I am researching the name JOHN WOODSON RODGERS. On his marriage licence it lists his birth place as Blue Springs, Mississippi. He was born in 1914 and I am trying to get a copy of his birth certificate to see information about his parents. Thanks for the help, Carol cappel@chartermi.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Graham" <hgraham@nexband.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location > There is a Blue Springs Baptist Church north of Chunky, Newton County. > Same? What name are you researching? > > Harold Graham > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Appel" <cappel@chartermi.net> > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:14 AM > Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location > > >> Can anyone tell me where I can send for a birth certificate from Blue >> Springs, Mississippi from 1914. >> >> Thanks in advance >> Carol >> cappel@chartermi.net >> >> >> ==== 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 >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >

This seems to be the answer to part of your search. Good luck! 1920 Pontotoc Co., MS, Beat 1, p. 175/sheet 12A, roll T625-890, taken 25 Jan 1920: L8, 230, 231, Kelly GRAY, head, rents, 35, MI, MI, MI, farm laborer working out Lizzie, wife, 28, MS, AL, MS John W. RODGERS, stepson, 5, MS, MS, MS Leon RODGERS, stepson, 3, MS, MS, MS Emma LERREL [indexed LERREL/could be TERREL], mother-in-law, 58, wd, MS, MS, MS -----Original Message----- From: Carol Appel [mailto:cappel@chartermi.net] Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 5:43 AM To: MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location I am researching the name JOHN WOODSON RODGERS. On his marriage licence it lists his birth place as Blue Springs, Mississippi. He was born in 1914 and I am trying to get a copy of his birth certificate to see information about his parents. Thanks for the help, Carol cappel@chartermi.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Graham" <hgraham@nexband.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:20 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location > There is a Blue Springs Baptist Church north of Chunky, Newton County. > Same? What name are you researching? > > Harold Graham > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Appel" <cappel@chartermi.net> > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:14 AM > Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location > > >> Can anyone tell me where I can send for a birth certificate from Blue >> Springs, Mississippi from 1914. >> >> Thanks in advance >> Carol >> cappel@chartermi.net >> >> >> ==== 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 >> >> ============================== >> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >> New content added every business day. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== 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 > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > ==== 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. ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&ta rgetid=5429

Carol, a further check shows that Blue Springs, Mississippi has a zip code of 38610. So it is a current location, but not in Newton County. Try your web browser or a detailed map to see if you can get an exact lcoation. Harold Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Appel" <cappel@chartermi.net> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:43 AM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location >I am researching the name JOHN WOODSON RODGERS. On his marriage licence it >lists his birth place as Blue Springs, Mississippi. He was born in 1914 >and I am trying to get a copy of his birth certificate to see information >about his parents. > > Thanks for the help, > Carol > cappel@chartermi.net > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold Graham" <hgraham@nexband.com> > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:20 PM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location > > >> There is a Blue Springs Baptist Church north of Chunky, Newton County. >> Same? What name are you researching? >> >> Harold Graham >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Carol Appel" <cappel@chartermi.net> >> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:14 AM >> Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location >> >> >>> Can anyone tell me where I can send for a birth certificate from Blue >>> Springs, Mississippi from 1914. >>> >>> Thanks in advance >>> Carol >>> cappel@chartermi.net >>> >>> >>> ==== 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 >>> >>> ============================== >>> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >>> New content added every business day. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ==== 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 >> >> ============================== >> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >> > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors > at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > >

Blue Springs is in North Mississippi, located between Tupelo and New Albany. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Graham" <hgraham@nexband.com> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 6:23 PM Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location > Carol, a further check shows that Blue Springs, Mississippi has a zip code > of 38610. So it is a current location, but not in Newton County. Try your > web browser or a detailed map to see if you can get an exact lcoation. > > Harold Graham > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carol Appel" <cappel@chartermi.net> > To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2005 7:43 AM > Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location > > >>I am researching the name JOHN WOODSON RODGERS. On his marriage licence >>it lists his birth place as Blue Springs, Mississippi. He was born in >>1914 and I am trying to get a copy of his birth certificate to see >>information about his parents. >> >> Thanks for the help, >> Carol >> cappel@chartermi.net >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Harold Graham" <hgraham@nexband.com> >> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 11:20 PM >> Subject: Re: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location >> >> >>> There is a Blue Springs Baptist Church north of Chunky, Newton County. >>> Same? What name are you researching? >>> >>> Harold Graham >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Carol Appel" <cappel@chartermi.net> >>> To: <MISSISSIPPI-L@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 7:14 AM >>> Subject: [MISSISSIPPI] Blue Springs location >>> >>> >>>> Can anyone tell me where I can send for a birth certificate from Blue >>>> Springs, Mississippi from 1914. >>>> >>>> Thanks in advance >>>> Carol >>>> cappel@chartermi.net >>>> >>>> >>>> ==== 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 >>>> >>>> ============================== >>>> Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. >>>> New content added every business day. Learn more: >>>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ==== 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 >>> >>> ============================== >>> View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find >>> marriage announcements and more. Learn more: >>> http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >>> >> >> >> ==== 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. >> >> ============================== >> New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your >> ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. >> Learn more: >> http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 >> >> > > > > ==== 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. > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx >

Mississippi Road map shows Blue Springs in the WE corner of Union County east of Highway 78 at the junction of state highway 178 & 9