Christmas Closing 2021

 

Recently Added to Our Genealogy Collection!

@  McComb Public Library

Frederick County, Virginia, marriages, 1771-1825
by Eliza Timberlake Davis

The Durst and Darst families of America with discussions of some forty related families
by Sanford Charles Gladden

Marriage and death notices from upper S. C. newspapers, 1843-1865: abstracts from newspapers of Laurens, Spartanburg, Newberry, and Lexington districts
by Brent Holcomb

Marriages of Maury County, Tennessee, 1808-1852
by Edythe Johns Rucker Whitley

John Pankey of Manakin Town, Virginia, and his descendants: descendants and connections of his son John Peter Pankey, of Manakin Town, now Powhatan County, Virginia - Vol. 2
by George Edward Pankey

South Carolina Indians, Indian traders, and other ethnic connections: beginning in 1670

Edgefield marriage records, Edgefield, South Carolina,: from the late 18th century up through 1870
by Carlee T. McClendon

Estate records of Edgecombe County, North Carolina,: 1730-1820
by Joseph W. Watson

New World immigrants: a consolidation of ship passenger lists and associated data from periodical literature - Volumes 1 & 2

Virginia county records, Vol. IX

Colonial Granville County and its people: Loose leaves from "The lost tribes of North Carolina"
by Worth S. Ray

1840 U. S. federal census, Lafayette County & Yalobusha County, Mississippi: also index to 1850 U. S. census Lafayette County, MS

Marriage bonds of Lafayette County, Mississippi

Kentucky pioneers and their descendants 
by Ila Earle Fowler

The heritage of Lafayette County, Mississippi

@ Walthall County Library

Annals of Southwest Virginia, 1769-1800, Volumes 1 & 2
by Lewis Preston Summers

Register of Choctaw emigrants to the West, 1831 and 1832
by Betty C. Wiltshire

New Additions!!

Recently Added to McComb Public Library's Collection:

NON-FICTION COLLECTION

·        Buildings of Mississippi
by Jennifer V. O. Baughn, Michael W. Fazio, with Mary Warren Miller

      GENEALOGY & LOCAL HISTORY COLLECTION

      Black Indian Genealogy Research: African-American Ancestors Among the Five Civilized Tribes
by Angela Y. Walton-Raji

      The Origins of American Slavery: Freedom and Bondage in the English Colonies
by Betty Wood

      Memories of Lincoln County
Compiled by Tammie Santos Brewer, Sue Dorman, Joe G. Brown and Bettie Posey Bullard, Ph.D.              

      Historical Sketch and Roster of the Mississippi 16th Infantry Regiment
by John C. Rigdon

      The Civil War in Mississippi: Major Campaigns and Battles
by Michael B. Ballard

 

 

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New Additions to McComb's Genealogy Collection!

 Recently Added to McComb Public Library's Genealogy / Local History Collection!

AFRICAN-AMERICAN GENEALOGY

* Irris Gave Us Hope...in the Future: No Stopping, No Standing, No Parking...Keep Moving (Irris Bonner-Harris family of Amite County, MS)
by Hope E. Facen-Ford

RAILROAD HISTORY

* Cotton Railroad Through Mississippi: The Mississippi Central and the Illinois Central
by Robert Milton Winter

MEDICAL HISTORY 

* Images in Mississippi Medicine: A Photographic History of Medicine in Mississippi
by Lucius "Luke" Lampton and Karen Evers

CIVIL WAR HISTORY

* A Record of Passing Events: the Civil War Journal of a Jeff Davis Sharpshooter, February-June 1862
by Jobias Mathias Foxworth, 7th Regiment, MS Volunteer Regiment; edited by D. Christopher Watts

GENEALOGY REFERENCE

* Evidence Explained: Citing History Sources From Artifacts to Cyberspace
3rd edition, revised
by Elizabeth Shown Mills 

* Pitfalls in Genealogical Research
by Milton Rubincam

* Genealogy Standards
2nd edition
by the Board for Certification of Genealogists

* Mastering Genealogical Documentation
by Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D.

* Mastering Genealogical Proof
by Thomas W. Jones, Ph.D. 

 

 

 

 

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Extended Service Hours

McComb Public Library's Genealogy Room is open by appointment (for up to 3 hours and 2 people)

Monday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

Tuesday/Thursday 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

Wednesday 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 

Friday 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 

Call 601-684-2661, Ext. 4 to schedule your appointment.

 The room is cleaned after each use. 

We are OPEN!

McComb Library is back OPEN! 

Computers, Study Rooms, Genealogy, Browsing
WALK-INS between 9 a.m. - 1 p.m . Monday - Friday.

CLOSED 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. for lunch. 

 

CURBSIDE service:

Monday 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Tuesday/Thursday 2 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Friday 2 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Saturday 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. & 2:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Temporarily Closed

Due to the winter weather that's been
affecting our area, the
Pike-Amite-Walthall Library System
will be CLOSED until
Monday, February 22, 2021.

We apologize for the inconvenience. 

Stay safe and warm.

Service Update!!

Starting Wednesday, January 20, 2021, appointments may be made to use the McComb Public Library's Genealogy Room. Appointments will be made between the hours of 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. Mondays - Fridays for a time period of up to 2 hours. The room will be cleaned after use. Call 601-684-2661, Ext. 3 or 4 to schedule an appointment.