Listed record inventories
Selected holdings and indexes for Lauderdale County, checked against the repository descriptions linked below. Date spans may contain gaps; an index is not a complete set of original records.
Wills and estates
- Administrator's Bonds & Letters · courthouse microfilm1858-1870; 1870-1908
Court records
- Chancery Court Minutes · courthouse microfilm1856-1873; 1873-1879; 1879-1885; 1885-1890
Deeds and land
- Deed Books · courthouse microfilm1837–1886 · separate segments; gaps possible
See the repository's descriptions and search options
Repository access note: Selected Mississippi Department of Archives and History courthouse microfilm catalog results, grouped by series, contents and district. This batch covers only a portion of the catalog, with emphasis on abstracts, court records and deeds; it is not a complete film inventory. Spans may contain gaps. Consult the catalog for individual reels, volumes and access.
Sources: the catalogs and repository descriptions linked on the entries above. Selected inventories do not establish complete coverage of every record type or online access to original documents. Read the repository access note for source dates and limitations.
Where to find the records
- Find Lauderdale County's official website
We haven't checked this county's website yet, so this opens a web search. Look for an address ending in .gov, then find the chancery clerk and the circuit clerk.
- The chancery clerk
Deeds and other land records, and probate (wills and estates).
- The circuit clerk
Marriage licenses and civil and criminal cases.
- The Mississippi Department of Archives and History
In Jackson: county records on microfilm, Confederate records, newspapers and the state's original records.
- Mississippi Department of Archives and Historyfree
The state archives in Jackson: county records on microfilm, Confederate service and pension records, newspapers and maps.
- FamilySearch Catalogfree
Search by place for "Mississippi, Lauderdale" to find filmed and digitized records, many viewable free online with a FamilySearch account.
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Boundaries and parent counties
Formed from: Rankin County, Wayne County
Check the parent counties for earlier records: Rankin County, Wayne County
Records stay with the county that created them. If your ancestor lived here before 1833, search the parent county. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries shows each boundary change.
Research tip
Mississippi began statewide registration of births and deaths in 1912. Several counties lost records to fires or the Civil War; the state archives' county microfilm and the federal land records can fill gaps.