Recently Added to the Collection

A Treasure on the Trace: The French Camp Story by Melinda Burford Livingston and Charles A. Rich (Choctaw County, Mississippi)
The book includes the history of French Camp Academy.

Just Added - DURHAM family

Added to genealogy collection: 

2 big binders of information on the DURHAM family. 

Just a few of the names are Mathew Durham and wife Susanna Lindsay; Thomas Durham and wife Margaret "Peggy" Lindsay; and William Washington Durham and wife Mary Jane McKinnon Durham. (many other names - too many to list!)

These binders include copies of pictures and correspondence, family group sheets, and more

Pike County Deaths, 1929-1933

PIKE COUNTY DEATH DATES, April 1929 - October 1933
                                                          (and April, 1934)

NEW! This list is now online! 

Click the link below to view and for more information: 

www.pikecountydeaths.blogspot.com

FYI

FYI: Ancestry Library Edition is no longer available through 

the Pike-Amite-Walthall Library System. 

Library patrons may still access the U.S. Census and other records 

through: 

HeritageQuest

Search Census Records, US Indian Census Rolls, Freedman's Bank, and More
TO ACCESS: Go to pawl.ent.sirsi.net
On the left menu, click "More Links"
Scroll down and click "Heritage Quest" 

(PAWLS Library Card Required)

HeritageQuest can be accessed through the library and also from home (with a valid library card)
 

 More information on HeritageQuest is here: 

 http://proquest.libguides.com/heritagequestonline

Genealogy Program!

GENEALOGY IN THE 21st CENTURY

A presentation by 

Adrianne Fortenberry Criminger

primary author of 

The Fortenberry Families of Southern Mississippi (1984)

Join us for a discussion of: 

* New advances in researching family history

*how DNA can help you find relatives you

never knew you had

* Great ways to preserve your unique family stories
 

When?

Thursday, November 12, 2015

6:30 P.M. until 8:00 P. M.

McComb Public Library Meeting Room

1022 Virginia Ave., McComb, MS   

Important Announcement

Effective Monday, September 14, 2015, I will be the new Reference Librarian for the McComb Public Library. I will still be handling any Genealogy requests and maintain this blog and my Facebook page as I am able.

Historical Newspapers

New Additions to Chronicling America Historical Newspapers:

Access here:  Chronicling America - Mississippi

New Newspapers were added to that site for:
ABERDEEN, CORINTH, GREENSBORO, HOUSTON, DEKALB, PASS CHRISTIAN, SARDIS, and VICKSBURG

Also, one issue of Liberty's Southern Herald from 1866 has been added, and other newspapers on the site have had more issues added. 

Enjoy!