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                   (access available only from library computers)

     (available from your home computer or in the library;  use your library card number to log in)

                  (Search link for Social Security Death Index plus more)

For Information send an e-mail to: 

    libraryinfo@llf.lib.ms.us

We will be happy to make copies from microfilm or photos in our archives. Please send an e-mail to the address above for pricing information and instructions. Requests will be filled on a first come/first served basis as time permits.

Our phone number is 601-833-5038 or you may write to:

Archives

Lincoln Lawrence Franklin Regional Library 

100 South Jackson Street

Brookhaven, MS 39601

John Williams Negative Scan Project

John H. Williams, a photographer and proprietor of the Art Studio in Brookhaven, Mississippi, spent many years taking pictures of buildings, people, and activities in this community. The majority of photographs and negatives in the collection are from 1946-1970. Included are pictures of local community buildings, schools and school groups, churches and church groups, and weddings. Also included are some early oilfield, logging, and Stahl-Urban pictures. An extensive number of items are portraits of local individuals and family groups. These photographs are an outstanding memory of the citizens of Southwest Mississippi--depicting faces and special moments in their lives

Funded by a federal Library Services and Technology Act grant, new computers and software have been  purchased in order to scan and digitize some of the thousands of photographic negatives in the John Williams Collection, owned by Lincoln-Lawrence-Franklin Regional Library. To date, 2,025+ negatives have been scanned and stored in digital format. A separate grant allowed 200 photographs to be digitized for the library. The library staff is working to upload the images to Flickr (see links at right) for public access. If you would like to conduct research in the collection, please contact us at libraryinfo@llf.lib.ms.us to schedule access.

For Newly Digitized Photos, please visit www.Flickr.com and search for "Lincoln County Public Library" (group). There are 2 group members adding photos. You can search either one and go to the Group Pool to see the rest of the photos. Please leave a comment under the individual photo if you are able to identify a place, person(s) or event in any of the photos.

LLF Archives    LLF Archives2

Obituaries

Indexes of obituaries (first entries only--subsequent entries are indexed in-house)

Daily Leader (Brookhaven, MS) 1968-2002 (some skips--coming soon)   Updated 8/16/2011

Surnames Index (PDF Files):

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z, Information

Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher  

Lawrence County Press (Monticello, MS) 1980-2003   (1997-2003 added 6/24/2009)

Surnames Index (PDF Files): 

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z

_{Requires Adobe Reader 7.0 or higher}

Archives and Manuscripts

A digitized collection of Lincoln County Public Library's local history documents and photos including 

Whitworth College items.

John Holly Williams Archives -- 100,000+ photographs, about 200 digitized. If you can identify any person or place, please e-mail us at libraryinfo@llf.lib.ms.us 

2010 LSTA Grant Project--scan and digitize negatives from the Williams Archives. 

For Newly Digitized Photos, please visit www.Flickr.com and search for "Lincoln County Public Library". There are 2 group members adding photos. You can search either one and go to the Group Pool to see the rest of the photos.

LLF Archives    LLF Archives2

Wedding List--1940s-

A list of wedding photos with names from the Williams Archives..

Wedding List--1960s-

A list of wedding photos with names from the Williams Archives.

EARLY LINCOLN COUNTY NEWSPAPER INDEXES: 

The following turn of the century indexes have interesting notes and since there were very few obituaries published in the form we know them today, many tributes, poems, notices, trials, local columns and other tidbits are indexed.

Early Brookhaven Newspapers 1875-1885

Lincoln County Times 1909-1947

Semi-Weekly Leader 1907-1939

Brookhaven Leader 1883-1906 

Funeral Home Index

  Comprehensive index of all names compiled from Brookhaven Funeral Home and Harrigill (formerly Hartman and Hartman-Henderson) Funeral Home records (1929-1980s)

Brookhaven Cemeteries

Three lists of cemetery records divided by year. Brookhaven cemeteries include Rose Hill, Easthaven, St. Francis Catholic, Jewish, and Hoskins. Dates on list refer to date of burial, not date of death..

    Cemeteries 1: 1938-1962

    Cemeteries 2: 1963-1983

    Cemeteries 3: 1984-2002

Mission Hill Baptist Church Cemetery      

   List covers burials from 1893-2003

Oral Histories

  Interviews with local citizens concerning the history of Lincoln County and the surrounding area. 

Several interviews added in 2005

 Test

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Other Genealogy/History Websites of Interest

Find a Grave is a wonderful resource for finding graves. It is all done by volunteers who will sometimes include the deceased's obituary and a photo of the headstone.