 
by application no. No index. Circuit Clerk, Tylertown. 
1914— Marriage Record, 13 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Tylertown. 
1914— List of Marriage Licenses, of Which No Return Has Been Made, 
1 f. b. Chron. by date issued. No index. Circuit Clerk, 
Tylertown. Marriages 
WARREN COUNTY (Vicksburg) 
1930-34 Application for Marriage Licenses (white), 6 vols. Numer, by- 
application no. No index. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1930-34 Applications for Marriage License (colored), 11 vols. Chron by 
date returned. No index. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1810-- Marriage Record (white), 22 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph, by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1810-92 Index to White Marriages, 1 vol. Alph. by first letter of 
surnames. No index. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
I860-- Marriage Record (colored), 40 vols. Chron. by date issued. In- 
dex alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1869-- Index to Marriage Record (colored), 1 vol. Alph. by first letter 
of surnames. No index. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1810— Marriage Certificates (white), 14 f. b. Chron. by date returned. 
No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1860— Marriage Certificates (colored), 39 f. b. Chron. by date return- 
ed. No index. Circuit Clerk, Vicksburg. 
WASHINGTON COUNTY (Greenville) 
1858-- Marriage Record, 89 vols, Chron. by date issued. Index direct 
and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy 
$1.50. Circuit Clerk, Greenville. 
WAYNE COUNTY (Waynesboro) 
1881— Marriage Record (white), 13 vols. Chron. by date issued. In- 
dex direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. Cer- 
tified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Wraynesboro. 
1892-- Marriage Record (colored), 9 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $!• Circuit Clerk, Waynesboro. 
WEBSTER COUNTY (Walthall) 
1930-33 Notice of Applications for Marriages, 2 vols. Chron. by date 
of application. No index. Circuit Clerk, Walthall, 
1874-- Marriage Record, 21 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Certified copy $1. Circuit 
Clerk, Walthall. 
1938-- Certificates of Marriages, 1 f. b. CRron. by date of marriage. 
No index. Circuit Clerk, Walthall. 
WILKINSON COUNTY (Woodville) 
1805— Marriage Record, 38 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index alph. 
by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Woodville. 
1938-- Certificate of Marriages Returned, 5 bundles. Chron. by date 
of return. No index. Certified copy 50/. Circuit Clerk, 
Woodville• 43 
Marriages 
WINSTON COUNTY (Louisville) 
1836-- Marriage Record (white), 20 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Louisville. 
1908— Marriage Record (colored), 8 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index direct and reverse, alph. by first letter of surnames. 
Certified copy $1. Circuit Clerk, Louisville. 
YALOBUSHA COUNTY (Coffeeville-Water Valley) 
1834— Application for Marriage Licenses (white and colored), 10 vols. 
Alph. by first letter of surnames. Separate index. Circuit 
Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1834-90 Marriage Bonds, 5 f. b. Chron. by date recorded. No index. 
/ Circuit Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1930— Applications for Marriage Licenses, 1 vol. Chron. by date 
filed. No index. Circuit Clerk, Water Valley. 
1834-89 Marriage Record (colored), 12 f, b. and 1 vol. Chron. by date 
recorded. Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit 
Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1835-1916 Marriage License (white), 14 f. b. Chron. by date filed. 
Certified copy tyl. Circuit Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1857-70 Marriage Record (white and colored), 2 vols. and 1 f.b. Chron. 
by date issued. Circuit Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1857-72 Index to Record of Marriages, 2 vols. Alph. by first letter of 
surnames. Circuit Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1866- Marriage Record (Freedmon), 2 vols. Alph. by first letter of 
surnames of bride and groom. Circuit Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1867— Marriage Record (white), 5 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Certified copy Ul, Circuit 
Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1873— Marriage Record (white), 8 vols. Chron. by date issued. Index 
alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1874- Marriage Record (colored), 6 vols. Chron. by date issued. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Circuit Clerk, Water 
Valley. 
YAZOO COUNTY (Yazoo City) 
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COUNTY MONTH COLOR 
GROOM AGE 
ADDRESS 
FATHER 
BRIDE ACE 
ADDRESS 
FATHER 
DATE DATE 
LICENSED MARRIED 
Maddux pv USE THE WORD "PREACHER”, 
MAKKIED BY J.p.» “MBS”. OR “JUDGE” 
j k RECORD BOOK NO PAGE NO 
(SIGNED) 
(DO NOT BEND OR FOLD THIS CARD) °RCUIT CLERK ino.722 Form V.S. 201 
Marriage Record—Miss. St. Bd. of Health 
Groom (White) 
Bride (White) 
Date Married 
Officiating 
His Title (if known) 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the foregoing record of Marriage 
is correctly copied, and that the same is on file in my office in 
Book Page thereof. 
STATE OF 
MISSISSIPPI Circuit Clerk Co. of Form V.S. 202+ 
Marriage Record—Miss. St. Bd. of Health 
Groom 
Bride 
Date Married 
Officiating 
His Title (if known) 
THIS IS TO CERTIFY that the foregoing record of Marriage 
is correctly copied, and that the same is on file in my office in 
Book Page thereof. 
STATE OP _ 
MISSISSIPPI Circuit Clerk Co. of MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
Intended Groom 
Intended Bride 
This is to certify that the records in my office show that the above named 
were licensed on to marry; 
that said license was never cancelled; and that no returns were made 
showing that the marriage was ever consummated. (Book Page 
my office.) 
STATE OF „ 
MISSISSIPPI Circuit Clerk, County of NOTE—If this blank is attached to the marriage license by the Circuit Clerk, 
then the couple and the person performing the ceremony should complete the 
blank down to the Circuit Clerk’s certification and mail the record immediately 
with the returns (at the bottom of the marriage license) to the Circuit Clerk 
who issued the license. Form v. s. 366. 
STATISTICAL RECORD OF MARRIAGE 
MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH 
(Chapter 293, Laws of 1938) 
GROOM | BRIDE 
Full Name 
Full Before 
Name Marriage 
| P. O. Address 
Post Office Before 
Address [ Marriage 
Age Color Age Color 
Full Name Full Name 
of Father of Father 
Date Licensed 19 Date Married 19 
Married by .(Minister, J. P., M. B. S., Judge) 
This certifies that above marriage is recorded in my office. 
Book Page Number 
(Signed) Circuit Clerk of County 
By Deputy Circuit Clerk LEGISLATION CONCERNING DIVORCE RECORDS 
There has been no legislation in Mississippi pertaining to the keeping 
of separate divorce records by the courts which have exercised jurisdiction 
over divorce. Consequently, such records are to be found only in the court 
minutes and among the regular court files of case papers. 
Since 1869 the chancery court has had full jurisdiction over divorce 
matters. 
Until 1803 divorces were granted by laws enacted by the Governor and 
the Territorial Judges, the first of record being October 3, 1799.^ 
In 1803 jurisdiction in all causes of divorce was delegated to the su- 
preme or superior court of the Territory having equity jurisdiction, in 
1809 to the superior court of law and equity which superseded the supreme or 
superior and from 1818 to 1822 to the superior court provided for 
by the Constitution of 1817 and the lav/ of 1818.'-' In 1822 this jurisdiction 
was vested in the superior court of The Revised Constitution of 
1832 gave the circuit court jurisdiction in divorce cases concurrent with 
that of the superior court of An amendment to the Constitution 
in 1856 established a chancery court to be hold in each judicial district by 
the judge of the circuit court and delegated to it full jurisdiction in all 
matters of eguity.° The lav/ of 1857 required bills for divorce to bo filed 
in chancery,!' and the lav/ of 1859 made divorce a matter of the chancery court 
exclusively. 
c/ 
The Constitution of 1869 provided for the establishment of a separate 
chancery court in each county with full jurisdiction in all matters of 
divorce. 
Thc clerks of the various courts, while required by law to preserve 
and maintain all court records, were not required to keep separate records 
of divorce matters. 
1. Const. 1869, art. 6, see. 16; Code 1871, see. 1773; Code 1888, see. 
1161; Code 1892, secs. 1567-1568; Code 1906, sees. 1675-1676; Code 
1917, sees. 1417-1418; Code 1930, sees. 1415-1416. 
2. Sargent's Code, p. 126. 
3. Code 1807, p. 372; Code 1816, p. 252. However, divorces were also grant- 
ed by the Territorial Assembly (Original Laws of the Mississippi Territory, 
Series D, No. 3, Laws Nos. 21, 24, and 55). 
4. Code 1816, pp. 178-179. 
5. Const. 1817, art. v, see. 5; L. M. 1818, p. 7. 
6. Code 1848, p. 495. 
7. Const. 1832, art. iv, see. 16. 
8. Const. 1832, Amendment 3, in Code 1857, p. 38. 
9. Code 1857, p. 335. 
.0. L. M. 1859,"p. 265. 
.1. See footnote 1. Legislation Concerning Divorce Records 
The 1926 chancery clerks were required to report all divorces granted 
to the State Board of Health and the Board was empowered to prescribe forms, 
rules, and regulations for reporting these vital statistics.1*’'' It is the 
duty of each clerk of the chancery court to make a certified report of each 
divorce granted in his county within 10 days after adjournment of each term 
of court, on forms furnished by the Division of Vital Statistics of the State 
Board of Health, showing names of complainant and defendant, their race and 
color, when married, number of minor children affected by the decree, cause 
of divorce, and the volume and page of record of the decree in the minutes 
of the chancery court.^ 
12. L. IT 1926, p. 255; Mississippi State Board of Health, Biennial Report, 
1926-27, p. 24. 
13. Ibid.; L. M. 1928, p. 186; Code 1930, sec. 1426. See entry 1. (1-6) 
STATE DIVORCE RECORDS 
1. DIVORCES, 1926—. 83 bound vols., 1 unbound vol. (labeled by 
contained State file nos.). 
Original statistical report of divorces, filed with Division of Vital Statis- 
tics by clerks of the chancery courts of all counties, showing State file num- 
ber, name and color of complainant; name and color of defendant; when married; 
number of minor children affected by the divorce; cause of divorce; whether or 
not suit was contested; certification of chancery clerk that divorce was grant- 
ed; name of county in which granted; date granted; volume and page of record 
in Minute Book of Chancery Court; and signature and seal of clerk. Also shows 
citation of act requiring clerk to make report. Arr. alph. by name of county, 
and alph. thereunder by first letter of surname of husband. For index, sec- 
entries 2-6, below, Av. 500 pp. 8x9x2. 
2. DIVORCE INDEX, 1926-36. 2 vols. (dated), 
Russel-Soundex index to Divorces (entry 1, above), showing file number, surname 
and Christian name of husband, Christian name of wife, name of county in which 
divorce granted, and year divorce granted. Arr. alph. by first letter of sur- 
name of husband, and alph. thereunder by first letter of Christian name. 
Typed. 200 pp, 12 x 9 x 2. 
3. INDEX DIVORCES Miscellaneous/7, 1937-38. 7 Remington-Rand Double 
Panels. 
Card slip index, ready for photostating, of divorce reports received late but 
included in Divorces (entry 1, above), showing State file number, surname and 
Christian name of husband, Christian name of wife, name of county in which di- 
vorce granted, and year divorce granted, Arr, alph. by first letter of surname 
of husband, and alph. thereunder by first letter of Christian name. Av. 90 
card slips to panel 6 x 15. 
4. DIVORCE /index/, 1957-38. 2 f. b. 
Card index to Divorces (entry 1, above), showing State file number, surname and 
Christian name of husband, Christian name of wife, name of county in which di- 
vorce granted, and year divorce granted. Arr, alph. by first letter of surname 
of husband, and alph. thereunder by first letter of Christian name. Typed. 
4 x 6 x 24. 
5. INDEX DIVORCES, 1939. 18 Remington-Rand Double Panels. 
Card slip index, ready for photostating, of Divorces (entry 1, above), showing 
State file number, surname and Christian name of husband, Christian name of 
wife, name of county in which divorce granted, and year divorce granted. Arr. 
alph. by first letter of surname of husband, and alph. thereunder by first 
letter of Christian name. Typed. Av. 90 card slips to panel 6 x 15. 
6. DIVORCE [Index1940—. 8 f. b. 
Card index to 1940—, volumes of divorce reports in Divorces (entry 1, above), 
showing surname and Christian name of husband, Christian name of wife, name of 
county in which divorce granted, and year divorce granted. Arr. alph. by first 
letter of surname of husband, and alph, thereunder by first letter of Christian 
name. Typed. 4x6 x 15. 
Dr. R. N. Whitfield, Director, Division of Vital Statistics, Mississippi 
State Board of Health, Jackson. Certified copy 50^. COUNTY DIVORCE RECORDS 
ADAMS COUNTY (Natchez) 
1840— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Files,” 236 f. b. Chron. by term 
of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Natchez. 
1850-57 Record, in "Minute Book District Chancery Court,51 2 vols. Chron. 
by term of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Natchez, 
1856— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes," 12 vols. Chron. by term 
of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Natchez. 
ALCORN COUNTY (Corinth) 
1917— Papers, in "Chancery Case Papers," 360 f. b. Numer, by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Corinth. 
1917— Record , in "Chancery Court Minutes," 5 vols. Chr vi. by term 
of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, (orinth. 
AMITE COUNTY (Liberty) 
1S09-- Papers, in "Chancery Case Papers," 375 i. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Liberty. 
1856— Record, in ’Minutes Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by term of 
court. Chancery Clerk, Liberty. 
ATTALA COUNTY (Kosciusko) 
1858— Papers, in "Chancery Case Papers," 240 vols. Numer. by case 
no. and chron, thereunder by date filed. No index. Chancery 
Clerk, Kosciusko. 
1858— Record , in "Chancery Court Minutes," 19 vols, Chron. by term 
of court and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. Index alph. 
by name of petitioner. Chancery Clerk, Kosciusko. 
BENTON COUNTY (Ashland) 
1914— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 12 f. d. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Ashland, 
1870— Record, in ’Minutes," 8 vols. Chron. by date of term of court, 
and chron. thereunder by date of session. Chancery Clerk, 
Ashland. 
BOLIVAR COUNTY (Rosedalo-Cleveland) 
1856— Papers, in "Case Papers," 528 f. d. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Rosedale. 
1856— Record, in ’Minutes," 13 vols. Chron. by date of term of court. 
Chancery Clerk, Rosedale. 
1900— Papers, in "Case Papers," 153 f. b. Numer, by filing no. 
Chancery Clerk, Cleveland. 
1900-- Record , in ’Minutes," 9 vols. Chron. by date held in court. 
Index self contained by case no. Chancery Clerk, Cleveland. Divorces 
CALHOUN COUNTY (Pittsboro) 
1923— Papers, in'’’Chancery Cases,” 48 f. b. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Pittsboro. 
1923— Record , in "Minutes Chancery Cases,” 3 vols. Chron. by term 
of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Pittsboro. 
CARROLL COUNTY (Carrollton-Vaiden) 
1874— Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 76 f. b. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Vaiden. 
1874-- Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes Book,” 5 vols. Chron. by 
date of filing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Vaiden. 
CHICKASAW COUNTY (Houston-Okolona) 
1888— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 23 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
and chron. by date filed. No index. Chancery Clerk, Okolona. 
1868— Record , in "Minutes Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by date 
of proceedings. No index. Chancery Clerk, Houston. 
1927— "Divorces," 2 f. b. and 56 bundles. Numer. by case no. and 
chron. by date filed. No index. Chancery Clerk, Okolona. 
CHOCTAW COUNTY (Ackerman) 
1881— Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Files," 73 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Ackerman. 
1881— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 80 vols. Chron. by 
date filed. No index. Chancery Clerk, Ackerman. 
CLAIBORNE COUNTY (Port G-ibson) 
1856— Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 390 f. b. Numer. by docket no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Port Gibson. 
1814-26 Record, in "Minutes of Superior Court of Law and Equity," 2 
vols. Chron. by court terra. Index alph. by first letter 
of surname of plaintiff. Chancery Clerk, Port Gibson. 
1856-71 Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 18 vols. Chron. by 
term of court, and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. 
Chancery Clerk, Port Gibson. 
CLARICE COUNTY (Quitman) 
1861— Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 134 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Quitman. 
1856— Record, in "Minutes Probate 7 Court," 1856-75, 1 vol.j 
"Minutes Chancery Court," 1876—, 8 vols. Chron. by term of 
court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Quitman. 
CLAY COUNTY (West Point) 
1872— Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Papers," 290 f. b. Chron. by 
date of filing. No index. Chancery Clerk, ’west Point. Divorces 
CLAY COUNTY (Continued) 
1872— Record, in ’’Chancery Court Minutes,” 12 vols. Chron. by date 
of term, and chron. thereunder by date of hearing of each case. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, West Point. 
COAHOMA COUNT'Y (Clarksdale) 
1864- Papers, in ’’Original Case Records and Suits Filed,” 1 bundle 
and 457 f. b. Chron. by date filed. No index. Chancery Clerk, 
Clarksdale. 
1866-1930 Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court Dist. 1,” 7 vols. Chron. 
by date of term and hearing. Dist. 1 abolished in 1930. Chan- 
cery Clerk, Clarksdale. 
1892-- Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court,” 10 vols. Chron. by 
date of term and hearing. Chancery Clerk, Clarksdale. 
COPIAH COUNTY (Hazlehurst) 
1915-20 "Divorce Cases," If. d. Chron. by date of filing. No index. 
Chancery Clerk, Hazlehurst. 
COVINGTON COUNTY (Collins) 
1856— Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 151 f. b. Alph. by surname and- 
chron. by date of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Collins. 
DESOTO COUNTY (Hernando) 
1856-- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 16 vols. Chron. by date 
of court terra. No index. Chancery Clerk, Hernando. 
1865— Record, in "Clerk’s Cases Record," 409 f. d. Numer. by case 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Hernando. 
1913— Record, in "Chancery Cases," 60 f. b. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Hernando, 
FORREST COUNTY (Hattiesburg) 
1892— Papers, in "Chancery Cases,” 344 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
Separate index. Chancery Clerk. 
1870— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 49 vols. Chron. by 
date recorded. No index. Chancery Clerk, Hattiesburg. 
FRANKLIN COUNTY (Moadville) 
1870— Papers, in "Case Records, Chancery Court," 23 f. b. 1870-1919, 
not arranged; 1920--, numer. by case no. Separate index. 
Chancery Clerk, Moadville. 
GEORGE COUNTY (Lucodale) 
1910— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases,” 66 f. b. Numer. by_docket 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Luoedalo. 50 
Divorces 
GEORGE COUNTY (Continued) 
1876-1909 Record, in ''Minutes Chancery and Circuit Courts, Transcribed 
from Greene and Jackson Counties for George County," 2 vols. 
Chron. by term of court, and chron. thereunder by date of hear- 
ing. Index alph. by the first letter of surname of defendant 
and plaintiff. Chancery Clerk, Lucedale. 
1910-- Record, in "Minute Book, Chancery Court," 4 vols, Chron. by 
date of term and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Lucedale. 
GREENE COUNTY (LeakesviXle) 
1878-- Papers in "Chancery Cases," 63 f. b. burner, by docket no. and 
chron. by date filed. Index in "Chancery Docket," Chancery 
p Clerk, Leakesvilie. 
1876— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 7 vols. Chron. by date of 
term and chron. thereunder by date of hearing each case. Chan- 
cery Clerk, Leakesville. 
GR ENADA C OUNTY (Grenada) 
1870— Papers, in "Case records," 171 f. b. Numer. by docket no. and 
chron. thereunder by date of filing. Chancery Clerk, Grenada. 
1870— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by date 
of term of court and chron. thereunder by date of session. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Grenada, 
HANCOCK COUNTY (Bay St. Louis) 
1853— Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Files," 183 f, b. and 6 bundles, 
Numer. by docket no. Chancery Clerk, Bay St. Louis. 
1856-- Record, in "Chancery Minutes," 13 vols. Chron. by date of term 
of court and chron. thereunder by date of session. 1856-1880, 
1895-1904, 1923—, no index. 1881-1895, 1904-1925, alph. by 
surname of complainant. Chancery Clerk, Bay St. Louis. 
HARRISON COUNTY (Gulfport) 
1842— Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Files," 106 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Gulfport. 
1853— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 46 vols. Chron. by 
term of court and thereunder by date of hearing. Vols. 1 and 2, 
no index; vols. 3-46,alph. by first letter of surname of plain- 
tiff and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Gulfport. 
HINDS COUNTY (Jackson-Raymond) 
1844-- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 14 vols. Chron. by date 
of term and thereunder by date of hearing. No index. Chancery 
Clerk, Raymond. Divorces 
HINDS COUNTY (Continued) 
1865-- Record, in ’’Minutes Chancery Court,” 51 vols. Chron. by term 
of court and chron. thereunder by date of session. No index. 
Chancery Clerk, Jackson. 
HOMES COUNTY (Lexington) 
1865-*- Papers, in ’’Chancery Cases,” 131 f. d. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Lexington. 
1883-- Record, in ”Minutes of Chancery Court,” 14 vols. Chron. by 
date of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Lexington. 
HUMPHREYS COUNTY (Belzoni) 
1918— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Cases,” 48 f« b. Numer-. by docket 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Belzoni. 
1918— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court,” 4 vols. CVrcr-. by date 
of term of court and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Belzoni. 
ISSAQUENA COUNTY (Mayersvilie) 
1887— Papers, in "Case Records Chancery Court,” 24 f. b. Chron. by 
term of court and proceedings. Chancery Clerk, Mayersvilie. 
1856-- Record, in "Minute Book Chancery Court," 5 vols. Chron. by 
date of term of court and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. 
Chancery Clerk, Haycrsvillo. 
ITAWAMBA COUNTY (Fulton) 
1853— Papers, in "Chancery Cases,” 119 f. b. Numer. arr. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Fulton. 
1879— Record, in "Minute Book, Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by 
term of court. 1879-1912, no index; 1913—, index alph. by 
name of both parties. Chancery Clerk, Fulton. 
JACKSON COUNTY (Pascagoula) 
1875-- Papers, in "Record of Cases Tried in Chancery Court," 249 
f. b. Numer. by docket no. and chron. by date of filing. 
Indexed in separate documentary files. 
1875— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 14 vols. Chron. by date 
of term and chron. thereunder by date of hearing each case. 
Separate index. Chancery Clerk, Pascagoula. 
JASPER COUNTY (Bay Springs-Paulding) 
1878-84; Papers, in "Active and Ended Cases, Chancery Court," 12 f. b. 
1932— Arr. numer. by case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Paulding. 
1906— Papers, in "Case Records, Chancery Court,” 28 f. b. Arr. numer. 
by case no. Chancery Clerk, Bay Springs. Divorces 
JASPER COUNTY (Continued) 
1906-- Record, in Minutes Chancery Court,M 5 vols. . chron. by 
date of term and chron. thereunder by date of hearing of each 
cause. No index. Chancery Clerk, Bay Springs. 
1932-- Record, in ’‘Minutes Chancery Court,” 1 vol. Arr. chron. by 
date of court term. Chancery Clerk, Bay Springs. 
JEFFERS ON C OUNTY (Fayette) 
1857-- Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Case Records,” 14G f. b. Arr. nuraer. 
by case no. Separate index, alph. by first letter of surname of 
plaintiff and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Fayette. 
1857— Record, in ”Mimates Chancery Court,” 1 vol. Arr. chron. by date 
of court term. No index. Chancery Clerk, Fayette. 
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY (Prentiss) 
1906— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Cases,” 53 f. b. Arr. chron. by 
date of recording and numer. thereunder by case no. No index. 
Chancery Clerk, Prentiss. 
1906— Record, in ’’Minutes Chancery Court,” 4 vols. Chron. by date 
of court terra. Index alph. by first letter of surname of both 
parties. Chancery Clerk, Prentiss. 
JONES COUNTY (Ellisville-Laurel) 
1857— Papers, in ’’Record of Cases Filed in Chancery Court,” 99 f. b. 
Numer. by case no. Index alph. by first letter of surname of 
complainant and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Ellisville. 
1857— Record, in ”Minutes Chancery Court,” 8 vols. Chron. by date 
of term and chron. thereunder by date of hearing of each cause. 
Chancery Clerk, Ellisville. 
1906— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Case Files,” 197 f. b. and 8 f. d. 
File boxes numer. by case no.; file drawers alph. by first 
letter of surname of complainant. No index. Chancery Clerk, 
Laurel. 
1907- Record, in ”Minutes Chancery Court,” 10 vols. Chron. by date 
of proceedings. No index. Chancery Clerk, Laurel. 
1928— ’’Affidavits and Certificates of Divorce,” 1 f. b. Alph. by 
surnames. No index. Chancery Clerk, Laurel. 
KEMPER COUNTY (DeKalb) 
1881— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Case Files," 201 f. b. Alph. by 
first letter of surname of party and numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, DeKalb. 
1881— Record, in "Minute Book, Chancery Court," 8 vols. Chron. by 
date decreed. Indexed by first letter of surname of both 
parties. Chancery Clerk, DeKalb. 
1912— "Bills For Divorces,” 1 bundle. Chron. by date of recording. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, DeKalb. Divorces 
LAFAYETTE COUNTY (Oxford) 
1837— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 172 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Oxford. 
1867-- Record, in "Chancery Clerk's Minutes," 9 vols. Chron. by date 
of court term. Chancery Clerk, Oxford. 
LAMAR COUNTY (Purvis) 
1889— Papers, in "Record of Cases Tried in Chancery Court," 123 f. b. 
Numer. by docket no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Purvis. 
1889— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 7 vols. Chron. by date of 
tern and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. No index. Chan- 
cery Clerk, Purvis. 
LAUDERDALE COUNTY (Meridian) 
1858— Papers, in "Chancery Case Records," 809 f. b. Chron. by date 
filed. Index separate. Chancery Clerk, Meridian. 
1856— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 39 vols. Chron. by term 
of court and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. No index. 
Chancery Clerk, Meridian. 
LAWRENCE COUNTY (Monticello) 
1818— Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 42 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
Separate index. Chancery Clerk, Monticello. 
1859— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 8 vols. Chron. by date 
recorded. No index. Chancery Clerk, Monticello. 
LEAKE COUNTY (Carthage) 
1840— Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Records," 151 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Carthage. 
1838— Record, in "Minutes of the Chancery Court," 17 vols. Chron. by 
date recorded. No index. Chancery Clerk, Carthago. 
LEE COUNTY (Tupelo) 
1867-- Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 189 f. b. Numer. by case no. and 
chron. thereunder by date recorded. No index. Chancery Clerk, 
Tupelo. 
1873-- Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 22 vols. Chron. by 
term of court and chron. thereunder by date recorded. No index. 
Chancery Clerk, Tupelo. 
LEFLORE COUNTY (Greenwood) 
1846-- Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 371 f. b. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Greenwood, 
1857- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 17 vols. Chron. by term 
of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Greenwood. Divorces 
LINCOLN COUNTY (Brookhaven) 
1894— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Case Record,” 264 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Brookhaven. 
1894-- Record, in ’’Chancery Court Minutes,” 10 vols. Chron. by court 
term. Index alph. by first letter of surname of plaintiff and 
defendant. Chancery Clerk, Brookhaven. 
LOWNDES COUNTY (Columbus) 
1829— Papers, in ’’Chancery Cases Tried in Chancery Court,” 99 f. b. 
Numer. by case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Columbus. 
1870- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court,” 20 vols. Chron. by date 
of term and chron. thereunder by date recorded. No index. Chan- 
cery Clerk, Columbus, 
MADISON COUNTY (Canton) 
1871— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Files,” 34 f. b, Numer. by case no. 
Index alph. by first letter of surnames. Chancery Clerk, Canton. 
1857— Record, in ’’Chancery Court Cases,” 13 vols. Chron. by date 
recorded. No index. Chancery Clerk, Canton. 
MARION COUNTY (Columbia) 
1831— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Cases,” 567 vols. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Columbia. 
1866-- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court,” 11 vols. Chron. by date 
of court term. Index alph. by first letter of surnames of 
plaintiff and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Columbia, 
MARSHALL COUNTY (Holly Springs) 
1836— Papers, in ’’Chancery and Probate Papers,” 1836-1868, 2 f. b.; 
’’Chancery Court Cases,” 1869—, 326 f. b« Chron. by date of 
court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Holly Springs. 
1836— Record, in ’’Probate Court Minutes,” 1836-1869, 20 vols.; ’’Chan- 
cery Court Minutes,” 1870--, 12 vols. Chron. by court term. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Holly Springs. 
MONROE COUNTY (Aberdeen) 
1821— Papers, in ’’Chancery Cases,” 109 f. b. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Aberdeen. 
1856— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court,” 17 vols. Chron. by date 
of court term. No index. Chancery Clerk, Aberdeen. 
MONTGOMERY COUNTY (Winona) 
1871— Papers, in ’’Original Case Record,” 149 f. b. Numer. by case 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Winona. 
1871— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes,” 8 vols. Chron. by term 
of court. Chancery Clerk, Winona. Divorces 
NESHOBA COUNTY (Philadelphia) 
1866— Papers, in ''Chancery Court Record," 30 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Philadelphia. 
1857— Record, in Minutes Chancery Court," 8 vols. Chron. by term of 
court. Index alph. by first letter of surnames of parties in 
"Chancery Court Index," Chancery Clerk, Philadelphia. 
NEWTON COUNTY (Decatur) 
1911-- Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Files," 156 f. b. Chron. by 
date filed. Index in "General Index to Chancery Cases ." Chan- 
eery Clerk, Decatur. 
1876-- Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 10 vols. Chron. by 
date of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Decatur. 
NOXUBEE COUNTY (Macon) 
1856— Papers, in "Chancery Court Records," 394 f. b. Numer. by case 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Macon. 
1841-- Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 22 vols. Chron. by . 
date of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Macon. 
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY (Starkville) 
1876— Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Files," 137 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Starkville. 
1880— Record, in "Minutos Chancery Court," 10 vols. Chron. by date 
of hearing. Index alph. by first letter of surname of complain- 
ant and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Starkville. 
PANOLA COUNTY (Batosville-Sardis) 
1857- Papers, in "Case Record of Chancery Court," 252 f. b. Chron. by 
date filed. No index. Chancery Clerk, Sardis. 
1856-- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 13 vols. Chron. by terra of 
court. Index alph. by first letter of surname of plaintiff and 
defendant. Chancery Clerk, Sardis. 
1880-- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 8 vols. Chron. by term of 
court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Batcsville. 
PEARL RIVER COUNTY (Poplarville) 
1891-- Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 127 f. b. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Poplarville. 
1891-- Record, in ’‘Minutes of Chancery Court," 6 vols. Chron. by term 
of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Poplarville. 
PERRY COUNTY (New Augusta) 
1878— Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 6 f. b. Numer. by case no, No 
index. Chancery Clerk, New Augusta, Divorces 
PERRY COUNTY (Continued) 
1878— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 5 vols. Chron. by term 
of court, and chron. thereunder by date of session. No index. 
Chancery Clerk, New Augusta. 
PIKE COUNTY (Magnalia) 
1882-- Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 190 f. b. and 159 pigeon-holes. 
Numer. by case no. Index in "General Chancery DoOket." Chan- 
cery Clerk, Magnolia. 
1936— Papers, in "Live Chancery Cases," 1 filing cabinet. Numer. 
by case no. Index in "General Chancery Docket." Chancery 
Clerk, Magnolia. 
1882— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes," 19 vols. Chron. by date 
of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Magnolia. 
PONTOTOC COUNTY (Pontotoc) 
1836— Papers, in "Chancery Cases," 1836-1936, 89 f. b. "Chancery 
Court Cases," 1937--, 207 file folders. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Pontotoc. 
1836— Record, in "Chancery Court .Minutes," 30 vols. Chron. by court 
term, numer. thereunder by case no. Chancery Clerk, Pontotoc. 
PRENTISS COUNTY (Booneville) 
1870— Papers, in "Chancery Court Case Files," 175 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Booneville. 
1870-- Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 14 vols. Chron. by date 
of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Booneville. 
QUITMAN COUNTY (Marks) 
1877— Papers, in "Chancery Court Gases," 126 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Marks. 
1877— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by date of 
hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Marks. 
RANKIN COUNTY (Brandon) 
1902— Papers, in "General Chancery Docket," 3 vols. Chron. by date 
filed. Index alph.,direct and reverse, by first letter of sur- 
names of defendant and plaintiff. Chancery Clerk, Brandon. 
1870-- Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 11 vols. Chron. by 
court term. No index. Chancery Clerk, Brandon. 
SCOTT COUNTY (Forest) 
1872-- Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 156 f. b. Numer. by case 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Forest. Divorces 
SCOTT COUNTY (Continued) 
1873— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 8 vols. Chron. by term 
of court. No index. Chancery Clerk, Forest. 
SHARKEY COUNTY (Rolling Fork) 
1876-- Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 91 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Rolling Fork. 
1879— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 6 vols. Chron. by date 
of term and date of hearing of each cause. No index. Chancery 
Clerk, Rolling Fork. 
SIMPSON COUNTY (Mendenhall) 
1872— Papers, in "Case Record," 200 bundles, 1872-1900j 154 f. b., 
1901—. Numer. by case no. No index. Chancery Court, 
Mendenhall. 
1872— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by date 
of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Mendenhall. 
SMITH COUNTY (Raleigh) 
1906— Papers, in "Chancery Cases,” 124 f. d. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Raleigh. 
1893— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by court 
term. Index alph. by first letter of surname of complainant 
and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Raleigh. 
STONE COUNTY (Wiggins) 
1916-- Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 24 f. b. Numer. by case 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Wiggins. 
1886-1917 Record, in "Transcribed Minutes of the Chancery Court, Harrison 
County," 1 vol. Index alph.,direct and reverse, by first letter 
of surname of complainant and defendant. Chancery Clerk, 
Wiggins. 
1916— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 3 vols. Chron. by court 
term. Chancery Clerk, Wiggins. 
SUNFLOWER COUNTY (Indianola) 
1871— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 17 vols. Chron. by date 
of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Indian©la. 
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY (Charleston-Sumner) 
1856— Papers, in "Original Gases Chancery Court," 39 f. b. and 800 
bundles. Numer. by case no. Chancery Clerk, Charleston. 
1856— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes," 9 vols. Chron. by date of 
hearing. Index alph. by first letter of surname of plaintiff 
and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Charleston. 58 
Divorces 
TATE COUNTY (Senatobia) 
1875— Papers, in ’’Chancery Cases,” 485 f. b. Numer. by case no. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Senatobia. 
1873— Record, in ”Minutes Chancery Court,” 12 vols. Chron. by date 
of court. Chancery Clerk, Senatobia. 
TIPPAH COUNTY (Ripley) 
1855— Papers, in ’’Chancery Court Files," 108 f. d. Numer. by case 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Ripley. 
1856— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 9 vols. Chron. by date of 
hearing. Records prior to 1870 in "Minutes Probate Court." 
Chancery Clerk, Ripley. 
TISHOMINGO COUNTY (luka) 
1912— Papers, in "Case Papers, Chancery Court," 52 f, b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, luka. 
1887— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 7 vols. Chron. by date 
recorded. No index. Chancery Clerk, luka. 
TUNICA COUNTY (Tunica) 
1858— Papers, in "General Docket File," Chancery Court, 172 f. b. 
Numer. by case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Tunica. 
1858— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 10 vols. Chron. by 
date of proceedings. Chancery Clerk, Tunica. 
UNION COUNTY (New Albany) 
1881— Papers, in "Issue Docket and Trial Docket," 5 vols. Chron. by 
date of hearing. Issue Docket indexed alph, by first letter of 
surname of parties; Trial Docket not indexed. Chancery Clerk, 
New Albany. 
1881— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes," 9 vols. Chron. by date 
of hearing. No index. Chancery Clerk, Now Albany. 
WALTHALL COUNTY (Tylertown) 
1914— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 40 f. b. Chron. by date 
recorded. No index. Chancery Clerk, Tylertown. 
1914— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes," 4 vols. Chron. by court 
term. No index. Chancery Clerk, Tylertown. 
WARREN COUNTY (Vicksburg) 
1839-55 Papers, in "Superior Court of Chancery Record," 1 vol. Chron. 
by court term. No index. Chancery Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1819*38 Record, in "Minutes Superior Court," 1 vol. Chron. by court 
term. Chancery Clerk, Vicksburg. Divorces 
WARREN COUNTY (Continued) 
1856— Papers, in "Chancery Cases Chancery Court," 684 f. b. Numer. 
by case no. Index alph. by first letter of surnames of defend- 
ants and complainants. Chancery Clerk, Vicksburg. 
1856— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 22. vols. Chron. by 
date of proceedings. No index. Chancery Clerk, Vicksburg. 
WASHINGTON COUNTY (Greenville) 
1840— Papers, in "Chancery and Probate Papers," 11 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Greenville. 
1856— Record, in "Minutes of Chancery Court," 20 vols. Chron. by 
date of proceedings. No index. Chancery Clerk, Greenville. 
WAYNE C OUNTY (Waynesbor o) 
1893— Papers, in "Case Record," Chancery Court, 104 f. b. Numer. by 
case no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Waynesboro. 
1878-- Record, in i.'i inut e s of C hanc ery Court, o vo Is. C hr on. by o e rm 
of court. Index alph. by first letter of surnames of complain- 
ant and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Waynesboro. 
WEBSTER COUNTY (Walthall) 
1874-- Papers, in "Chancery Court Papers," 87 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Walthall. 
1874— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 6 vols. Chron. by date of 
proceedings. No index. Chancery Clerk, Walthall, 
WILKINSON COUNTY (Woodville) 
1866— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 224 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
No index. Chancery Clerk, Woodville. 
1856— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes," 8 vols. Chron. by date of 
court proceedings. Index alph. by first letter of surnames of 
complainant and defendant. Chancery Clerk, Woodville. 
WINSTON COUNTY (Louisville) 
1860— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 73 f. b. Numer. by case no. 
Chancery Clerk, Louisville. 
1856— Record, in "Minute Book Chancery Court," 7 vols. Chron. by 
term of court and chron. thereunder by date of hearing. No 
index. Chancery Clerk, Louisville. 
YALOBUSHA COUNTY (Coffeeville-Water Valley) 
1851— Papers, in "Chancery Court Cases," 140 f. b. Numer. by case 
no. No index. Chancery Clerk, Coffeeville. 
1856— Record, in "Minutes Chancery Court," 8 vols. Chron. by date of 
court term. Chancery Clerk, Coffeeville. 60 
Divorces 
YALOBUSHA COUNTY (Continued) 
1876— Papers, in "Original Papers Chancery Court," 88 f. d. Numer. 
by case no. Chancery Cleric, Water Valley. 
1873-- Record, in ’Minutes Chancery Court 2nd - Dist.," 7 vols. Chron. 
by court term Chancery Clark, Water Valley. 
YAZOO COUNTY (Yazoo City) 
1843— Papers, in 'Chancery Court Cases," 502 f. b. Numer. by case 
no. Chancery Clerk, Yazoo City. 
1866— Record, in "Chancery Court Minutes," 21 vols. Chron. by date 
recorded. Chancery Clerk, Yazoo City. MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OP HEALTH 
BUREAU OF VITAL STATISTICS 
STATISTICAL RECORD OF DIVORCE 
Name of 
COMPLAINANT COLOR 
Name of 
DEFENDANT COLOR 
Number Minor Children 
WHEN MARRIED Affected by the Decree 
CAUSE OF DIVORCE 
(Briefly Stated) 
WAS SUIT CONTESTED? 
I, the undersigned Chancery Clerk of County, hereby certify that the above named were 
divorced by decree of the Chancery Court of said county on the day of 19 ; said decree 
being recorded in Minute Book Page 
(SEAL) (Signed) .-. Chancery Clerk. 
(Margin Reserved for Binding) 
19 ; said decree 
SECTIONS 6, 7, 8, and 9, CHAPTER 132, LAWS OF 1928 
Sec. 6. That Sections 7 and 8 of Chapter 164, Laws of 1926, be and the same are hereby repealed. 
Sec. 7. That it shall he the duty of each chancery clerk in the State to make a report of each divorce granted in his coun- 
ty and on forms furnished by the State Board of Health, showing the following information, as correctly as he is able to make 
such report; Names of complainant and defendant; their race and color; when married; cause of the divorce, briefly stated; 
number of minor children affected by the decree; and the page and book in which decree is recorded. He shall certify to the 
above, and affix his seal. Said report shall be forwarded to the State Board of Health by said chancery clerk within ten days 
after adjournment of each term of chancery court in his county. 
Sec. 8. That each chancery clerk for his services in preparing and forwarding said records to the State Board of Health 
shall receive the sum of thirty-five cents for each completed record, to be taxed as costs in each divorce case as other fees are 
taxed, and shall be in addition to the fees prescribed by Section 1848 of Hemingway’s Code edition of 1917, Section 1167 of 
Mississippi Code of 1906. 
Sec. 9. That this act take effect and be in force from and after its passage. 
Approved April 16, 1928. 
Form V.S. No. T-39* ALPHABETICAL LIST OF COUNTIES IN MISSISSIPPI 
WITH THE DATES OF THEIR CREATION 
No. 
Created 
County 
No. 
Created 
County 
1. 
1799 
Adams 
42. 
1871 
Leflore 
2. 
1870 
Alcorn 
43. 
1870 
Lincoln 
3. 
1809 
Amite 
44. 
1830 
Lowndes 
4. 
1833 
Attala 
45. 
1823 
Madison 
5. 
1870 
Benton 
46. 
1811 
Marion 
6. 
1836 
Bolivar 
47. 
1836 
Marshall 
7. 
1852 
Calhoun 
48. 
1821 
Monroe 
8. 
1833 
Carroll 
49. 
1871 
Montgomery 
9. 
1836 
Chickasaw 
50. 
1833 
Neshoba 
10. 
1833 
Choctaw 
51. 
1836 
Newton 
11. 
1802 
Claiborne 
52. 
1833 
Noxubee 
12. 
1833 
Clarke 
53. 
1833 
Oktibbeha 
13. 
1871 
Clay 
54. 
1836 
Panola 
14. 
1836 
Coahoma 
55. 
1890 
Pearl River 
15. 
1823 
Copiah 
56. 
1820 
Perry 
16. 
1819 
Covington 
57. 
1815 
Pike 
17. 
1836 
Dedoto 
58. 
1836 
Pontotoc 
18. 
1908 
Forrest 
59. 
1870 
Prentiss 
19. 
1809 
Franklin 
60. 
1877 
Quitman 
20. 
1910 
George 
61. 
1828 
Rankin 
21. 
1811 
Greene 
62. 
1833 
Scott 
22. 
1870 
Grenada 
63. 
1876 
Sharkey 
23. 
1812 
Hancock 
64. 
1824 
Simpson 
24. 
1841 
Harrison 
65. 
1833 
Smith 
25. 
1821 
Hinds 
66. 
1916 
Stone 
26. 
1833 
Ho Ime s 
67. 
1844 
Sunflower 
27. 
1918 
Humphreys 
68. 
1833 
Tallahatchie 
28. 
1844 
Issaquena 
69. 
1873 
Tate 
29. 
1836 
Itawamba 
70. 
1836 
Tippah 
30. 
1812 
Jackson 
71. 
1836 
Tishomingo 
31. 
1833 
Jasper 
72. 
1836 
Tunica 
32. 
1802 
Jefferson 
73. 
1870 
Union 
33. 
1906 
Jefferson Davis 
74. 
1910 
17a It ha 11 
34. 
1826 
Jones 
75. 
1809 
Warren 
35. 
1833 
Kemper 
76, 
1827 
Washington 
36. 
1836 
Lafayette 
77. 
1809 
Wayne 
37. 
1904 
Lamar 
78. 
1874 
Webster 
38. 
1833 
Lauderdale 
79. 
1802 
Wilkinson 
39. 
1814 
Lawrence 
80. 
1833 
Winston 
40. 
1853 ; 
Leake 
81. 
1833 
Yalobusha 
41. 
1866 
Lee 
82. 
1823 
Yazoo 62 
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♦No. 55, Pearl River. (v, 127 p. mimeo., February 1938) 
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INVENTORIES OF THE CHURCH AND SYNAGOGUE ARCHIVES OF MISSISSIPPI 
Jewish Congregations and Organizations. (v, 41 p. mimeo., November 1940) 
"'Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of Mississippi, (vii, 146 p. mimeo., 
June 1940) 
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Guide to Vital Statistics Records in Mississippi, Volume I, Public Archives, 
(v, 62 p. mimeo., April 1942) 
Mississippi Newspapers 1805-1940, A Preliminary Checklist of Mississippi 
Newspaper Files Available in the Mississippi Department of Archives 
and History, (v, 102 p. raimeo., February 1942) 
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