Bolivar Co MS Marriage Records 1870-1899
Subtitle: Computer Indexed Mississippi Marriage Records by Nicholas Russell Murray
By: Dixie A Murray, mgr  dixie_murray@yahoo.com
Edition: Early Bolivar County Mississippi Marriage Index 1870-1899
Series: One of the HFB Early Mississippi Marriage Records Series
Publisher: Hunting For Bears Genealogical Society and Library
Published: 1960
Place of publication: 3878 W 3200 S, Salt Lake City, UT 84120-2154 USA ph.801-966-1611  huntingforbears@yahoo.com  First published 1960 in Hammond, LA
Language: eng
Format: soft cover, indexed genealogical marriage data
Copyright date: 2013
Other titles: Early Bolivar Co MS Marriages 1870-1899
Description: The format for this series of books was designed specifically to address an extreme weakness in genealogical research methodology as it existed in the later half of the last century. The primary component of this solution was an extremely large data base of records which could be accessed via computer instantly to provide location of additional existent and more complete records needed by researchers. Marriage records were uniquely the form of research in need of this additional research methodology.

Several barriers to this project will be lost to the fog of history unless mentioned somewhere so here are a few; A few County Clerks were naturally obstinate. The worst two were Parish Clerks in Louisiana, one of Assumption Parish, who would not allow our elderly collection team any access to the records unless they stood at the counter and hand copied the data. The books containing the dates were in a separate book and to see it required an individual retrieval and put back for each marriage. A neighboring parish, Ascension, arrested and prosecuted my wife and I for conducting a legal bingo (the mayor himself had issued the permit) to raise funds to continue the data collection process when the inheritance my parents had left, ran out.

Another involves an deceitful lady named "Annie" and the Mississippi Genealogy Society who have no problem with taking the data that HFB paid teams of people to travel to each local court, collect the data, process it and publish it. Annie and MGS then publishes it on the internet and locally in print form thereby, negating any chance of recouping any of the expenditure put out in accruing the data. Nick and Dorothy had expended tremendous effort establishing directly or indirectly over half of the Genealogy Societies in Mississippi and had trained and hired these new enthusiasts as team members in their data gathering project. To have several of these "researchers" betray friends and mentors in this manner is inexplicable!

There is a corporate "wolf"  who has done the same as MGS does does locally on a small scale on a national scale, no an international one. HFB had been approached by a small startup CD producer to make our data available on CDs. He assured us the data would be protected by an unbreakable decryption method. Maybe he was correct, the "wolf" bought controlling interest in his company, took our data and built the world's largest data repository and search service. All of this theft was was accomplished while I was becoming 100% disabled in the Gulf War, I just love it when people say "Thanks for your service". Eventually, after years of using the data to destroy us, "the wolf" did pay $35,000(far less than the cost of gathering data from one state in 1960), half of which was back royalties on the CDs sold years before to avoid the potential of lawsuits.
Notes: Available in book, CD or 4"x6" microfiche format
Table of contents: title: Early Bolivar Co MS Marriages 1870-1899 compiled by Dorothy L Murray; title: ©Copyright 2006 by  Hunting for Bears, Genealogical Society and Library; title: Date	Spouse 1	Spouse 2; title: 14 May 1882	ABERNATHY, Ann	ALLEN, Dennis; title: 24 Feb 1870	ABLE, G M	BROWN, Margaret E; title: 03 Mar 1889	ABLE, G W	BOID, S F Mrs; title: 17 Aug 1882	ADAMS, Caroline	HARRISON, John; title: 26 Jan 1882	ADAMS, Caroline Mrs	JACKSON, Fayette; title: 24 Dec 1889	ADAMS, Charles	BAGGS, Mary E; title: 07 May 1881	ADAMS, Charles	JEFFERSON, Ann; title: 07 Aug 1884	ADAMS, D	ROBB, Sarah; title: 01 Dec 1885	ADAMS, D L	WOODS, Mary; title: 14 Jan 1873	ADAMS, Dock	ESTES, Harriet; title: 29 Oct 1887	ADAMS, Dolly	POTER, Clark; title: 02 Jan 1887	ADAMS, Eliza Mrs	HILL, Buck; title: 19 Jan 1868	ADAMS, Elizabeth	JONES, Taswell; title: 28 Nov 1874	ADAMS, Emily	LITTLE, Adam; title: 28 Sep 1888	ADAMS, Jake	TAYLOR, Rebeca; title: 21 Dec 1871	ADAMS, James	ROBINSON, Francis; title: 08 Jun 1886	ADAMS, James H	MINOR, Dora; title: 28 Mar 1887	ADAMS, Joseph	BATTLE, Deanna; title: 16 Mar 1879	ADAMS, Joseph	BROWN, Liza; title: 23 Jan 189Z	ADAMS, Lewis	BLACK, C A miss; title: 22 Dec 1869	ADAMS, Louisa	EVANS, Charlie; title: 01 Mar 1884	ADAMS, Louisa	SMITH, Addison; title: 19 Oct 1884	ADAMS, Lula	CURLEY, John; title: 22 Jul 1871	ADAMS, Margaret	BAILEY, Toney; title: 19 Sep 1885	ADAMS, Patsy	JOHNSON, John; title: 27 Nov 1887	ADAMS, Rachel	HAYWOOD, H; title: 26 Jan 1882	ADAMS, Rebecca	JACKSON, Lewis; title: 22 Sep 1890	ADAMS, Spencer	THOMAS, Sarah; title: 11 Sep 1868	ADARDS, Martha	TAYLOR, Frank; title: 04 Jan 1890	ADDISON, Alf	WALKER, Irene; title: 23 Dec 1890	ADDISON, Henrietta	JONES, Patrick; title: 25 Oct 1886	ADINGTON, Walter	JEFERSON, Blanch; title: 04 Nov 1874	ADKINS, Laticia	TAYLOR, Frank; title: 18 Oct 1888	ADKINS, Lue	CONNOR, Andrew; title: 17 Mar 1872	ADKINS, Sue W	MAYSON, C A dr; title: 08 Jan 1887	ADTERM, Molly	PARKS, George; title: 26 Mar 1887	AGNES, Maggie	HAWKINS, Willie; title: 08 Jul 1888	AIKENS, Emiline	JOHNSON, Robert; title: 29 Sep 1888	ALBERT, Lizzie	MCCLOUD, Armstead; title: 30 Jan 1887	ALBERT, Malinda Mrs	WILSON, Austin; title: 28 Nov 1885	ALBERT, Robert	JOHNSON, Parthenia; title: 27 Jun 1886	ALBINE, Dominick	MILOZA, Congett; title: 17 Jun 1889	ALBRITTON, Andrew	ELDRIDGE, Nona; title: 20 Dec 1885	ALCANA, Josephine	CURICO, Frank; title: Pg 1