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" ... provides updated county and town listings within the same overall state-by-state organization ... information on records and holdings for every county in the United States, as well as excellent maps from renowned mapmaker William Dollarhide ... The availability of census records such as federal, state, and territorial census reports is covered in detail ... Vital records are also discussed, including when and where they were kept and how"--Publisher decription.







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Delia's Tears


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Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Four Families, 1835-1936


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Neill McLaurin was born 1 August 1792 in Richmond, North Carolina. His parents were Duncan McLaurin and Catherine. He married Jane McCall in 1816 and they had a daughter, Christiana McLaurin (1827-1908). Christiana married James Lovett Simmons (1822-1905) in 1854. Their daughter, Sorintha Lillian, married William Joel Stevenson (1856-1918), son of William G. Stevenson and Eliza Jane Sheppard in 1884. Their daughter, Kate Sheppard Stevenson (1888-1960) married Nelson Elder Smith (1889-1946), son of Robert Baker S. Smith (1854-1905) and Mary Elder McClure (1853-1897) in 1913 in Lauderdale, Mississippi. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Scotland, Ireland, Virginia, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, Louisiana, North Carolina and South Carolina.




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