African-American Genealogy


 UPDATED! March 6, 2021 - New Book Added to Family History Section!


NOTE: If there is a African-American genealogy book that you'd like to recommend the library purchase or a link that you'd like me to add to this page, please feel free to email monica (at) pawls.lib.ms.us with the information.  Thanks!

The books/microfilm listed below are owned by the McComb Public Library unless otherwise noted.


AMITE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
·         Slaves of Liberty: Freedom in Amite County, Mississippi, 1820-1868
By Dale Edwyna Smith                                                                                 

CHURCHES
·         Celebrating 117 Years! Rose Bower Missionary Baptist Church – LIBERTY Public Library
·         Centennial Commemoration of God's Call to Holiness - A Commitment, A Celebration, A Challenge: Church of Christ of Holiness U.S.A., 1896-1996


DEATHS/CEMETERIES/BURIALS
·         Amite County, Mississippi Cemeteries by J. Paul Mogan
·         The Marion County, Mississippi Cemetery Record by Stanley Arnold
·         See Also: Pike County Death Information 1929-1933






FAMILY HISTORY
·     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 Facen-Ford 
 
     The Continuous Legacy of an African-American family (Dillon family)
by Ron Fisher
·         The Crutcher Family of Yazoo County, Mississippi, 1800s-1900s (Crutch, Crutcher family) by Marguerite K. Shaw-Pickett
·         Oliver Wendell Cunnigen, Sr. (biography) 9 page booklet
Plus a newspaper clipping of his 100th birthday in July of 1981
(in the genealogy vertical files)                                   
·         Commodore Dewey Higgins (5 page biography + pictorial review)
Principal of Burgland High School, Pike County, MS
Folder also includes a newspaper clipping on Charles D. Westbrook, the first African-American to be named to the McComb School Board in 1969.
(in the genealogy vertical files)
·         Butts, Bradley, Walker, Robinson, and Kenerson by David Walker –
LIBERTY Public Library
·         Lanterns at Our Feet by David Walker – LIBERTY Public Library

GENEALOGY HOW-TO
·         Secrets to African-American Roots: a guide for researching American records (2006)
by Collette Smith
·         Black Roots: A Beginner's Guide to Tracing Your African American family tree (2001) by Tony Burroughs
·         Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy (2003) by James Rose and Alice Eichholz
·         Finding Your African American Ancestors: A Beginner's Guide (2000) by David T. Thackery
·         A Genealogist's Guide to Discovering Your African American Ancestors (2003) by Franklin Carter Smith and Emily Anne Croom
                                                                                          
MARRIAGES                            
·         Pike County Marriage Records on Microfilm
Years Available: 1888-1927
·         Amite County Marriage Records on Microfilm
Years Available: Dec. 1866 – Jan. 1872
·         Walthall County Marriage Records on Microfilm
Years Available: 1914-1926
·         Marion County Marriage Records on Microfilm
Years Available: November 1908-January 1930
·         George County, Mississippi Colored Marriage Records, June 17, 1910 through December 21, 1979 (book)

MILITARY
·         Negro Soldiers: Free Men of Color in the Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812 by Rosemarie Fay Loomis – LIBERTY Public Library

SCHOOLS
 
·         Burglund High School Graduation Program for May 30 – June 2, 1965
·         Homecoming of the Lincoln County Training School 1901-1982 (August 21, 1982)
(in the genealogy vertical files)
·         See Also: Pike County School Census

 
SLAVE NARRATIVES

·         Mississippi Narratives, Vol. IX by Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Note: This book is shelved in the Reference area

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WEB LINKS



* Freedman's Bureau (MS Dept. of Archives)
includes search tips...scroll to bottom of page to conduct a search

* Amite County - Largest Slaveholders (1860) and Surname Matches in the 1870 Census

* African-American Gateway - Mississippi
from Allen County Public Library

*AfriGeneasPrecious Photos
Includes several photographs from MS and a few from Pike County
site not working when checked 26 Apr 2023 - link goes to archived version

*AfriGeneas Precious Photos II
site not working when checked 26 Apr 2023 - link goes to archived version

*Colored Marriages, Wilkinson County, Mississippi (Books G & H, 1865-1870)
site not working when checked 26 Apr 2023 - link goes to archived version

Exploring and Preserving African American History in the Louisiana Florida Parishes: Preserving Our History inTangipahoa and St. Helena Parishes, Louisiana   
by Dr. Antoinette Harrell

FAMILY HISTORY
site not working when checked April 2016 - link goes to archived version 

*The Gwendolyn McGowan-Seagroves Family Homepage (by Gwendolyn McGowan Seagroves)










*Links last checked and updated 26 Apr 2023      

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