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Leake County, Mississippi


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Organizations
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Dancing Rabbit Genealogical Society
Dancing Rabbit Genealogical & Historical Society of Carthage, MS announces the completion of their forthcoming book titled Leake County, Mississippi Tombstone Inscriptions. It will be a deep forest green with gold lettering,  fine-quality, hard-bound book containing over 750 pages of inscriptions, approximately 30,000 names, over 200 cemeteries, and an “every name” index. It includes every cemetery in Leake County that the society was able to locate and several that situated near the Leake County line in adjoining counties. Also included will be additional genealogical and historical information derived from obituaries and other sources.
     The cost will be $65.00 plus $5.00 shipping if the book is mailed. In order to obtain the best printing cost, a 10% discount is being offered until January 1, 2010, on the purchase of one or more books in advance of publication. If you are interested in purchasing a book at the discounted rate, please contact DRGHS at 601-267-9034 or email drghsociety@yahoo.com or write to 114 E. Franklin St., Carthage, MS 39051.

Queries
eMail:  New queries will no longer be accepted, only updates and corrections.  MSGen(at)MSGen.net indicating "Leake Queries page" and "(at)" must be replaced with "@" for the address to work.

Mississippi, Leake County Queries
Some Leake County queries.

Published Genealogy Materials

Index for Walnut Grove: The Old town by Leon Young .  Index only by Delores Sanders.  No longer available.

Libraries
 
 

Links

MSGenWeb: Leake County, Mississippi
Pages about Leake County Towns/Map, Partial Civil War muster roll of Soldiers in Co. E. 27th Mississippi Infantry, Maps, Dancing Rabbit Genealogical Society, 1895 U.S. Atlas, Geographic Names Information System Place Names for Leake County, Choctaw Information, Unofficial Choctaw Nation Home Page, Native American Genealogy and more

USGS General Query Form of USGS Data
Search the United States Geological Survey Query for listing of about 120 Cemetery names and locations.

Leake County Data Index
Listing of cemeteries with GPS coordinates
 
 

Newspapers

The Carthaginian:  http://www.thecarthaginian.com
 
 

Look Ups and Research
 
 

Neighboring Counties

Attala, Winston, north | Winston, Neshoba, Newton, east | Newton, Scott, south | Scott, Madison, Attala, west


eMail:  MSGen(at)MSGen.net indicating "Leake County page" and "(at)" must be replaced with "@" for the address to work.     Mail:  MSGen, 250 Bender LN., Lawrence, MS 39336-6245

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