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1870 United States Federal Census

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Please choose a county in Mississippi:

Adams Issaquena Panola
Alcorn Itawamba Perry
Amite Jackson Pike
Attala Jasper Pontotoc
Bolivar Jefferson Prentiss
Calhoun Jones Rankin
Carroll Kemper Scott
Chickasaw Lafayette Simpson
Choctaw Lauderdale Smith
Claiborne Lawrence Sunflower
Clarke Leake Tallahatchie
Coahoma Lee Tippah
Copiah Lincoln Tishomingo
Covington Lowndes Tunica
DeSoto Madison Warren
Franklin Marion Washington
Greene Marshall Wayne
Grenada Monroe Wilkinson
Hancock Neshoba Winston
Harrison Newton Yalobusha
Hinds Noxubee Yazoo
Holmes Okibbeha

Census Records - Counties

After separating the census records into groups by state, the federal government subdivided these records into county groups. Searching for an ancestor on the county level provides a smaller region for research if you remain uncertain about the specific township where your ancestor resided. Researchers should also be aware of boundary line or jurisdictional changes through time. These changes may affect where an ancestor was enumerated on the census, so it remains important to search the counties surrounding the area where your ancestor lived.