Tuesday, May 13, 2014

New Additions @ Osyka and Walthall

New Genealogy Additions at Osyka and Walthall Public Libraries...

OSYKA Public Library

1. From Chatham to Osyka: Journey of the Mixon Ancestors
By: Paul Smith Mixon/ Call #: G 929.2 MIX

2. Osyka: A Memorial History, 1812-1978
By: Lucy Wall Varnado/ Call #: G 976.223 VAR

WALTHALL County Public Library
1. The Conerly Family from Duplin Co. NC to Sabine Parish, LA 1716-2007
with allied families Petty, Lee, and Moore
By: Edward B. Kirsten/ Call #: G 929.2 KIR

2. The Stovall Family and Related Lines
By: Lyle Keith Williams/ Call #: G 929.2 WIL

3. The Stovall Family in America (Descendants of Bartholomew of Henrico County, VA 1864)
By: Carmae Massey Smith/ Call #: G 929.2 STO

4. Your Kitchings Roots: Descendants of Matthew and Elizabeth Kitchings 1755-2010
By: Albert L. Brodie Jr./ Call #: G 929.2 BRO

5. The Luter Clan
By: Marie Luter Upton/ Call #: G 929.2 LUTter

6. Mark Rayborn and Rhoda Rayborn: Their Antecedents and Descendants
By: Vada Phillips/ Call #: G 929.2 RAY

7. Holmes ~ RialsMemories!By: Theo Rials Bryan/ Call #: G 929.2 BRY

8. The Sibley family in America 1629-1972
By: James Scarborough Sibley/ Call #: G 929.2 SIB

Monday, May 12, 2014

New Feature!

New!

You can now search the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library Online Catalog from this blog!

See the search box on the right...results will open in a new window.

Newly Added to our Genealogy Collection, part 4

Genealogy / Family History books recently added  to McComb Public Library's Genealogy Collection:

16. Sullivans of Sullivan's Hollow: Cousins, Friends, and Neighbors
(Part 1 - Generations 1 through 4 and
Part 2 - Families of Sullivan Grandsons of Thomas Sullivan Sr.)
By: Granville W. Hough and Maxine Richardson Watts/ Call #: G 929.2 HOU

17. Clinton Presybeterian Church Family Connection, Book 2 - (Clinton, LA)
By: Frances D. Phares/ Call # : G 976.316 CLI

18. McComb High School Class of 1957 (Fiftieth Reunion, May 18-20, 2007) (Reunion Book)
Call # G 976.223 MCC

19. The Prestridge Family
By: Gregory S. Smith/ Call #: G 929.2 PRE


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Tomorrow I will post genealogy books that have been added to the collections at 
Osyka Public Library (Osyka, MS) and Walthall County Library (Tylertown, MS). 

Wednesday I will post genealogy books recently added to Liberty Public Library (Liberty, MS). 

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Newly Added to our Genealogy Collection, part 3

Genealogy / Family History books recently added  to McComb Public Library's Genealogy Collection:


11. A Partial Genealogy of John Godbold of South Carolina

By: Mavis Godbold and John Mesick/ Call #: G 929.2 GOD

12. Leaves From Tree of McGehee (MacGregor)

By: Leasie McGehee Watkins/ Call #: G 929.2 WAT

13. German "Pest Ships" 1720-1721

By: Alice Forsyth and Earlene Zeringue/ Call #: G 929.3 FOR


14. Yazoo County, Mississippi 1850 US Census and Marriages

By: Diane Fyans Roos/ Call #: G 929.376249 ROO

15. Descendants of Willis and Sarah Farris Rayborn (and)

The Harve' Jones and Ann Gartman Family - 2 books in 1

By: Lutie R. Lawrence/ Call #: G 929.2 DES

More titles to be posted Monday!

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Newly Added to Our Genealogy Collection, part 2

Genealogy / Family History books recently added 
to McComb Public Library's Genealogy Collection:

6. The Mixon-Mixson Family, Volume III

By: John Leslie Mixon/ Call #: G 929.2 MIX

7. Shoffner Family History

By: Margaret Shoffner DeMoss/ Call #: G 929.2 DEM

8. Graham : Montrose Clan

By: Margie Graham Bailey/ Call #: G 929.2 BAI

9. Residents of the Natchez District: 1787

By: Carroll Ainsworth McElligott/ Call #: G 929.37622 MCE

10. The Godwin Family 1846-1977

By: James Russell Godwin/ Call #: G 929.2 GOD

More titles to be posted tomorrow!

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Newly Added to Our Genealogy Collection, part 1

Genealogy / Family History books recently added 
to McComb Public Library's Genealogy Collection:


1. History of Lawrence and Jefferson Davis County
By: Eddie Mikell/ Call #: G 976.25 MIK

2. From Chatham to Osyka: Journey of the Mixon Ancestors
By: Paul Smith Mixon/ Call #: G 929.2 MIX

3. Temple People - Volume 2
By: Joyce Temple Barnett/ Call # G 929.2 BAR

4. When My World Was Young (about Tylertown and Walthall County, MS)
By: Rev. Fred L. Applewhite/ Call #: G 976.222 APP

5. Mississippi Oral History Program - McComb Railroad Workers - An Oral History with Dr. W. T. "Tom" Mayer
Interviewed by Larry Morrisey/ Call #: G 976.223 MIS

More titles to be posted tomorrow!

Thursday, April 17, 2014

New Genealogy Titles!

Newly available titles include: 

Family Tree Pocket Reference by Family Tree Magazine
A collection of resources, tips, lists, etc. from the pages of Family Tree Magazine

Family Treasures by Barry J. Ewell
“15 Lessons, Tips, and Tricks for Discovering Your Family History”

The Sleuth Book for Genealogists by Emily Anne Croom
“Strategies for More Successful Family History Research”

A Genealogist’s Refresher Course, 2nd ed. by Judy Jacobson

Searching on Location by Ann Ross Balhuizen
“Planning a Research Trip”

How to Find Your Family History in Newspapers by Lisa Louise Cooke

A Preservation Guide by Barbara Sagraves
A guide for preserving records on paper, books, and photographs

The Genealogist’s Guide to Researching Tax Records by Carol Cooke Darrow

Without Indentures: Index to White Slave Children in Colonial Court Records [Maryland and Virginia] by Richard Hayes Phillips

African-American Resources at the New England Historic Genealogical Society: A Selected Bibliography

The Complete Book of Emigrants 1661-1699 (Volumes 1 & 2) by Peter Wilson Coldham
(we also have the books covering 1700-1750 and 1751-1776)
More Emigrants in Bondage 1614-1775 by Peter Wilson Coldham

Washington Parish Cemeteries Volumes 2-4
(Volumes 1 thru 4 also available at Walthall Library. Volume 1 will be donated to McComb at a later date.)