Mississippi Death Certificates begin November 1912. Harold Graham ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ona Patrick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 11:13 PM Subject: RE: [MISSISSIPPI] Re: Jan's father > MS did not have birth/death certificates in 1898. It was something like > 1912. There may have been a notice in the newspaper depending on if the > newspaper was told or if the family "had a standing" in the town/county. > > My dad was also born in 1898; I have located him on the 1900, 1910, 1920 & > 1930 census--all with a different spelling of his name and at least one > having him a female! He never lived long enough to collect S.S. and > probably did not work at a job that would require a S. S. [logger, farmer, > etc.] > > My mother, born in the early 1900's, applied for S.S. card in the > mid-1950's. Social Security went back to the censuses, 1910 was the first > census for her, and school records; she was born in one county, started > school in another, and was in yet another by 1920 and by 1930 was back in > her birth county. S. S. rooted all of this out and issued her a card based > upon information that they found that collaborated a letter from someone > present when she was born. S. S. gave her a copy of those papers to keep. > > I knew the county where my parents got married because my mom had given me > her marriage license. Then somebody told me the county had no record of > them being married there. I went to the county courthouse and ask for the > book that had their > wedding date. Going page by page until I located the marriage record. It > had not been indexed and the index is what the clerks depend on when they're > asked about a marriage. The clerk indexed the marriage for me some 50+ > years after they married. > > If your dad or mom ever made application for a S.S. card, you can ask S.S. > for a copy [for a fee] and that application usually lists the parents names; > and the person's birth date, etc. Another thing, if you know where your > parents died, contact that state's vital statistics office for a copy of > death certificate. The d.c. will have some info > [birth/place/death/place/where buried/and depending on who gave the info > names of parents/spouse, etc.] The d.c. will also have a fee. > > When one of my children was born we were both fingerprinted, and baby had > footprints done also. I guess that still may be somewhere in the hospital's > old records. I don't know anything about accessing old hospital records. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: JANICE KNOWLTON <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:12 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. 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