Coahoma County Mississippi Marriage Index Vol 1 1839-1900

Hunting For Bears Genealogy Society collects and maintains large databases of early (predominantly pre 1900) marriage records from all fifty states. We are currently processing these records and will have them available via the internet as soon as they are ready.

We do two things with these records:
One, we publish these records in County Marriage Record Books, (over 2,000 to date) and on CDs. We no longer publish on microfiche but have a fairly complete inventory of our collection as of 1980.

Two, surname searches of these large computer data bases have been available to individuals since the late 1960s via the U. S. Postal Service and now e-mail.
We search our marriage indexes on a state by state basis and provide the results via e-mail or computer printout.

The Hunting For Bears marriage data collection as of about 1980, covering 16 states, was bundled with Family Tree Maker(c) and sold in the tens of thousands and was crucial in making FTM(c) the most popular genealogical software in the world.

The same collection was included in Ancestry's(c) initial data searches, playing a significant role in its rise to the world's premier on line genealogy data search engine.

That was the 1980 collection, the 2010 collection dwarfs it in comparison. This book is part of that 2010 collection. It is maintained in a data base structure to provide the highest information density. Each marriage is contained in one line. Each party in the union is included in the alphabetical listing. Using the records in a database format and listing both participants in the alphabetical sort was so unique in 1960 that the U.S. Government has granted Hunting For Bears a (c)copyright on the presentation in both electronic and print format.

When available, record location information such as county book and page number may be included as well as age, birth or death dates, race, gender and information about prior marriages.

Several things we are considering in the immediate future are; e_books to buy, loan or free downloads, books available through instant publication, and books on line.

Oh, the name and logo, Russell, as Nick was called in his youth, loved puns. The newspaper genealogy column that he began writing in 1951, Hunting Your Forebears, quickly became Hunting For Bears and the bear and hunter logo was created.

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Early Coahoma Co MS Marriages 1839-1900 compiled by Dorothy L Murray
©Copyright 2011 by Hunting for Bears, Genealogical Society and Library

Date Spouse 1 Spouse 2
15 Oct 1888 AARON, Jennie CALDWELL, James
20 Sep 1873 AARON, Lucinda WILLHITE, James
20 Oct 1873 AARON, Lucy Ann WILLHITE, Charley
21 May 1871 AARON, Patrick HOPSON, Jennie
13 Nov 1879 AASE, Wm DAVIS, Alice
08 May 1889 ABBOS, Jack MITCHELL, Louinda
07 Jan 1892 ABBOTT, I A Ms CRAYTON, J C
08 May 1889 ABBOTT, Jack MITCHELL, Liranda
08 Jul 1840 ABBOTT, Sarah MORTON, Reuben
05 Nov 1840 ABBOTT, Willis BROWEN, Mary
13 Sep 1877 ABELS, Maggie V DUNCANSON, Robert
21 Oct 1871 ABERHANDED, Bettie WILSON, Joseph
21 Oct 1871 ABERHARDED, Bettie WILSON, Joseph
02 May 1879 ABERNATHY, Alice BALLING, Loyd
28 Jan 1881 ABERNATHY, Autrent GANG, W L
25 Aug 1891 ABERNATHY, Era GANONY, William
11 Nov 1891 ABERNATHY, Julie DUPREE, Peter
30 Dec 1889 ABLE, Alice THOMAS, T H
13 Jun 1867 ABLEY, Ned BABE, Margaret
12 Jun 1867 ABLEY, Ned BOBO, Margaret
04 Jan 1866 ABRAHAM, Mary ALEXANDER, George
17 Apr 1881 ABRAM, Tena HOLMAN, Martha
10 Jul 1890 ABRAMS, Bessie TRAT, Sam
18 Jul 1899 ABRAMS, Pleasant HILLIAN, Scott
21 Aug 1890 ABRAY, Alex HEARD, Annie
21 Aug 1890 ABRAY, Alex SHERARD, Annie
24 Apr 1871 ABSEN, William SHELBY, Eliza
24 Apr 1871 ABSON, William SHELBY, Eliza
28 Feb 1886 ACKER, B B THOMAS, S T Ms
28 Feb 1886 ACKER, B B THOMAS, S T Mrs
16 Feb 1889 ACKER, Susan REARDEN, Wesley
18 Mar 1889 ACKLIN, J D CONLEY, Alice
07 Jan 1872 ACKLIN, Mary STACY, J F
26 Feb 1893 ACLES, Nannie MCDONALD, Porter
20 Feb 1858 ACLURY, Louisa CAMACK, Wm H K
19 Jul 1890 ACOTTS, Sam MOORE, Fannie
28 Jan 1887 ACREE, Celia SMITH, John
27 Jun 1854 ACREE, J E COCKERELL, Catherine
31 Jan 1878 ADAM, George BELL, Delia
23 Aug 1884 ADAM, Martha ANDERSON, John Warren
20 Apr 1888 ADAMS, Alice C HARRISON, William
23 Nov 1876 ADAMS, Annie WILLIAMS, John
24 Dec 1897 ADAMS, Arthur LUSTER, Sarah
03 Oct 1875 ADAMS, Belle STACEY, James M
08 Jul 1893 ADAMS, Ben BROWN, Emma
26 Dec 1894 ADAMS, Benjamin FRENCH, Ellen
05 Feb 1874 ADAMS, Dave UNKNOWN, Unknown
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