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Seminar planned at (jHlf|M>rt\s extensive genealogy, library
By CARL MCINTIKE
Special lo The Clarion-LoOgor '
Jackson Dailv News
The LAV. Anderson Genealogical Library at Gulfport has one of the most extensive collections of genealogical materials from all over the nation, is open to the public, and offers one of the best opportunities in this state to ?find? those elusive ancestors.
Anne S. Anderson started the library bccause she is interested in genealogical research and wanted to share her interest with others. She has been able to add to ihe holdings by purchasing materials vvhich the visitors have found they needed, and tries to provide them with the most helpful books, microfilm, microfiche and periodicals.
Now she is planning the sixth annual seminar for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 with several guest lecturers:
? Sharon Brown "Indians in Mississippi and Louisiana"
B Elizabeth Shown Mills ? "Preparing Papers for Lineage Societies?; "Migration Patterns into Alabama. Mississippi and Ix)uisiana"; ?Tax Records?; "Church Records"
B Sandra I.iicbkinj'. "Illmoi:. [{?-search". "Finding Im hmIi' . m ??? r> 'I ogy and A Search Strategy for Courthouses?
H Jack Belsom ? ?The German Coast of Louisiana"; "Researching at the St. Louis Cathedral.?
The seminar will be held at the Best Western Motel in Gulfport from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with $15 registration for each day or $30 for the two days.
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at 2218 17th St., Gulport, Miss. 39502, the library has more than 30,000 volumes, pamphlets and microfilm. A daily charge is made of $2 per researcher (monthly fees available) and this provides some of the funding for the continuing purchase of new materials.
We have personally done research at more than two dozen libraries in at least eight states and have not found a one that had more materials on such a wide variety of places. There are books here that we have heard of, but never before had an opportunity to read, several of them of the type that is often quoted as a source.
Copier, microfilm reader/printer, and micofiche readers are all ready for use, and Mrs. Anderson herself is available for in-house consultations. She also enjoys visiting genealogical societies as a regular speaker or to tell of the upcoming National Genealogical Society?s 1988 annual Genealogical Conference in the States which will be hosted by the Anderson library. That event is slated for April 27-30,1988.
It is easy to understand why the Anderson library was the recipient of the 1985 National Genealogical Society?s Award of Merit. With all the additions that are made each year, it is only surprising that the award is not repeated from season to season.
Because the library is now located in a house that has a ?For Sale" sign in the front yard, those who do not go there immediately might do well, in the coming months, to check on the address. The telephone number is (601 )863-3598.
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When the 150th anniversary of the Mississippi Territory was observed in 1948, a special cominemor.il ive s|;??np was issued by the U N r*isl.>i m i? ? II was for use on all first class letters and the value ? remember when? ? was just three cents.
It is the only stamp of the United States which has a word spelled two different ways, and both seemingly correct \n their own way at the tir/v* And the word? It was the name of oui state
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?Mississippi.?
Across the lop of the stamp was "1798 Mississippi Territory 1948.*'
Then, as part of the design, on top of outline maps of Mississippi and Alabama ? which composed the territory ? is the seal of the territory. On it. as many know, the state's name was misspelled with ony one "s" the second time around for that letter. In other words, it was ?Missisippi."
The seal was corrected in 1817. at the time Mississippi became a state, but that was too late for it to be of use.
Winthrop Sergcnt's portrait is incorporated into the design, also, and the Mississippi portion of the map is in dark color while Alabama is so light as to be nearly overlooked. That points up one of Mississippi?s most unusual claims lo historical trivia: It is the only state to have been settled originally from the west, the first major settlements having been made at Nairhrz from 1 Mississippi Mivri M .? it Imtiiiii*' .t '.liiip before Alah.oj*.. il ? i*-hy hnnf oulMde the union. ,\o In :.peak, a long time before it seceded at the outset of the Civil War.