My father was born in 1898 and was unable to get a birth certificate because the courthouse burned to the ground. This is what I was told anyway. Jan >From: "Patsy V. Bostick" <[email protected]> >Reply-To: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Re: Fannie (unknown) Smith >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:26:46 -0600 > >There are marriage records in the Pike County courthouse after 1882. >An inquiry may find a marriage license for William Christian Smith and >Fannie > >In 1940 there were two funeral homes in McComb: >Catching's Funeral Home, 506 Maryland Ave., McComb, MS, 39648 >Hartman Funeral Home, 1801 Delaware Ave., McComb > If you can obtain a specific date from the funeral home the Library >likely >would check the newspaper on microfilm for an obituary for the date and >make a copy. > >The Library has a web site with links to the catalog including the >genealogy >collection. >http://www.pawls.lib.ms.us/ > >Patsy > > > >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== >Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi >where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Mississippi didn't keep vital records until 1912. My mother-in-law was born the same year as your father; she established her birthday by depositions of people attesting to have know her. The Episcopal and Catholic church keep christening records , otherwise the family Bible was the place to record family birth, marriage and death. Patsy

A lot of folks had to go to court and make out a statement of some sort in declaration of birth. You are right about a lot of records lost in the Courthouse fire. SIN ----- Original Message ----- From: "JANICE KNOWLTON" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:08 PM Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] Re: Fannie (unknown) Smith > My father was born in 1898 and was unable to get a birth certificate because > the courthouse burned to the ground. This is what I was told anyway. > > Jan > > > >From: "Patsy V. Bostick" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Re: Fannie (unknown) Smith > >Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:26:46 -0600 > > > >There are marriage records in the Pike County courthouse after 1882. > >An inquiry may find a marriage license for William Christian Smith and > >Fannie > > > >In 1940 there were two funeral homes in McComb: > >Catching's Funeral Home, 506 Maryland Ave., McComb, MS, 39648 > >Hartman Funeral Home, 1801 Delaware Ave., McComb > > If you can obtain a specific date from the funeral home the Library > >likely > >would check the newspaper on microfilm for an obituary for the date and > >make a copy. > > > >The Library has a web site with links to the catalog including the > >genealogy > >collection. > >http://www.pawls.lib.ms.us/ > > > >Patsy > > > > > > > >==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > >Visit the Mississippi-L Website at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi > >where you can both SUBSCRIBE and UNSUBSCRIBE with a click of the mouse. > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > ==== MISSISSIPPI Mailing List ==== > To subscribe and Unsubscribe with ease, visit http://www.rootsweb.com/~mississi and scroll down and click the appropriate link for the list you want, then click on Send > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >