Shelby Genealogy (in Bolivar County, MS)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Shelby are also found through the Bolivar County and Mississippi pages.


Shelby Birth Records

Mississippi, Birth Records, 1912-present Mississippi State Department of Health

Shelby Cemetery Records

Macedonia Cemetery Find a Grave online

McRae Road Cemetery Find a Grave online

Morning Star Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Peters Rock Cemetery Find a Grave online

Saint James Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shelby Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Union Hill Church Cemetery Find a Grave online

Zion Grove Memorial Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shelby Census Records

1841 Mississippi State Census Ancestry online

1866 Mississippi State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Shelby Church Records

Shelby Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1922-1949 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Shelby Presbyterian Church, Session and Register, 1942-1969 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Shelby Death Records

1912-1943 Mississippi, U.S., Index to Deaths Ancestry online

Mississippi, Death Records, 1912-present Mississippi State Department of Health

Shelby Land Records

Record of deeds, 1836-1887; deed index, 1836-1891 FamilySearch Library

Shelby Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shelby, Bolivar County, Mississippi, 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Shelby, Bolivar County, Mississippi, 1919 Library of Congress online

Shelby Marriage Records

1776-1935 Mississippi Compiled Marriages (includes selections from Bolivar 1861-1901) Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1866-1916 FamilySearch Library

Shelby Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Shelby

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Shelby Progress. (Shelby, Miss.) 1940s-1964

Shelby Probate Records

1780-1982 Mississippi Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Shelby School Records

Mississippi Enumeration of Educable Children, 1850-1892; 1908-1957 Ancestry online

Shelby High School yearbook, 1967 Classmates online

Shelby High School yearbook, 1967 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Shelby High School yearbook, 1967 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online


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