Mississippi, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1912-1943

Source Information

Ancestry.com. Mississippi, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1912-1943 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2020.
Original data: Mississippi State Department of Health. Statewide Index to Mississippi Death Records. Jackson, Mississippi: Mississippi State Department of Health.

About Mississippi, U.S., Index to Deaths, 1912-1943

This collection consists of an index to death records from Mississippi. Deaths were recorded by the state starting in 1912, and individual certificates of death are held by the county. Details vary, but may include the following information:


  • name
  • age at death
  • gender
  • race
  • birth date
  • death date
  • death place
  • certificate number