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OTHER STATES

The Center for American History, University of Texas

Texas Archival Resources On Line TARO (Natchez Trace Items are on page 38)

MISSISSIPPI LINKS

Genealogy Trails, MS Genealogy

MS Archives Home

MS Archives catalog

Hattiesburg Area Historical Society

The US GenWeb Mississippi Archives

GENEALOGY  LINKS

Family Resources in SMGHS Library

RootsMOOC: Intro to Genealogy and Family History Research

US GenWeb Project Free Genealogy data for MS

Bureau of Land Management General Land office Records
To search land patents click on the green bar

National Archives Home page

National Archives/ genealogy division

Ellis Island

LDS Family History Center

Cyndis List

American History and Genealogy Project

Alabama Cemeteries

Headstone Selection Guide

LAWS RELATING TO CEMETERIES IN SEVERAL STATES.

Mississippi's Historical Cemeteries law and requirements for designation
Mississippi code for regular cemeteries, not historical or abandoned

Texas (you have to click on different links to get each part of the law)

Tennessee laws

Virginia

North Carolina abandoned and neglected cemeteries

West Virginia

Georgia (scroll down to Article 13 and Article 13-A)

South Carolina

Missouri Cemetery law

Louisiana law for historic cemeteries

If you are interested in laws in other states: Search for any state