In a 1981 issue of the Itawamba Settlers, there was a page listing available books on Itawamba Co. MS. Could have been more recent listings, but I just found out about the "Settlers" magazine 3 months ago, and the nearest large library only has issues from the early 80's. Are any of these books still available, and where could a person find these types of books? Anything else been published about the county? 1. "1860 census of Itawamba Co." 2. "Marriage Records of Itawamba Co. MS 1837-1866" 3. "Cemetery Markings Itawamba Co., MS" 4. "Lee Co., MS Cemeteries" Deborah (Johnson) Maston

Maston wrote: > > In a 1981 issue of the Itawamba Settlers, there was a page listing available books on Itawamba Co. MS. Could have been more recent listings, but I just found out about the "Settlers" magazine 3 months ago, and the nearest large library only has issues from the early 80's. Are any of these books still available, and where could a person find these types of books? Anything else been published about the county? > > 1. "1860 census of Itawamba Co." > 2. "Marriage Records of Itawamba Co. MS 1837-1866" > 3. "Cemetery Markings Itawamba Co., MS" > 4. "Lee Co., MS Cemeteries" > > Deborah (Johnson) Maston Deborah, I have just purchased as many back issues of "Itawamba Settlers" as the Historical Society could round up (almost $200.00). I normally do not have a lot of spare time, but would be willing to check the annual indexes on a "time available" basis if you want to send me your surnames OFF THE LIST. IF I find anything of value to you that could be shared with the other listers, then you could post and share it, but there is no point in flooding the Rootsweb list archives with lookup requests. With regard to census and marriage records, your local library can get an interlibrary loan of microfilm of the census and also a roll of the Index to Early Mississippi marriages from AGLL or Heritage Quest. That is how I found my grandparents marriage data. Then a letter to the court house with the Book and Page is all it takes. There is also a book called "Cemetery Inscriptions in Itawamba County, Mississippi". The nearest copy to me is in a library in Ponca City, OK. It is a huge book and very nicely done. I don't have any info on Lee County to share. Regards, -- Diane Scannell Wichita, KS dscannell@kscable.com Rootsweb Sponsor and Proud Donor http://sikes-sykesfamilies.rootsweb.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~inthetrees/