Local History & Genealogy Department Resource Guide

• We can better serve you if you call before your visit.
• Research requests are accepted in person, by phone, e-mail, or mail.
• There is currently one Microfilm/Microfiche reader/printer available in the department.
• Copies are a nominal fee, and there is a one-hour limit when others are waiting.

• Bradford-O’Keefe Funeral Records, Indexed: 1901-1960
• County Cemetery Index Card Lists
• City Directories
• Civil Rights Era Resources in Harrison County Library System

A microfilm/fiche reader and printer is available for use. 

• Daily Herald: 1888 – present (Missing Mar 1964 – Aug 1965)
• Sun Herald: Oct 1985 – present
• South Mississippi Sun (Morning Paper):  Oct 1973 – Sep 1985
• Keesler News/Seabee Courier:  Jan 1963 – Dec 2010
• Biloxi Press: May 12, 1977 – Dec 1986
• The Biloxi-North Biloxi Press: Jan 7, 1987 – Mar 30, 1988
• Biloxi D’iberville Press: Apr 6, 1988 – Jul 18, 2001
• Bay Press: Aug 15, 2001 – Aug 21, 2002
• The Dixie Guide (Gulfport, MS): 1929- 1971  (Not consecutive years)
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Alabama, Mississippi & Lousiana (Not every city included)
• Biloxi Cemetery Records: Books A-E
• Mississippi Death Certificate Index: 1912-1929
• Harrison County Wills:  1854-1921
• Harrison County Marriage Records: 1841-1931
• Harrison County Marriage Bonds: Oct 24, 1869 – Jan 26, 1879
• Harrison County Deed Records: 1841-1886, Index Jul 1841 – Mar 1889
• Harrison County Tax Assessments:  1832-1890 (Not consecutive years)
• Harrison County Bond Records: Administrators, Executors, & Guardians 1851-1902
• Harrison County History WPA: Vol XXIV