Adams County MS Genealogy

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If you're not sure which records would be helpful, you can try our Ancestor Source Finder tool. Adams Records by Type Birth Records (1) Cemetery Records (155) Census Records (39) Church Records (8) City Directories (35) Court Records (10) Death Records (9) Histories and Genealogies (20) Immigration Records (1) Land Records (13) Map Records (9) Marriage Records (9) Military Records (13) Minority Records (5) Miscellaneous Records (2) Newspapers and Obituaries (149) Probate Records (8) School Records (26) Tax Records (5)

Overview of Adams County Records

• Adams County was created in 1799 from the Natchez District.
• Birth records in 1912 to the present, marriage records for 1926 to the present, and death records for 1912 can be obtained from the Mississippi State Department of Health.
• The Adams County Clerk Chancery Court has court records starting in 1781, land records starting in 1780, and probate records starting in 1800.
• The Adams County Clerk Circuit Court has marriage records starting in 1799 and death records starting in 1912.
• Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.