What's New!
Recent additions, updates & corrections
to the Jones Co. MSGenWeb Project

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September 9, 2008

Books & Other Publications - More books added!

Cemeteries
Several more cemetery names added
Burruss Memorial Cemetery, - Off-site link added!
Eastabutchie Cemetery - Off-site link added!
Edmondson Cemetery - Off-site link added!
Fairchild Cemetery - Off-site link added!
Fairfield Cemetery - Off-site link added!
Hopewell Cemetery - Off-site link added!
Shelton - Off-site link added!

Communities of Jones County - Place Names - Added more information!

Court Records Project
Will Index 1860 - 1954 - Over 80 new names added to the index!

Death Records
1942 Death Records Index A - L - New!

Family Album - Families of Jones County
Powell, Hiram W. - New!
Quimby Family - New!
Sumrall, Harmon & Bethany Shotts - New!
Valentine Family Bible - New!
Valentine, Sidney & Bertha Quimby - New!
Family Album - Photos - People & Places Lamar School - New!
Quimby, Green-Berry, wife Lydia Ann Brunetta & daughter Bertha - New!
Soso Post Office - Mail Carriers (Black, Duckworth, Shows & Valentine)
Valentine Sons (Warren, Morgan, Millard, Bryant, John, Hampton & George) - New!
Valentine, William Bryant - 84th birthday, 1916 - New!

Marriage Records
1917-1920 (White) Marriage Index - New!

Surrounding Counties
Added a nice map thanks to Kimberlie Groth!

Vital & Other Records - Ordering Information - New!


August 3, 2008

Archives, Historical Societies, Libraries & Museums - New category added!

Books & Other Publications - New category added!

Cemeteries in Jones County - New links added!

Jones County & Mississippi Online Resources - New category added!
Family Pages - New!
Jones County Online Resources - New!
MS Online Resources - New!

Marriage Records
1908 - 1924 Index "Colored" D - I - New!
1908 - 1924 Index "Colored" J - O - New!
1908 - 1924 Index "Colored" P - Y - New!


June 22, 2008
Cemeteries
Beech Cemetery - Photo of Entrance - New!
Brown Cemetery - Photo of Entrance - New!
Brown Cemetery - Photo - New!
Ellisville City Cem. #2 - Photo - New!
Woodlawn Cemetery - Photo of Entrance - New!

Church Histories
Old Hickory Grove Baptist Church - Off-site link added!

Court Records Project
Court Records - New Category Added!
Citizens of Jones County & Board of Police vs Joel D. Welborn - New!
Fall, A. B. et al vs. Amos Deason (Swamp Land Commissioner) - New!
Miller, Mary - Petition to Sell Land - New!
Miller, Mary & William - Letters of Guardianship (Christopher, Hosea & James Holly) - New!
Shirley, John W. - Petition for Dower - New!
Will Index Volume 1 - New Category Added!
Several Names added to the index
Will Transcriptions - New Category Added!
Albertson, W. C. - New!
Blacklidge, James G. - New!
Feazell, J. R. - New!
Knight, James - New!
Sharp, E. B. - New!
Sherman, Rebecca - New!
Shows, W. W. - New!
Simpson, John F. - New!
Wahrendorff, Henry - New!
Walters, Annis - New!
Watson, Amasa (abstract) - New!

Family Album
Families of Jones Co. MS
Prince Family - New!
Valentine, Allen & Sinthia Welch -- Family of - New!
Photos - People & Places
Collins, Warren & Tolitha Valentine - New!
Corncrib - Home of Mot Tucker - New!
Cotton Mill - Girls, 1911 - New!
Cotton Mill, Workers, 1911 - New!
Dog Trot - Cabin of Ed Bagget - New!
Fiddlin' Contest, 1920's - New!
Group Photo, about 1918 - New!
Housing - "Negro" (near Laurel) - New!
Laurel Building - New!
Logging Camp Wokers - New!
Sawmill Workers abt. 1927-1929 - New!
Sawmill Workers (Group Photo #1) - New!
Valentine, Allen & Sinthia Welch - New!
Valentine, George Andrew - New!
Yelverton Children - New!

History of Jones County
Act to divide Jones Co. into Two Districts, 1906 - New!
Provost Marshal - John H. Powell letter, 1863 - New!

Marriage Records
1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" M - Q - Corrections made to some names
1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" R - Y - New!
1908 - 1924 Index "Colored" A - C - New!

Military Information - New Category Added!
Spanish War
Company M, 1st Mississippi Infantry Regiment - New off-site link added!
Civil War - War Between The States
7th Battalion Mississippi Infantry (Terral's) - New off-site link added!
27th Mississippi Infantry - New off-site link added!
World War I
Draft Registration Cards
Abbey, Mark Culver - New!
Abney, Henry - New!
Abney, Mack - New!
Evans, Reece - New!
Evans, Sam - New!
Graham, Tom - New!
Knight, Admiral Dewey - New!
Knight, Amos - New!
Pruitt, Roscoe William - New!
World War II
Casualties Army & Air Force - New off-site link added!
Jones County Enlistees - New off-site link added!


May 23, 2008
Cemeteries
Coats Cemetery - New!
Ellisville City Cemetery (African American, New Section) - New!
McCullum Cemetery (African American) - New!
Old Antioch Missionary Baptist Cemetery - New!
Sims Cemetery (African American) - New!
Welch Cemetery - New!

Census Records
1837 Jones Co. MS Territorial Census - New!
1860 Jones Co. MS Slave Schedule - New!
1900 Jones Co. MS Census - off site link - New!
1930 Jones Co. MS - Poor House Census - New!

Communities & Other Places in Jones County
Community Histories
Industrialization & the Founding of the City of Laurel - New!

Death Records
Death Record Transcriptions - New Category Added!

Evans, Reese - New!
Graham, Albert - New!
Graham, Annie - New!
Graham, Beatrice - New!
Graham, Billie - New!
Graham, Edmond - New!
Graham, Tom - New!
Graham, Orange - New!
Tolson, Nancy - New!

Deed & Land Records
Gieger, Abram M., 1859 - New!
Gieger, James S. - New!

Family Album
Photos - People & Places

Confederate Soldier Monument - New!
Confederate War Memorial - New!
Deason Home - New!

History of Jones County
Antebellum Jones County - New!
Civil War & the Free State of Jones - New!

Marriage Records 1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" G - L - New!
1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" M - Q - New!


May 2, 2008

Cemeteries in Jones County - Lots of new information added to this category!

Census Records
1853 Jones County MS Territorial Census - New!
1860 Jones County MS Mortality Schedule - New off-site link!
1890 Jones County MS Census (Veterans) - New!
1920 Jones County MS Census (Poor House) - New!
1930 Jones County MS Census (Lookups ) New!

Communities & Other Places in Jones County
Place Names in Jones County - New category and new information!

Families of Jones County
Evans Family - New!
Marsh Family -- New!
Overstreet Family - New!

Marriage Records
1903 - 1908 Groom Index "Colored" A - F - New!

Surrounding Counties - Category updated!

I have also added a Search Engine to the Jones Co. MSGenWeb site!


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