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Winston County, Mississippi
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Winston County, Mississippi Facts
When was Winston County, MS Created?
Winston County was established on December 23, 1833 from Lowndes County, Rankin County, and Wayne County.
What is the County Seat of Winston County, MS?
The County Seat is located in Louisville additionally, the county government website is winstoncountyms.com/
What counties are adjacent to Winston County, MS?
Bordering Counties are Oktibbeha County, Noxubee County, Kemper County, Neshoba County, Attala County and Choctaw County.
Winston County, MS Vital Records
Where can find Winston County, MS Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Winston 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.
Winston 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 Winston 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.
Winston County, MS Census Records
What Winston County, MS census records are available?
Winston County census records consists of Federal Census Schedules to guide in finding out about your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
Winston Co. Slave Schedules is available for 1850 & 1860. Winston Co. Mortality Schedules can be acquired for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Winston Co. Industry and Agriculture is available for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Winston Co. Union Veterans Schedules can be acquired for 1890. You will discover free down loadable and printable census forms to aid with your research.
Winston County, MS Courthouse and Government Records
What genealogical records can I find in the Winston County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Winston 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 Winston 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.
- Winston County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 115 S Court Ave, Louisville, MS 39339
- Winston County Chancery Court Clerk
- Phone: 662-773-3631
- Land Records: 1835
- Probate Records: 1834
- Divorce Records: see Clerk
- Winston County Clerk of Circuit Court
- Phone: 662-773-3581
- Marriage Records: 1834
- Court Records: 1856
- Mississippi Court Records Research Guide
- Mississippi Court Records, 1799-1835
- Mississippi County Court Records
- 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
Winston County, MS Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Winston County, MS?
A list of Winston County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives.
- Winston County Genealogical & Historical Society, P.O. Box 387, Louisville, MS 39339
- Dancing Rabbit Creek Genealogical Society, 114 East Franklin Street, Carthage MS 39051
- USGenWeb Archives for Winston 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 Winston 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)
- Winston County, Mississippi Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com) read and post messages about your ancestors in Winston County
- Winston County, Mississippi Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in Winston County, MS?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources relevant to Winston 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.
Winston 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)
- Winston County, Mississippi Books (amazon.com)
- Winston Genealogy Books (google.com)
- Search Mississippi Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
Winston Co. MS Cemetery & Church Records
- Mississippi Cemetery Research Guide
- Winston Co., Mississippi Graves (findagrave.com)
- Winston County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- Winston Co., Mississippi Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- Winston Co., Mississippi Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- Mississippi Church & Bible Research Guide
- Winston County, Mississippi Church Books (amazon.com)
Winston 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)
Winston Co. MS General and History Websites
- Winston County, Mississippi Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- Winston County, Mississippi Wiki (familysearch.org)
- Winston Co. MS Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- Winston County, Mississippi (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – Mississippi – Counties – Winston (cyndislist.com)
- Winston County Mississippi (genealogytrails.com)
- Winston Co. MSGenweb (msgen.info)
- Winston County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- Winston Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
Winston Co. MS Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of Mississippi Links and Information
- Winston Co. D.O.T. Maps
- 1895 Winston County Map (livgenmi.com)
Winston 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 Winston County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.