MISSISSIPPI MARRIAGES, 1826-1900 (Update adding more records for Claiborne, Jefferson, Lafayette, Noxubee, Rankin, Yalobusha, and Yazoo counties) Mississippi became the 20th state in 1817 with its capital in Jackson. This database of 19th-century Mississippi marriages has just been updated to include additional records for Claiborne, Jefferson, Lafayette, Noxubee, Rankin, Yalobusha, and Yazoo counties, in addition to the records previously posted for these counties and Carroll, Leake, Lowndes, Marion, Tippah, and Winston counties. Taken from microfilm copies of original county documents, each record provides spouses' names, marriage date, and county of residence. Source Information: Dodd, Jordan, Liahona Research, comp. "Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000. Original data: See the Extended Description at the URL below for original data sources listed by county. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4585.htm Christmas begins it and Easter completes it