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Grenada County, Mississippi
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Grenada County, Mississippi Facts
When was Grenada County, MS Created?
Grenada County was established on May 9, 1870 from Carroll County, Yalobuska County, Choctaw County and Tallahatchie County.
What is the County Seat of Grenada County, MS?
The County Seat is located in Grenada additionally, the county government website is unknown
What counties are adjacent to Grenada County, MS?
Bordering Counties are Yalobusha County, Calhoun County, Webster County (east-southeast), Montgomery County, Carroll County, Leflore County and Tallahatchie County .
Grenada County, MS Vital Records
Where can find Grenada County, MS Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Grenada County vital records can be found at the Mississippi Department of Health which has copies of birth and death records after 1912, Marriage and a Divorce records since 1926. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in Mississippi for current fees and application process.
Certified marriages may also be obtained from the Circuit Clerk Court. Certified divorce decrees may also be obtained from the Chancery Clerk Court.
Grenada County Health Department has birth and death records from November 1, 1912. You may go to any county health department in the State of Mississippi to obtain a certificates can be issued while you wait.
You can search online for Grenada County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for Mississippi Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, Death Certificate Application to mail.
Grenada County, MS Census Records
What Grenada County, MS census records are available?
Grenada County census records consists of Federal Census Schedules to guide in finding out about your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Grenada Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1870 and 1880. Grenada Co. Industry and Agriculture is available for 1870 and 1880. Grenada Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. You will discover free down loadable and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Grenada County, MS Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Grenada County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Grenada County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in Mississippi courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless Mississippi residents.
The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the Grenada County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also Mississippi Corthouse Records Research Guide.
- Grenada County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 59 Green Street, Grenada, MS 38902-1208
- Grenada County Chancery Court Clerk
- Phone: 662-226-1821
- Land Records: 1834
- Probate Records:
- Divorce Records: see Clerk
- Grenada County Clerk of Circuit Court
- Phone: 662-226-1941
- Marriage Records:
- Court Records:
- Mississippi Court Records Research Guide
- Mississippi Court Records, 1799-1835
- Mississippi County Court Records
- Inventory of the county archives of Mississippi: Grenada County (search.ancestry.com)
- Mississippi, State Archives, Various Records, 1820-1951
- Spanish and British Land Grants in Mississippi Territory, 1750-1784
- Land Claims in Mississippi Territory, 1789-1834
- BLM Land Records
Grenada County, MS Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Grenada County, MS?
A list of Grenada County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives.
- USGenWeb Archives for Grenada County (usgwarchives.net)
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History, North Street, Jackson, MS 39201; Ph. (601) 576-6850,200
- Mississippi Historical Society, PO Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205-0571
- Mississippi Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 5301, Jackson, MS 39216
- Mississippi Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies Guide
Where can I connect with other Grenada County, MS Researchers through message boards and forums?
- https://www.archives.gov/research/census
- Mississippi Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
- Mississippi State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- Grenada County, Mississippi Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com) read and post messages about your ancestors in Grenada County
- Grenada County, Mississippi Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Grenada County, MS?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources relevant to Grenada County. Many of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business oriented Sites, Personal Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some require a fee. This is basically a list that has been collected or submitted. I do not endorse or promote one genealogy site above another.
Grenada Co. MS Books, Newspapers & Publications
- Mississippi Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Mississippi historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
- Historical Newspapers from Mississippi (1818 – 1964) (genealogybank.com)
- Grenada County, Mississippi Books (amazon.com)
- Grenada Genealogy Books (google.com)
- Search Mississippi Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
Grenada Co. MS Cemetery & Church Records
- Mississippi Cemetery Research Guide
- Grenada Co., Mississippi Graves (findagrave.com)
- Grenada County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Grenada Co., Mississippi Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Grenada Co., Mississippi Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Mississippi Church & Bible Research Guide
- Grenada County, Mississippi Church Books (amazon.com)
Grenada Co. MS Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
- Mississippi Family Group Sheet Project (fgs-project.com)
- Nichols and Related Families (nicholsgenealogy.com)
Grenada Co. MS General and History Websites
- Grenada County, Mississippi Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Grenada County, Mississippi Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Grenada Co. MS Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Grenada County, Mississippi (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Mississippi – Counties – Grenada (cyndislist.com)
- Grenada County Mississippi (genealogytrails.com)
- Grenada Co. MSGenweb (msgw.org)
- Grenada County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Grenada Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Grenada Co. MS Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Mississippi Links and Information
- Grenada Co. D.O.T. Maps
- 1895 Grenada County Map (livgenmi.com)
Grenada Co. MS Military Records
- Mississippi Military Records Research Guide
- Mississippi Military Records (Fold3.com) offers easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the Mississippi individuals that served. Suitable for Grenada County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.