Kemper Library

Mailing Address:
DeKalb Library
P.O. Box 710
DeKalb, MS  39328

Hours of Operation:
Open: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30 - 5:00
Closed: Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, all Federal and State holidays.

Phone: 
601-743-5981

Please send a self-addressed, stamped envelope along with your request. There is no cost for this service except for postage and copy cost, however donations can be made the library specified for the genealogical room. The copies are $.20 each.

Please mention that you received this information from the Kemper County GenWeb pages.

The following resources are available at the library: 

Census Indexes: 1837, 1850, 1860, 1880

Census Records on Microfilm: 1837 (online), 1840, 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920
(Any year that does not have an index, they try to look up as they have time, but because the census records are on microfilm, it takes quite a while to search each page and staff time is limited.)

Enumeration of Educable Children: 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1900 These are NOT indexed. They are being put online, so check under "Census" first to see if your ancestor is here. The 1890 and the 1896 Enumerations are online now. Currently the 1890 Enumeration is indexed.

Mortality Schedules: (1850, 1860, 1870, 1880)

Tax lists/Land Rolls: (1834, 1835, 1836, 1837, 1842, 1846,  1848, 1854) The only one indexed is 1848. All of these are  posted online. See Tax-Land Lists

Civil War Index - You may want to check  Military Records first.

Family Histories

Bible Records

Church Records/Rolls/Minutes

Cemetery Lists/Rolls

List of People Researching Kemper County Surnames (addresses and surnames they are searching!)