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US TERRITORY OR
COLONY SETTLED
1798

STATEHOOD
1817

AVAILABLE STATE CENSUSES
(OR SIMILAR)
Various, 1817–1866

FIRST FEDERAL CENSUS
1820

PUBLIC-LAND OR
STATE-LAND STATE
Public

BIRTH AND DEATH RECORDS
BEGIN
1912

MARRIAGE RECORDS
BEGIN
1912

CONTACT FOR VITAL RECORDS
Mississippi State Department
of Health
Vital Records
Box 1700
Jackson, MS 39215
(601) 576-7981