 five centuries on the mississippi sound a chronology of biloxi mississippi five centuries on the mississippi sound a chronology of biloxi mississippi osarep mon 3222010 1102 learn more about the past of biloxi and ocean springs mississippi through the historical and archival research of ray l bellande at biloxihistoricalsocietyorg and oceanspringsarchivesnet  ray offers his 20 years of research experience to help you learn more about the past of the gulf coast area and perhaps your family contact us to start on the path to discovery with our historical research services join the biloxi historical society today by showing your interest through our contact form   about biloxi join ray l bellande already in the process of uncovering the history and genealogy of biloxi mississippi a wonderful and diverse community on the gulf of mexico named for the local sioux indian people the ocean springs and biloxi areas has been inhabited by europeans since being founded by iberville and his french canadian soldiers of fortune and their french cohorts with the establishment of fort maurepas in april 1699 the fascinating history of biloxi is an unparalled adventure spaning five centuries  archival research unearth the history of the biloxi area through a number of archival and historical research methods libraries are great storehouses of information of all sorts about the past city directories from the past can help you find out where your grandparents lived for example if you need to find an obituary ray scours local newspapers going back for more than a century there is a copious amount of information about all of the towns that existed in the past in the biloxi area waiting to be found whenever you like  court records ray searches the records of the courthouses and archives of jackson harrison and hancock county mississippi to find out about the past with ray s help you can learn specific information about the area and your family s place in history through this archival research he finds valuable facts hiding in land records marriage records probates wills and divorce records local cemetery searches and tombstone images can also be made  contact ray online or call 2282576350 for a fee schedule of historical and archival research services in the mississippi gulf coast area  ray l bellande ca2005 1628 views  