It't always a good idea to check changes in county history for movement of county lines before giving up hope. Yalobusha County was divided in 1852 to provide the eastern portion of the newly created Calhoun County. Then in 1870, the southern portion was ceded along with portions of 2 other counties to form the newly created Grenada County. In 1872, a large part of the SW corner of Lafayette County was given to Yalobusha by act of the Mississippi legislature so tha the Mississippi Central Railroad's facilities would all be in the same county, Yalobusha. Paris was and is in Lafayette County in spite of all these changes. By the way, I found the death location of my great grandfather by checking the records of the local funeral home, and there is no record of his burial anywhere, so have concluded he must have been buried on the family farm or that his marker was one of that deteriorated quickly and could not be read when the cemetery listings were compiled. Good luck. Bill Ward

Good hearing from you, Bill. Thanks for adding to my post concerning the history of the boundaries changes. Yes, Paris did remain in Lafayette County , WE are within a mile of the Calhoun County line and I believe the Yalobusha County line is five mile from the old Paris town limits. Paris is no longer an incorporated town , she is a community of loving people, we receive our mail as PARIS MS but no post office here, it comes from Bruce in Calhoun Co. The people west of Paris old line receive their mail through Water Valley. We, who live within the Paris boundary have a choice of a Paris address or Bruce Address. Banner between Paris and Bruce does still have a post office in an old fashion general store, which some would call an convenient store. I still have been unable to find my Grandmother Crocker's death certificate, she died in 1927 on the Benton and Marshall county lines. I have written twice to the MS vital Records in Jackson and they couldn't find it. I went to the County seats of both counties and found that in 1927 the Furniture store were still furnishing the funerals. But, I found through the Skipwith Historical Society's Fall 2004 , "LAFAYETTE COUNTY HERITAGE NEWS" Newsletter that my Great Grandmother, Bettie Crocker's certificate number could be found in the "LAFAYETTE COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI DEATH CERTIFICATES 1912 -1924" MDAH Mircofilm Roll #V362-1. This newsletter begins with the Cra's through Dil surnames. A person may order the death certificate from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History in Jackson , Ms. (I don't have the full address off hand) but most likely they have a web site. Skipwith has been publishing certain number of this subject beginning in their Summer Newsletter, which I have a copy and will find it and see if the Adair name has already been publish, I advise the querier to join the Skipwith Historical and Genealogical Society to receive the next issue of this newsletter which is due out soon. See our Lafayette Co MSGenWeb site for more information on Skipwith membership at http://www.rootsweb.com/~mslafaye . Thanks again Bill for refreshing my memory on the Counties formations. But, it didn't apply to our querier's here I fear. She was requesting a look-up at the Water Valley funeral home. Keep up the wonderful work you are doing with the mailing lists and look-ups, we all appreciate you, any way I do. Evie Crocker Paris, MS. CC of Lafayette and Yalobusha Counties, MSGenWeb Project. --- William Ward <spencer4488@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > It't always a good idea to check changes in county > history for movement of county lines before giving > up hope. Yalobusha County was divided in 1852 to > provide the eastern portion of the newly created > Calhoun County. Then in 1870, the southern portion > was ceded along with portions of 2 other counties to > form the newly created Grenada County. In 1872, a > large part of the SW corner of Lafayette County was > given to Yalobusha by act of the Mississippi > legislature so tha the Mississippi Central > Railroad's facilities would all be in the same > county, Yalobusha. Paris was and is in Lafayette > County in spite of all these changes. > By the way, I found the death location of my great > grandfather by checking the records of the local > funeral home, and there is no record of his burial > anywhere, so have concluded he must have been buried > on the family farm or that his marker was one of > that deteriorated quickly and could not be read when > the cemetery listings were compiled. Good luck. > Bill Ward > > > > > > ============================== > New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and > search for your ancestors at the same time. Share > your tree with family and friends. Learn more: > http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=14599&targetid=5429 > > ===== Evie Crocker http://rootsweb.com/~msyalobu http://rootsweb.com/~txbailey http://rootsweb.com/~txborden http://rootsweb.com/~txlamb http://rootsweb.com/~txalhn http://texannusa36.us