Enter a first and/or last name to search Mississippi birth records. This website was created to provide genealogists with access to the Mississippi birth records from a single place. Additional information on how to obtain Mississippi birth certificates is available below.
Birth records contain information about a person's birth, including the date of birth, place of birth, sometimes the names of the mother and father, and even the physician who attended the birth. Birth certificates issued by state and local governments will often include the place of residence, and the mother's maiden name.
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Mississippi birth records, Mississippi birth ceritificates, Mississippi birth notices, Mississippi birth indexes, and other related Mississippi genealogy records.
Birth records have long been used to help with genealogy research. They are considered to be "primary source" records, because the information is recorded by an eye witness, at the time the birth takes place. The Internet has allowed people to store birth records into various online archives. This has brought access to online birth records much more easier for genealogy researchers.
Newspapers frequently publish notices of births, and in addition to birth certificates, are a popular source of research by genealogists. Newspapers typically do not announce the names of the newborn, but list the sex of the child, the names of the parents, the place and date of birth.
On this page you will find the most comprehensive databases containing birth records of Mississippi. We also suggest searching for "Mississippi birth records" using Google.com, which will yield all such databases.
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How to Obtain Mississippi Birth Certificates
By law, the state of Mississippi was not required to keep birth or death certificates until 1 November 1912. Birth and death records since that time have been kept by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Marriage records from 1926–1938 and from 1942 on are also housed there. There is a statewide marriage index available, organized by name of groom, for the years prior to 1926.
For birth and death records from 1 November 1912 and marriage records from 1926–1938, and from 1941, write:
State Department of Health
Vital Records
2423 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
For prior records, contact the clerk of the county in question.
Other Mississippi Birth Records Websites
- Mississippi Department of Public Health
- I Dream of Genealogy Mississippi Births
- US Birth Guide Mississippi
- 50States.com Mississippi
Request Birth Certificates Online - VitalChek
- Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates! at Ancestry.com
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