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Mississippi Vital Records Information

Vital records can be invaluable while researching your family. Those interested in Mississippi genealogy can find information such as mother's maiden names, previous address and next of kin. Below you will find information about finding these types of genealogy records in Mississippi.

Order Birth and Death Records Online

Address:
Vital Records
State Department of Health
2423 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216

Birth and death records
Birth - $12.00 per copy
Birth - $7.00 per copy short form
Death - $10.00 per copy

State office has records since 1912. Full copies of birth certificates obtained within 1 year after the event are $7.00. Additional copies of same record ordered at same time are $3.00 each for birth; $2.00 each for death and marriage. For out-of-State requests only bank or postal money orders are accepted and should be made payable to Mississippi State Department of Health. Personal checks are accepted only for in-State requests. Call (601) 576-7981 to verify current fees.

State marriage records
$10.00 per copy

Only available are statistical records from January 1926 to July 1, 1938 and January 1942 to the present.

County marriage records
$3.00 per copy

Contact the Circuit Court in the county where the license was issued.

State divorce records
$6.00 per 5-year increment

Records since January 1926 are available.  Only an index search is available at $6.00 for each 5-year increment.

County divorce records
Costs vary

Contact the Chancery Clerk in the county where divorce was granted.

Mississippi Databases

Mississippi Marriages to 1825
Mississippi Land Records
Trans-MI West, 1804-1912, Vol. 1-2
Mississippi Court Records, 1799-1835
Mississippi Census, 1805-90
Jefferson County Wills, 1800-33
Mississippi Marriages, 1826-50
Jacob Brower, Descriptions of the Mississippi River
Charles Lanman, Trip Along the Mississippi River, 1846
Mississippi Marriages, 1826-1900

Mississippi Genealogy Society

PO Box 13334
Jackson, MS 39236-3334

Mississippi Genealogy Sites

MSGenWeb
Mississippi Genealogy Books
Mississippi Facts