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Assistant State Coordinator:  Denise Wells
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VITAL RECORDS

ABOUT VITAL RECORDS IN MISSISSIPPI

Birth & Death records begin 1912.  

Marriage records begin officially in 1926 but there are various earlier years kept at the county level and each county is different in what years they kept marriage records.

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.  


HOW TO CONTACT THE VITAL RECORDS OFFICE
Mississippi Vital Records Office
571 Stadium Drive
P.O. Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215
Phone:  (601) 576-7690

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BIRTH

Ancestry Databases


MARRIAGES 

FamilySearch.org (free)

Miscellaneous marriage notes : from Abstract of Goodspeed's Memoirs  
Mississippi marriages : COLLECTION RECORD, 1800-1911
Mississippi marriages appearing on the "soundex" microfilm prior to 1861 : The Gordon Wells' list - selected surnames 
Mississippi marriages copied by Mary Campbell Bryan
Mississippi, county marriages : COLLECTION RECORD, 1858-1879


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    Mississippi Mariages to 1825
    1826-1850
    1826-1900


    OBITUARIES


    DEATHS
      

    Archive.org - Mississippi Death Index - https://archive.org/details/msdeathindex?sort=titleSorter

    FamilySearch.org (free)
    Mississippi deaths and burials : COLLECTION RECORD, 1822-1921
    Mississippi, death certificate index : COLLECTION RECORD, 1912-1943
    Mississippi, death certificate index, 1912-1943