Desoto County, Mississippi Genealogy Trails

We'll be doing the best we can to create a website that you will find helpful, useful and meaningful as you trace the trails of your ancestors through Desoto County until a permanent host can be found. We are sorry that we can't do any individual research for you, but if your ancestor left a footprint in this county we'll do everything possible to add information to this site that will help you find them

Being a brand new website we are in need of
Mississippi County Hosts.
Its challenging, very rewarding, and its a great group to work with
Please check our Volunteer Information Page
If interested please contact Kim

If you can't be a County Host that's okay, you can still be a great deal of help. We need volunteers who will ferret out County History of any kind. People who will find interesting documents to transcribe and email to us. We are looking for information such as Biographies, Deaths, Births and Marriages and Obituaries and any "raw data" that folks can use to build their family trees.

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February 9, 1836, marks the calendar as the day DeSoto County was established. Its name honoring the Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto, who according to legend passed away there in May of 1542, although there are no known facts to support it.

*Navigation of Data*
Biographies	Births	Cemeteries	Census	Church Records
County Records	Court Records	Deaths	Family Bibles	Forefathers
Forgotten Towns	Marriages	Military	Newspapers	Obituaries
	Photo Album		Surnames

Cities, Towns & Villages
Hernando	Horn Lake	Memphis
Olive Branch	Southaven	Walls

City of Hernando - 475 West Commerce Street, Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662) 429-9092

Desoto County Chancery Clerk - 2535 Highway 51 South, Room 104, Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662)429-1318

Desoto County Circuit Clerk - 2535 Highway 51 South, Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662) 429-1325

First Regional Library - 370 West Commerce Street, Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662) 429-4439

Olive Branch - 9200 Pigeon Roost Road, Olive Branch, Mississippi, 38654, Phone: (662) 892-9200

Southaven - 8710 Northwest Drive, Southaven, Mississippi, 38671, Phone: (662) 393-6939, Fax: (662) 393-7294

*Neighboring Counties*
Marshall County	Tate County	Tunica County
Crittenden County, AK		Shelby County, TN