Mississippi Census Notes
Federal Mississippi census records are available to the public for census years: 1820, 1830, 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930.
1890 MS Census Schedules were completely destroyed by fire in 1921, however, the Veterans and Widows Census did survive and is often used
as an aid for searching in that census year.
Soundex code
(phonetic indexes) for Mississippi Federal census records
are available on microfilm for census years: 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920 and 1930.
Mississippi school census records were taken
frequently. The Mississippi Department of History and Archives has
a
list of published MS school censuses.
Mississippi state census records were enumerated for several years.
Genealogically speaking, these will hold the name of the head of
household and number statistics for other members in the household.
They can prove helpful for filling in gaps. Known MS state census
years are 1801, 1805, 1808, 1810, 1816, 1818, 1820, 1822, 1823, 1824,
1825, 1830, 1833, 1837, 1840, 1841, 1845, 1850, 1853, 1860, and 1866.
All of these are incomplete sets of data. Some of these are online
at the
Mississippi USGenWeb Census Project. The
others can be viewed on microfilm or published in book form at the
Mississippi Archives.
Mississippi Census Records
Questions In The Census
Learn what questions were asked in each
census year and where to find census records online. This section of Census Finder covers each census year from 1790-1930 and will
give you clues and tips to help you learn to locate your ancestors
quickly in census records.
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Birth & Death records begin 1912.
Marriage records begin 1926.
Marriage Records between 1926 and 1938 are kept at the county level. You should write to the individual county to obtain a record during this time period.
Divorce records begin in 1926.
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