Thank you for this recent collection of references for JONES in MS, Jerry. It will be extremely useful to research these sources. best, fithian On Friday, July 1, 2005, at 06:07 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Hello Pam. Yes, there are numerous references to the JONES surname in > Mississippi. There are at least 17 references to the JONES surname > for MS in JONES > JOURNEYS alone. Perhaps it would be helpful to review some references > and > sources for all those researching the JONES surname. First is a > reference > entitled: Genealogies In The Library of Congress, A Bibliography. > Edited by > Marion J. Kaminkow, Magna Carta Book Co., Baltimore, MD, 1972. This > gives a > listing of the JONES surname groups that have been submitted to the > Library of > Congress, the title and family recorded. There are reference to > resources for > the JONES surname from all over the US, Wales, Ireland, etc. Many > states are > represented. A similar reference is titled: American and English > Genealogies > In The Library of Congress, Genealogical Publishing Co., Much of the > genealogical information written by those interested in JONES surname > has been place > in the Library of Congress. Second, is a series of texts called: The > Compendium of American Genealogies, in seven volumes. It compiles > many of the JONES > surname, but has been given a "bad rap" due to lack of real > documentation. > However, if you family is recorded, it would give you at least a > starting > point. The third reference is the collection called JONES JOURNEYS, > published from > 1972 until 1992. It is a collection of different JONES family > information > from all around the US, but little on those outside the US. The > fourth is a > collection of JONES information abstracted by Caroline Cunningham, > starting in > 1965. It can be researched at the East Carolina University special > collections, > Greenville, NC. It is in four volumes and deals mostly with NC, VA > and some > TN references. A fifth reference is The Jones Genealogist, a > newsletter now > published for the JONES surname. All of the above references, > abstracted for > the JONES surname can be found at the Joseph Wheeler Jones Memorial > Library, > Danville, KY. [see web site thegoldenlionbb.com ] My personal > collection > of genealogical research contains over 400 notebooks on the JONES > SURNAME. > This collection is available to the genealogical researcher free of > charge with > advance notice. These references should provide a back drop to those > researching the JONES surname. Hope this is helpful. Jerry. The > Jones > Genealogist. > > > ==== JONES Mailing List ==== > Direct your questions, comments or problems to the listowner at > [email protected] > For detailed instructions on subscribing and unsubscribing visit this > site: > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/surname/j/jones.html > browse the archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/jones > search the archives: > http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=JONES > Unusual JONES given names, > http://members.aol.com/stjones/jones/oddnames.html >