Hardback book bound in red clothcovered boards with silver titles and silver decoration on front cover. First session book of the oldest presbyterian church in mississippi, journal of. Attala historical society, kosciusko, ms public group. Midmississippi regional library system is a member of the mississippi library partnership.
Biographical and historical memories of mississippi, goodspeed. The midmississippi regional library system offers the best possible information services to the citizens of attala, holmes, leake, montgomery, and winston counties in central mississippi. Kosciusko attala county history books and cds today, i was in contact with ann breedlove who works in the genealogy room of the attala county library in kosciusko, mississippi. Bibles, biographies, cemeteries, census, genealogy, newspapers, obituaries, vitals. Many original county records are archived here and indexes are available. Newspaper abstracts is a searchable website and mail list for submission of newspaper abstracts or links to other sites with newspaper abstracts or articles. Attala historical society, kosciusko, mississippi to promote and. Jun 08, 2009 kosciuskoattala county history books and cds today, i was in contact with ann breedlove who works in the genealogy room of the attala county library in kosciusko, mississippi. The first fire on 28 july 1858 was the most devastating as all records were destroyed.
According to ann, thomas craft, a member of the kosciuskoattala historical society, stopped by the library today and mentioned that only 40 copies of the history of kosciusko and attala county remain available for. Attala historical society, kosciusko, ms public group facebook. Attala county, mississippi, genealogy locate your attala. Della brooks curtis, 75, passed away peacefully on tuesday, may 19, 2020, at the attala county nursing home in kosciusko, ms. Attala county library, 201 s huntington st, kosciusko, ms 2020. Additional records are listed on the county and state pages. The attala county library is an integral part of the community, providing materials and services to meet the changing personal, educational, professional, and cultural needs of kosciusko and attala county. We have a large, welllit research room and our librarian or one of our volunteers will be available to help with your search. Family maps attala county mississippi genealogy ms plat ebay. Sanborn fire insurance map from kosciusko, attala county, mississippi.
The boundary of attala was organized december 23, 1833, out of territory previously acquired from the choctaw indians by the treaty of dancing rabbit creek in 1828. The attala county library offers genealogy services. History of kosciusko and attala county mississippi kindle edition by eddie mikell author visit amazons eddie mikell page. This early version included jims articles under the banner. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. The attala county fire department is a proud team of dedicated professionals and volunteers. If your ancestors were residents of kosciusko county and you share our love of history and family, we invite you to visit our genealogy library. Old kosciusko post office city hall bethel methodist church cemetery. The book is hard cover, thirtyone chapters, each researched and written by a different member of the attala historical society and it contains 314 pages. Kosciusko county indiana historic newspaper articles. This is an excerpt from chapter i of the kosciusko attala history written and published by members of the attala historical society in 1976, the year of the bicentennial celebration. We hope that you will visit your library often and take advantage of the many services designed to meet the needs of all ages.
The attala county chat room is open all the time, day or night, 247. This page primarily lists records kept at the city level. Kosciuskoattala county history books and cds today, i was in contact with ann breedlove who works in the genealogy room of the attala county library in kosciusko, mississippi. The county seat of attala is a cotton town of one thousand six hundred and fifty inhabitants. Good local history and genealogy for this mississippi county of attala and its county seat of kosciusko named after the polish general, thaddeus kosciusko, who served on george washingtons staff during the revolutionary war. Our mission is to deliver emergency services to the county of attala and protect its well being through preparedness, prevention, and education. The attala chat room is a place where researchers seeking ancestors in attala county can meet, chat, compare notes and exchange information. About fiftyfive years ago the wife of a choctaw chief gave her name to attala county, and the settlement known then as redbud was rechristened after the illustrious polish hero. Kosciuskoattala historical society, kosciuskoattala, ms, 1976.
A copy of that order can be found read more april 24, 2020. Kosciusko, attala county, mississippi, 1891 mississippi. Kosciusko, in its early days, must have been a wild place. The name attala is said to be derived from atala, the heroine of an indian romance by chateaubriand.
Articleszfilearchive 2017 old jail museum discusses books on kosciusko county history post navigation may 20, 2010 322 pages with 80 total maps locating original landowners in maps has never been an easy taskuntil now. Kosciusko genealogy in attala county, ms usa 1,060,369 mississippi 18,261 attala county 283 kosciusko 69 note. Today the governor placed attala county under stricter guidelines related to covid19. The kosciusko attala history is a handsomely bound book which contains the. It is requested that the topic be limited to genealogy and attala county.
Kosciusko county atlas 1879 homestead and building drawings sv kosciusko county atlas 1879 township plats kosciusko county atlas 1879 personal sketches pgs 4449. From my collection, kosciusko recently received reprints 2. On this page you will find a listing of books, publications, collectionsand other resources on kosciusko county genealogy and history that are availablefrom a wide variety of sources. The attala county library provides services to the citizens of attala county through the attala county board of supervisors and the kosciusko mayor and board of alderman. For this reason, no records exist prior to august 1858. Kosciusko, attala county, mississippi genealogy genealogy. All of the oldest records are on microfilm in the genealogy and local history department of the public library.
Kosciusko, attala county, mississippi genealogy familysearch. The choctaw boundary line of 1820 runs through the extreme southwestern corner of this county. Headquarters of the midmississippi regional library system 201 south huntington street kosciusko, ms 39090 phone. If you are aware of other material relatedto kosciusko county that is not listed, pleasedrop me a note and i will add it. Kosciusko, attala county, mississippi, 1891 mississippi genealogy. According to ann, thomas craft, a member of the kosciuskoattala historical society, stopped by the library today and mentioned that only 40 copies of the history of. Family maps of attala county, mississippi by gregory a. Attala historical society, kosciusko, mississippi to promote. Kosciusko attala historical society, kosciusko attala, ms, 1976. The following books are available in the attala historical society book store. Attala historical society, kosciusko, mississippi to. I know that attala county and kosciusko are not as large as spartanburg, sc, but there is where my first experience with microfilmed public records came. Attala county was established december 23, 1833, and was one of the sixteen counties carved from the territory of the choctaw nation ceded to the united states in 1830 by the treaty of dancing rabbit.
As a registered customer of the attala county library, your library card enables you to check out and access books and materials from 52 libraries in the. Sign up to receive codered notification by telephone for emergencies, including weather emergencies, or informational messages. Its largest town and county seat is kosciusko, a rapidly growing. Includes indexes, brief history of kosciusko county and individual townships, brief biographies and portraits of early kosciusko county residents, sectional and township map of indiana. Atlases of the united states, 4539 available also through the library of congress web site as a raster image. History of kosciusko and attala county mississippi ebook.
Contact the attala historical society for the availability of new copies. Old jail museum discusses books on kosciusko county history. Guide to attala county, mississippi ancestry, genealogy and family history, birth records, marriage records, death records, census. Guide to kosciusko, attala county, mississippi genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records. Attala county, mississippi genealogy, books, cds, maps. Attala county library kosciuskoattala development authority. Stokes mcmillan is fourth generation born and raised in attala county, mississippi, the scene of the story. It was the haunt of robbers and desperadoes of all kinds, but it has kosciusko, attala county, mississippi, 1891 read more. Everyday discount prices and great customer service. The attala county library is home to the headquarters offices of the midmississippi regional library system mmrls which serves attala. Home address book african american cemetery records census records court cases. We have a collection of information on the history of attala county as well as a family file collection, early kosciusko and attala county newspapers, and u. Attala county genealogy and local history mississippi state university, university libraries family history library holdings source.
If you have any questions or comments please let us know. Attala county, mississippi genealogy genealogy familysearch wiki. A story that deserves telling jackson free press jackson, ms. Religion in kosciusko, journal of mississippi history, july 1951. Sanborn fire insurance map from kosciusko, attala county. The attala county court house has burned on three separate occasions. Kosciusko is named for general tadeusz kosciuszko, a polishlithuanian officer who served with the continental army and assisted its military. If your ancestors were residents of kosciusko county and you. According to ann, thomas craft, a member of the kosciusko attala historical society, stopped by the library today and mentioned that only 40 copies of the history of kosciusko and attala county remain available for purchase. Attala county, mississippi genealogy and history genealogy trails.
The attala county library is an integral part of the community, providing materials and services to meet the changing personal, educational, professional, and cultural needs of. Familysearch library directory for attala county, mississippi source. Attala historical society news two attala county history books available, both compiled and edited by thomas e. History of kosciusko and attala county mississippi kindle edition.
This is also true of anderson county, sc, and most likely a lot of other places. The attala county courthouse is located in kosciusko, mississippi. Reconstruction in attala county, publications of the mississippi historical society. As noted above, jim wallace published the book, history of kosciusko and attala county, in 1916. This volume in the family maps series contains newly created maps of original landowners patent maps in what is now attala county, mississippi, gleaned from the indexes of the u. Guide to kosciusko, attala county, mississippi genealogy ancestry, family history and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records. If your ancestors were residents of kosciusko county and. Good local history and genealogy for this mississippi county of attala and its.
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