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Search this site or the web powered by FreeFind Site search Web search Harrison County was formed in 1841 from Hancock, Jackson, and Perry Counties. It was named for William Henry Harrison. Although the county suffered some record loss in 1916, there are marriage and land records available from 1841 and probate records from 1853. The county seat is Gulfport. Addresses (County Research Locations) Bibliographies Biographies Cemeteries Cemetery Locations Censuses and Tax Lists Churches and Religious Groups Cities Families Famous Folk NEW History NEW Land Records Harrison County Library Look-Up Information NEW - Nov 2007 Harrison County Mailing List NEW - Nov 2007 Maps Marriages        Marriages in the MS Archives        Saucier Marriages in Hancock and Harrison Counties Military Records Photographs Postcards Query Resources Slave Narratives Trivia Vital Records (Births, Marriages, Deaths) Other Project Links Harrison County - USGenWeb Mississippi Archives Mississippi African-American Resources Mississippi Native American Resources Mississippi Penny Postcard Project - Harrison County Off-Site Links of Interest History Sites about Harrison County Sun Herald (link to Biloxi-Gulfport newspaper) WLOX-TV WXXV-TV Harrison County Official Government WebSite Political Graveyard for Harrison County Mississippi History & Genealogy Notes Blog Mississippi Gulf Coast Tourism Biloxi Maritime and Seafood Industry Museum Gulf Islands National Seashore Surrounding Counties George (northeast) Hancock (west) Jackson (east) Pearl River (northwest) Stone (north) Copyright © 2005-7 by MSGenWeb Project. All rights reserved. Individual submissions remain property of copyright owner or submitter. "If you teach them where they come from, they won't need as much help finding where they are going!"                Cordelia Carothers " Aunt Dee" Geoghegan (1894-1987) Return to Index This Page was updated 06 April 2008   Copyright 2007. Pat Creel All Rights Reserved State Coordinator: Everette Carr Assistant State Coordinator:  Bill white Copyright 2007 - MSGenWeb Team - All Rights Reserved   Please Sign Our Guestbook Name: Email: Comments: