New book added!

Added to McComb Public Library: 

Memoirs
by Mary Katie Gillis

(Daughter of Norman Gillis, Sr. and Katie Lewis Gillis)
Norman Gillis, Sr. owned Gillis Rexall Drug Store in McComb. 

New book added!

Added to McComb Public Library:

Forrest Family
by Lacy Forrest
Descendants of Richard Forrest (1767-1841) 

WPA Mississippi county histories digitized

The Mississippi Library Commission has digitized 

the WPA county histories for Mississippi!

The files are searchable and in PDF format.  

Click here to go to the list of counties!

Felder's Campmeeting - Updated Booklet

Recently Added to our Genealogy Vertical Files @ McComb Library: 

Felder (Topisaw) Campmeeting, Descendants of the Founders, 
2nd ed.

This booklet was recently donated to the McComb Library by the Felder Campground Association in honor of the 175th Anniversary of Felder's Campmeeting. 

Learn more about Felder's Campmeeting at their website: 
http://felderscampmeeting.com

New Books

Added to the Genealogy Collection at McComb Public Library: 

1. Indian Wars of the American South, 1610-1858: a guide forgenealogists and historians by Michael A. Ports 

(published 2017)

2. The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy, 4th Ed. by Val D. Greenwood 

(published 2017)

It's here!!

It's here!! The new microfilm machine is here and ready to use! Will get a pic posted soon. Currently working on my request backlog. Please be patient with me as I am still learning how everything works.

Yearbooks Added!

Yearbooks recently added to the collection 

of McComb Public Library: 

Southwest Mississippi Community College

"Whispering Pines" 

1940, 1941

 Millsaps College

"Bobashela" 

1943

Southeastern Louisiana University
"LeSouvenir"

1987