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

	Mississippi Online Records

County Courthouse

Sharkey County Courthouse
PO Box 218;
Rolling Fork, MS 39159
Phone: 662.873.2755

Clerk Chancery Court has court, probate
and land records from 1876.
Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records from 1876. ^[1]

History

Parent County

1876--Sharkey County was created 29 March 1876 from Warren, Washington and Issaquena Counties.
County seat: Fork ^[2] 

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Humphreys
• Issaquena
• Washington
• Yazoo

Resources

Cemeteries

Census

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

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

Church

Court

Land

Local Histories

Maps

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.

• 1883-1891 - County Tax Rolls, courtesy: FamilySearch - free.

Vital Records

Marriage

• 1876-1929 - Sharkey County Marriage Books 1-12 Index 1876-1929 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), Sharkey County, Mississippi page 382, 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/f/f2/Igimississippip.pdf.

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