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United States Mississippi Lincoln County

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

	Mississippi Online Records

County Courthouse

Lincoln County Courthouse
300 S 2nd St; PO Box 555
Brookhaven, MS 39601-3321
Phone: 601.835.3479

Clerk Chancery Court has divorce, probateand court records from 1893.
Clerk District Court has marriage records from 1893. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1870--Lincoln County was created 7 April 1870 from Franklin, Lawrence, Copiah, Pike and Amite Counties.
County seat: Brookhaven ^[2] 

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Amite
• Copiah
• Franklin
• Jefferson
• Lawrence
• Pike
• Walthall

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Redstar

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

• Family Maps of Lincoln 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.

• 1881-1898 - County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1893-1922 - Lincoln County Marriage Books 1-11 Index 1893-1922 in International Genealogical Index at FamilySearch - free.^[3]

Societies and Libraries

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Red Star Mississippi Family History Center

Web Sites

• Family History Library Catalog

References

1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Lincoln County, Mississippi page 381, 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/b/be/Igimississippij.pdf.

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