Early Coahoma Co MS Marriages v1 1839-1900
Computer Indexed Mississippi Marriage Records by Nicholas Russell Murray
by Dorothy Ledbetter Murray and Nicholas Russell Murray
The format for this series of books was designed specifically to address an extreme weakness in genealogical research methodology as it existed in the later half of the last century. The primary component of this solution was an extremely large data base of records which could be accessed via computer instantly to provide location of additional existent and more complete records needed by researchers. Marriage records were uniquely the form of research in need of this additional research methodology.
Several barriers to this project will be lost to the fog of history unless mentioned somewhere so here are a few; A few County Clerks were naturally obstinate. The worst two were Parish Clerks in Louisiana, one of Assumption Parish, who would not allow our elderly collection team any access to the records unless they stood at the counter and hand copied the data. The books containing the dates were in a separate book and to see it required an individual retrieval and put back for each marriage. A neighboring parish, Ascension, arrested and prosecuted my wife and I for conducting a legal bingo (the mayor himself had issued the permit) to raise funds to continue the data collection process when the inheritance my parents had left, ran out.
Another involves an deceitful lady named "Annie" and the Mississippi Genealogy Society who have no problem with taking the data that HFB paid teams of people to travel to each local court, collect the data, process it and publish it. Annie and MGS then publishes it on the internet and locally in print form thereby, negating any chance of recouping any of the expenditure put out in accruing the data. Nick and Dorothy had expended tremendous effort establishing directly or indirectly over half of the Genealogy Societies in Mississippi and had trained and hired these new enthusiasts as team members in their data gathering project. To have several of these "researchers" betray friends and mentors in this manner is inexplicable!
There is a corporate "wolf" who has done the same as MGS does does locally on a small scale on a national scale, no an international one. HFB had been approached by a small startup CD producer to make our data available on CDs. He assured us the data would be protected by an unbreakable decryption method. Maybe he was correct, the "wolf" bought controlling interest in his company, took our data and built the world's largest data repository and search service. All of this theft was was accomplished while I was becoming 100% disabled in the Gulf War, I just love it when people say "Thanks for your service". Eventually, after years of using the data to destroy us, "the wolf" did pay $35,000(far less than the cost of gathering data from one state in 1960), half of which was back royalties on the CDs sold years before to avoid the potential of lawsuits.
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Early Coahoma Co MS Marriages v1 1839-1900: Computer Indexed Mississippi Marriage Records by Nicholas Russell Murray
1980, Hunting For Bears Genealogical Society and Library
soft cover genealogy marriage record index
in English
- Early Coahoma County Mississippi Marriage Index Vol 1 1839-1900
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Hunting For Bears Early Mississippi Marriage Records, Available in book, CD or 4"x6" microfiche format
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Hunting For Bears Genealogy Society collects and maintains large databases of early (predominantly pre 1900) marriage records from all fifty states. We are currently processing these records and will have them available via the internet as soon as they are ready.
We do two things with these records:
One, we publish these records in County Marriage Record Books, (over 2,000 to date) and on CDs. We no longer publish on microfiche but have a fairly complete inventory of our collection as of 1980.
Two, surname searches of these large computer data bases have been available to individuals since the late 1960s via the U. S. Postal Service and now e-mail.
We search our marriage indexes on a state by state basis and provide the results via e-mail or computer printout.
The Hunting For Bears marriage data collection as of about 1980, covering 16 states, was bundled with Family Tree Maker(c) and sold in the tens of thousands and was crucial in making FTM(c) the most popular genealogical software in the world.
The same collection was included in Ancestry's(c) initial data searches, playing a significant role in its rise to the world's premier on line genealogy data search engine.
That was the 1980 collection, the 2010 collection dwarfs it in comparison. This book is part of that 2010 collection. It is maintained in a data base structure to provide the highest information density. Each marriage is contained in one line. Each party in the union is included in the alphabetical listing. Using the records in a database format and listing both participants in the alphabetical sort was so unique in 1960 that the U.S. Government has granted Hunting For Bears a (c)copyright on the presentation in both electronic and print format.
When available, record location information such as county book and page number may be included as well as age, birth or death dates, race, gender and information about prior marriages.
Several things we are considering in the immediate future are; e_books to buy, loan or free downloads, books available through instant publication, and books on line.
Oh, the name and logo, Russell, as Nick was called in his youth, loved puns. The newspaper genealogy column that he began writing in 1951, Hunting Your Forebears, quickly became Hunting For Bears and the bear and hunter logo was created.
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Early Coahoma Co MS Marriages 1839-1900 compiled by Dorothy L Murray
©Copyright 2011 by Hunting for Bears, Genealogical Society and Library
Date Spouse 1 Spouse 2
15 Oct 1888 AARON, Jennie CALDWELL, James
20 Sep 1873 AARON, Lucinda WILLHITE, James
20 Oct 1873 AARON, Lucy Ann WILLHITE, Charley
21 May 1871 AARON, Patrick HOPSON, Jennie
13 Nov 1879 AASE, Wm DAVIS, Alice
08 May 1889 ABBOS, Jack MITCHELL, Louinda
07 Jan 1892 ABBOTT, I A Ms CRAYTON, J C
08 May 1889 ABBOTT, Jack MITCHELL, Liranda
08 Jul 1840 ABBOTT, Sarah MORTON, Reuben
05 Nov 1840 ABBOTT, Willis BROWEN, Mary
13 Sep 1877 ABELS, Maggie V DUNCANSON, Robert
21 Oct 1871 ABERHANDED, Bettie WILSON, Joseph
21 Oct 1871 ABERHARDED, Bettie WILSON, Joseph
02 May 1879 ABERNATHY, Alice BALLING, Loyd
28 Jan 1881 ABERNATHY, Autrent GANG, W L
25 Aug 1891 ABERNATHY, Era GANONY, William
11 Nov 1891 ABERNATHY, Julie DUPREE, Peter
30 Dec 1889 ABLE, Alice THOMAS, T H
13 Jun 1867 ABLEY, Ned BABE, Margaret
12 Jun 1867 ABLEY, Ned BOBO, Margaret
04 Jan 1866 ABRAHAM, Mary ALEXANDER, George
17 Apr 1881 ABRAM, Tena HOLMAN, Martha
10 Jul 1890 ABRAMS, Bessie TRAT, Sam
18 Jul 1899 ABRAMS, Pleasant HILLIAN, Scott
21 Aug 1890 ABRAY, Alex HEARD, Annie
21 Aug 1890 ABRAY, Alex SHERARD, Annie
24 Apr 1871 ABSEN, William SHELBY, Eliza
24 Apr 1871 ABSON, William SHELBY, Eliza
28 Feb 1886 ACKER, B B THOMAS, S T Ms
28 Feb 1886 ACKER, B B THOMAS, S T Mrs
16 Feb 1889 ACKER, Susan REARDEN, Wesley
18 Mar 1889 ACKLIN, J D CONLEY, Alice
07 Jan 1872 ACKLIN, Mary STACY, J F
26 Feb 1893 ACLES, Nannie MCDONALD, Porter
20 Feb 1858 ACLURY, Louisa CAMACK, Wm H K
19 Jul 1890 ACOTTS, Sam MOORE, Fannie
28 Jan 1887 ACREE, Celia SMITH, John
27 Jun 1854 ACREE, J E COCKERELL, Catherine
31 Jan 1878 ADAM, George BELL, Delia
23 Aug 1884 ADAM, Martha ANDERSON, John Warren
20 Apr 1888 ADAMS, Alice C HARRISON, William
23 Nov 1876 ADAMS, Annie WILLIAMS, John
24 Dec 1897 ADAMS, Arthur LUSTER, Sarah
03 Oct 1875 ADAMS, Belle STACEY, James M
08 Jul 1893 ADAMS, Ben BROWN, Emma
26 Dec 1894 ADAMS, Benjamin FRENCH, Ellen
05 Feb 1874 ADAMS, Dave UNKNOWN, Unknown
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