Death Records and Death Certificates in Mississippi
Mississippi Death Records
The population of Mississippi was recorded 2,976,149 on July 1, 2019, a 0.30% increase since the 2010 census. At the 2010 U.S. census, the racial makeup of the population was 59.1% White American (58.0% non-Hispanic white, 1.1% White Hispanic), 37.0% African American or Black, 0.5% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9% Asian American 1.1% multiracial American, and 1.4% other.
This page is created to provide genealogists and researchers an ultimate guide to the state of Mississippi death records. Use the links and the tips below for Mississippi death records, certificates, online tools and databases. Additional information on how to obtain Mississippi death certificates is available below.
How to Find a Death Record in Mississippi
Mississippi death records search
This webpage gives you access to all of the online databases containing Mississippi death records, Mississippi death certificates, Mississippi death notices, Mississippi death indexes, and other related Mississippi genealogy records.
Mississippi death records free
Below are some of the most comprehensive resource for death records in Mississippi.
Mississippi Death Index
Mississippi death records database
Links to Mississippi death and burial indexes and databases are as below:
- Mississippi Index to Deaths, 1912-1943
- Mississippi Deaths and Burials, 1822-1921
- Adams County, Natchez, Mississippi Death Index, 1835-1905
Mississippi social security death index
The Social Security Death Index contains information on millions of deceased individuals in Mississippi with social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. Try the links below to search the index:
Public Death Record Mississippi
In addition to the indexes and databases above, there are some other resources that gives to almost the same or might even more information about a deceased individual. Here are some to check out:
Mississippi Death Certificates
How to get a death certificate in Mississippi
By law, the state of Mississippi was not required to keep birth or death certificates until 1 November 1912. Birth and death records since that time have been kept by the Bureau of Vital Statistics. Marriage records from 1926–1938 and from 1942 on are also housed there. There is a statewide marriage index available, organized by name of groom, for the years prior to 1926. For birth and death records from 1 November 1912 and marriage records from 1926–1938, and from 1941, write:
State Department of Health
Vital Records
2423 North State Street
Jackson, MS 39216
Mississippi death certificates online
Use the links below to get death certificates and vital records in Mississippi.
Mississippi Death Notices
Check local newspapers and local online news websites which frequently publish notices. Use the link below for more information on Mississippi news agencies.
Mississippi counties for death record research
- Adams County
- Alcorn County
- Amite County
- Attala County
- Benton County
- Bolivar County
- Calhoun County
- Carroll County
- Chickasaw County
- Choctaw County
- Claiborne County
- Clarke County
- Clay County
- Coahoma County
- Copiah County
- Covington County
- DeSoto County
- Forrest County
- Franklin County
- George County
- Greene County
- Grenada County
- Hancock County
- Harrison County
- Hinds County
- Holmes County
- Humphreys County
- Issaquena County
- Itawamba County
- Jackson County
- Jasper County
- Jefferson County
- Jefferson Davis County
- Jones County
- Kemper County
- Lafayette County
- Lamar County
- Lauderdale County
- Lawrence County
- Leake County
- Lee County
- Leflore County
- Lincoln County
- Lowndes County
- Madison County
- Marion County
- Marshall County
- Monroe County
- Montgomery County
- Neshoba County
- Newton County
- Noxubee County
- Oktibbeha County
- Panola County
- Pearl River County
- Perry County
- Pike County
- Pontotoc County
- Prentiss County
- Quitman County
- Rankin County
- Scott County
- Sharkey County
- Simpson County
- Smith County
- Stone County
- Sunflower County
- Tallahatchie County
- Tate County
- Tippah County
- Tishomingo County
- Tunica County
- Union County
- Walthall County
- Warren County
- Washington County
- Wayne County
- Webster County
- Wilkinson County
- Winston County
- Yalobusha County
- Yazoo County