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United States  Mississippi  Grenada County

Guide to Grenada County Mississippi genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

	Mississippi Online Records

County Courthouse

Grenada County Courthouse
PO Box 1208
Grenada, MS 38902
Phone: 662.226.1821

Clerk Circuit Court has marriage, divorce, and
probate records from 1870 and land records from 1835. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1870--Grenada County was created 9 May 1870 from Carroll, Yalobusha, Choctaw, Tallahatchie, Webster and Montgomery Counties.
County seat: Grenada ^[2] 

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Calhoun
• Carroll
• Leflore
• Montgomery
• Tallahatchie
• Webster
• Yalobusha

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Grenada County, Mississippi census records online, see: Mississippi Census.

• 1870 - 1870 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

• 1880 - 1880 State Census Returns, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Grenada County, Mississippi (land patent maps) at HistoryGeo.com ($). Free surname search.

Military

Newspapers

Probate

Taxation

Mississippi tax records replace missing censuses and provide lists of residents during years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years. For more information see Mississippi Taxation.

• 1870-1895 - County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1870-1922 - Grenada County Marriage Books A-J Index 1870-1922 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries 

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Grenada County, Mississippi page 379, At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
3. ↑ Genealogical Society of Utah, Parish and Vital Records List (July 1998). Microfiche. Digital version at https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/images/c/ce/Igimississippia.pdf.

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