Dan, In regards to starting an Historical Society, on my trip I visited the Society in Washington Co., Va., which happens to be in the Court House building. You might contact them for guidance. They have a sizable library, but more importantly, they have indexed many of their library resources on a computer. So all you have to do is type in a surname and first name, and up comes a list of references. Someone from Copiah, or elsewhere, may want to go to the Washington Co., Va Historical Society and see how they operate. They have a link at the USGenWeb site. Larry