Sources & Thanks

We rely on public archives and on institutions that grant permission to quote. Credit belongs with them.

Permission gratefully received

Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) Granted permission to quote from Capers’s 1951 Franklin County census introduction, with a request for Chicago-style citation of the collection. No fee. We are grateful for their clear guidance.

These holdings are generally open to the public. We consult them for maps, reports, and published history; terms of use vary by institution.

U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Historic topographic maps and related geospatial products.
Bureau of Land Management — General Land Office (BLM GLO) Survey plats and land-patent records.
Library of Congress Map collections, Sanborn fire-insurance maps, and other digitized holdings.
Internet Archive Digitized railroad reports, local histories, trade journals, and related public-domain or borrowable materials.
Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Official place-name and feature records used for identification and citation.
State and university special collections Including materials held by Mississippi and Louisiana institutions when access and permission allow.

If your archive has granted us permission and is not listed yet, please write so we can add a proper credit.