(This page's most recent update is April 2025)
If you follow The Ancestor Hunt, you know that we specialize in curating and presenting links to Free Online Genealogy Records, Collections, and Indexes by genealogical category. Everything that is online for free has not been captured in our link lists, as some specific categories and resources have not been curated as yet, or we may never do.
However, there are archives, libraries, unique document collections, and specialized genealogy websites throughout the state. With the list below, you should have exposure to the great majority of free online resources for the state.
- A Digital Collection Celebrating the Founding of the Historically Black College and University (HBCU)
- Access Genealogy – Mississippi
- Alcorn State University Digital Collections
- Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
- American History & Genealogy Project – Mississippi
- Ancestry Free Index Collections
- B.S. Ricks Memorial Library
- Chronicling America – Mississippi
- Civil Rights in Mississippi Digital Archives
- Civil Rights Movement Archive
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database
- Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System
- Cyndi’s List – Mississippi
- David Rumsey’s Historical Maps
- Dead Fred
- Death Indexes – Mississippi
- Delta State University Digital Collections
- Digital Commons Collections
- Digital Library of Appalachia
- Digital Public Library of America – Mississippi
- Documenting the American South
- FamilySearch
- FamilySearch – Mississippi Online Genealogy Records
- FamilySearch Catalog
- FamilySearch Wiki – Mississippi
- FindAGrave
- Freedmen’s Bureau Online – Mississippi
- Genealogy Trails – Mississippi
- Google Books – Mississippi
- Hancock County Historical Society
- Harrison County Library System
- HathiTrust – Mississippi
- Hinds Community College Digital Collections
- Historical Society of Gulfport
- I Dream of Genealogy
- Interment.net – Mississippi
- Internet Archive – Mississippi
- LDS Genealogy – Mississippi
- Library of Congress Digital Collections
- Lincoln Lawrence Franklin Regional Library
- Linkpendium – Mississippi
- Marion County Digital Repository
- McCardle Research Library
- Mississippi College Digital Collections
- Mississippi Department of Archives and History Collections
- Mississippi Digital Archives
- Mississippi Digital Library
- Mississippi Genealogical Society
- Mississippi Historical Society
- Mississippi History Resources
- Mississippi State University Digital Collections
- Mississippi University for Women Digital Collections
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Archives at Atlanta
- National Archives Online Exhibits
- National Archives Resources for Genealogists
- Nationwide Gravesite Locator
- New Horizons Genealogy – Mississippi
- PastPerfectOnline Collections
- Sanborn Maps – Mississippi
- Singing River Genealogy and Local History Library
- Smithsonian Digital Library
- The Official Land Records Site
- United States Social Security Death Index
- University of Mississippi Digital Collections
- University of Southern Mississippi Digital Collections
- US GenWeb – Mississippi
- US GenWeb Archives – Mississippi
In addition, here is the list of over 2,675 curated Mississippi genealogy collection links from The Ancestor Hunt, by category:
- Newspapers
- Yearbooks
- Births
- Marriages
- Deaths
- Alumni Records
- Cemetery Records
- Church Records
- Coroner Records
- Criminal Records
- Directories
- Divorce Records
- Immigration Records
- Institutional Records
- Military Records
- Mortuary Records
- Naturalizations
- Obituaries
- Photos
- Probate and Wills
- School Records
- Tax Records
- Voter Records
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!