Bob, If you haven't seen these: Using Northernlight.com, a search on: 1- Mississippi tornado 1883 and 2- Copiah County tornado 1883 produced, among a bunch of other things (that seemed worthless), these two hits: -- U.S. Worst Tornadoes: Apr 22, 1883 - Wesson 56 dead, 300 injured; Beaugegard 29 dead, Georgetown 29 dead. That is on: www.tornadoproject.com/alltorns/worstts.htm Perhaps there is more on that full site? -- also: Univ. of Southern Mississippi, McCain Library manuscript collections. -- www.lib.usm.edu/~archives/subjects.htm Looks like they may have some manuscript (probably a student paper / master's thesis?) on this. Incidentally, I just was looking over a microfilm copy of the WPA history of Copiah County (apparently local manuscript for WPA state history [?], ca.1938-40), but I recall nothing in it on this tornado. Check with county library HQ in Hazlehurst as to whether they may have other info on this (local newspaper, etc.)? Also, are there town historians in those locales -- the kind of people who know everything & everybody else who remembers everything/everybody? Good luck, Jack Rogers ----- Original Message ----- From: <Bob.Crawford@csmco.com> To: <MSCOPIAH-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 3:48 PM Subject: Help on researching 1883 tornado > April 22, 1883 - > a tornado outbreak occurred with many tornadoes reported from Louisiana to > Kansas and east to South Carolina. A total of 200 people were killed. An > F4 tornado struck Wesson, Beauregard, and Georgetown, Mississippi with 56 > killed and 300 injured from this tornado alone. > > Anyone have any ideas where I might be able to research this storm? I'm > interested in the 56 killed and their burials. > > Bob > > > ==== MSCOPIAH Mailing List ==== > > > > ============================== > Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > Source for Family History Online. Go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB >