 research and historical resources research and historical resources ray wed 7062011 1253 biloxi research source material for biloxi research  discovering the queen city   there are many things germane to the culture and history of a place some might be considered fact and others trivia hopefully all are interesting and entertaining to the reader presented are some sources which should provide some of the above criteria    literature from the literature we gain knowledge of the past the author highly recommends the following list of books pamphlets and newspaper columns to anyone interested in various aspects of the history genealogy and culture of biloxi mississippi mary louise adkinson  bousagebosarge family  mississippi coast historical and genealogical societyspecial issue 4 june 1986 and 2nd edition january 1991 321 pages anderson ellis  under surgeunder seige the odyssey of bay st louis and katrina  university press of mississippi jackson mississippi2010 271 pages klaus j meyerarndt and rudi hartman editors  casino gambling in america origins trends and impacts  cognizant communication corporation new york1998 william bartram  travels of william bartram  dover publications new york1955 414 pages edwin c bearss  historic resources studyship island harrison county mississippi gulf islands natioal seashoreflorida mississippi  us department of the interiornational park service denver service center1984 ray l bellande and heidi balje good  from marseille to mississippi 18131990   bellande ocean springs mississippi1991 69 pages annalena berg  blood on the oceanthe forgotten true story of the veronica mutiny  ship islandoctober 1902 countyvise ltd united kngdom2012 287 pages  biloxi houses as time keeps turning  biloxi jr high school and usmkatrina research center long beach mississippi2008 98 pages john h blitz c baxter mann and ray l bellande mississippi archaeology vol 30 no 1 june 1995   fort maurepas and vieux biloxi search and research  36 pages   john h blitz and c baxter mann  fisherfolk farmers and frenchmen  mississippi department of archives and history jackson mississippi2000 edmond boudreaux  the seafood capital of the worldbiloxi s maritime history  the history press charleston south carolina2011 126 pages jamie bounds ellis and jane b shambra  images of americabiloxi  arcadia publishing charleston sc 2009 128 pages carl a brasseaux  a comparative view of french louisiana 1699 and 1762 the journals of pierre lemoyne d iberville and jeanjacquesblaise d abbadie  the center for louisiana studies usl lafayette louisiana1979 159 pages laville bremer  biloxi historical sketch  general printing company new orleans1931 42 pages laville bremer  amichel   gulf coast history and guide book oneto the closing of the french period martin d britt  spain and the mississippi soundexploration to the louisiana purchase 15191804   volume i next step publishing ocean springs mississippi2011 martin d britt  spain and the mississippi soundthe final years 18051813   volume ii next step publishing ocean springs mississippi2011  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi mississippi1976 172 pages  the buildings of biloxi an architectural survey  city of biloxi mississippi2000 182 pages cyril e cain  four centuries on the pascagoula history story and legend of the pascagoula river country  the reprint company spartanburg south carolina1983 two volumes margaret rose carraway   the cornerstone of old fort maurepas   journal of mississippi history april 1951 pp 101104 earnest a carvin  the harrison county mississippi 1880 census  mississippi coast history genealogical society biloxi mississippi1981 joe casey  the magnola route 19231927  southeastern press mobile alabama2005 76 pages nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume i mississippi coast historical and genealogical societyspecial issue 5 november 1986 180 pages nap l cassibry ii  early settlers and land grants at biloxi  volume ii mississippi coast historical and genealogical societyspecial issue 5 november 1986 159 pages nap l cassibry ii  the ladner odyssey  mississippi coast historical and genealogical societyspecial issue 6 january 1988 931 pages jean andrews cecil  that fiftyfoot lot  cecil rosholt wisconsin2010 43 pages charting louisiana five hundred years of maps  the historic nola collectionnew orleans louisiana2003 383 pages jfh claiborne  mississippi as a province territory and state  the reprint company spartanburg south carolina1978 reproduced from an 1880 edition 591 pages oliver j counce  the sesquicentennial of the southern yacht club  franklin southland printingmetairie louisiana2000 john cuevas cat island  the history of a mississippi gulf coast barrier island  mcfarland2011  the daily herald 50 th anniversary souvenir golden jubilee number biographical and historical 18841934  the daily herald gulfportbiloxi mississippi1934 104 pages the daily herald 100 years 18841984   the gulf publishing gulfportbiloxi mississippi1984 bennett doty  legion of the damned  garden city publishing company garden city1928 charles l dufour  ten flags in the windthe story of louisiana  harper row publishersnew yorj1967 307 pages m le page du pratz  history of louisiana  claitor s publishing division baton rouge louisiana1972 366 pages charles l dyer  along the gulf  women of the trinity episcopal church pass christian1971 originally published 1895 60 pages jamie b ellis and jane b shambra   biloxi   arcadia publishing charleston south carolina2009 127 pages robert b fisher  the french invade the south and lose  shaugnessy co biloxi1984 50 pages alcee fortier  a history of louisiana  4 volumes manzi joyant co new york1904 henri a gandolfo  metairie cemetery an historical memoir  stewart enterprises new orleans louisiana1981 th glenn  the mexican gulf coast on mobile bay mississippi sound illustrated  delchamps mobile alabama1893 100 pages dale greenwell  views of   d iberville and st martin  arcadia publishing company charleston south carolina2014 dale greenwell  twelve flags triumphs and tragedies a complete documented detailed history of the mississippi coast and its people  published by greenwell1968 175 pages bonnie l grimstead  cemeteries of harrison co missi ssippi southern heritage press st petersburg florida julia c guice  lagniappecity of biloxi  notes on public officials voter registration and tax rolls city of biloxi mississippicirca 1966 julia c guice  1850 census of harrison county mississippi  city of biloxi mississippi julia c guice  1860 census of harrison county mississippi  city of biloxi mississippi 1982 109 pages julia c guice  1870 census of harrison county mississippi    city of biloxi mississippi 1981 166 pages julia c guice  marriagesharrison county mississippi  18411899 city of biloxi mississippi 103 pages jeanbaptise de la harpe  the journal of the establishment of the french in louisiana  university of southwestern louisiana lafayette louisiana1971 272 pages robert w heck  biloxi central business district historic district study  eskew vogt salvato and filson architects new orleans louisianajuly 1986 nollie hickman  mississippi harvest lumbering in the longleaf pine belt 18401915   the paragon press montgomery alabama 1962 306 pages jay higginbotham  fort maurepas the birth of louisiana  colonial books mobile1968 93 pages jay higginbotham  the journal of sauvole  colonial books mobile1969 70 pages jay higginbotham  old mobile fort louis de la louisiane 1702 1711   museum of the city of mobile publication no 4 mobile1977 585 pages louise c hoffman  an artist visionjosephine crawford  the historic new orleans collection nola2009 159 pages h grady howell jr  to live and die in dixie a history of the third mississippi infantry csa  chickasaw bayou press jackson mississippi1991 644 pages h grady howell jr  the button jarmemories of my childhood on back bay biloxi  howell madison mississippi2010 112 pages edward humes  mississippi mud  gallery books new york1994 434 pages val f husley  keesler air force base a history of the site and its environs   usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippi1996 val f husley  maritime biloxi  arcadia publishing charleston south carolina2000 val f husley  biloxi three hundred years  the donning company virginia beach virginia1998  journal of the frigate le marin   september 5 1698july 2 1699 blossman printing company ocean springs1974 70 pages journal of the jackson county genealogical society pascagoula published quarterly since 1984 helen kerr kempe  the pelican guide to old homes of mississippi  volume 1 natchez and the south pelican publishing company gretna louisiana1977 fred j klein iii  remembering the biloxi bakerysixty delicious years 19131973  klein biloxi mississippi2008 and 2 nd addition2009 fred j klein iii  biloxi is beautifulwish you were here postcards of days gone by  klein biloxi mississippi2010 darlene krohn  the descendants of jerome ryan  krohn latimer mississippi1995 john h lang  history of harrison county mississippi  the dixie press gulfport mississippi1936 edward j lepoma  a passion for people the story of mary mahoney and her old french house restaurant  quail ridge press brandon mississippi1998 jerome lepre  the caillavet family  volume i lepre nola march 1984 105 pages jerome lepre  the heritage of francois fontaine  leprenola1987 92 pages jerome lepre  the krohn family  lepre new orleans1989 jerome lepre  santa cruz family  lepre nola july 1990 160 pages jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume i catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1991 jerome lepre  index to the records of old mobilecathedral of the immaculate conceptionmobile alabama 17041891   jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1992 495 pages jerome lepre  the fountain family  lepre nola 1992 279 pages jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume ii catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1995 jerome lepre  catholic church records diocese of biloxi mississippi  volume iii catholic dioceses of biloxi biloxi mississippi1995 jerome lepre  seymour family  lepre biloxi mississippi 2001 457 pages main street through mississippi on the old spanish trail  jh jacque compiler and aa heldt photographer gulfport printing company gulfportcirca 1925 larry cosper at local color gallery has the only copy in ocean springs earl chapin may  the canning clan  the macmillan companynew york1937  mexican gulf coast winter resorts  illinois central railroad promotional pamphlet circa 1890 biloxi public library archives richebourg gaillard mcwilliams  fleur de lys and calumet the penicaut narrative  lsu press baton rouge1953 281 pages richebourg gaillard mcwilliams  iberville s gulf journals  university of alabama press university alabama1981 195 pages elaine ryan miller and virgil d miller  the ladner odyssey index  millerocean springs mississippi1996 23 pages mississippi coast history and genealogical society biloxi published three times a year since 1968  mississippi gulf coast yesterday today 16991939   federal writers project in mississippi works progress administration gulfport printing company gulfport1939 162 pages lu hartley morehead  old spanish trail along the mississippi gulf coast  dixie press gulfport mississippi1955 and 1958 deanne stephens nuwer  plague among the magnolias  university of alabama press tuscaloosa alabama2009 nola nance oliver  the gulf coast of mississippi  hastings house new york1941 approximately 100 pages patricia e parrish and msgt linda c mcfarland  keesler air force base the and now for half century a leader in technical training 19411945  usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippioctober 1991 dawson a phelps  research report on fort de maurepas mississippi  us department of the interiornational park service 1939 james j pillar omi  the catholic church in mississippi 18371865  the hauser press new orleans louisiana19 jb richmond  world war ii combat wooden boats built at westergard boat works of biloxi inc  a historical pictorial narrative  jb richmond biloxi mississippi2009 70 pages stephanie c richmond and david a wheeler  the growth of the biloxi public school system  volume i city of biloxi mississippi1979 103 pages bernard romans  a concise natural history of east and west florida  reprinted pelican publishing company new orleans louisiana1961 291 pages ssgt gail r russell   keesler field the war years 19411945  usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippioctober 1986  75th anniversary of the 1st national bank of biloxi   18931968  fnb of biloxi biloxi mississippi1968 56 pages flora k schieb  history of the southern yacht club  pelican publishing co gretna louisiana1986 theresa arnoldscriber and terry g scriber  ship island mississippirosters and history of the civil war prison  mcfarland company inc jefferson north carolina2008 michael d seymour  seymour family genealogy  seymour porterville kemper county mississippi2002 395 page david a sheffield and darnell l nicovich  when biloxi was seafood capital of the world  city of biloxi mississippi1979 collen c sholtes and lj scholtes  biloxi and the mississippi gulf coast a pictorial history   the donning company norfolk virginia1985 219 pages zan skelton   mississippi teacher a biloxi teacher s account of four decades of teaching in mississippi   skelton biloxi mississippi1991 147 pages zan skelton   the biloxi public schools 19242001 the growth of the biloxi public school system   volume ii city of biloxi mississippi2002 282 pages james patterson smith  beaches blood and ballots a doctor s civil rights struggle  university press of mississippi jackson mississippi2010 james patterson smith  hurricane katrina the mississippi story  university press of mississippi jackson mississippi2012  m james stevens collection  biloxi public library history archives department approximately 500 pages jean strickland and patricia n edwards  residents of the southeastern mississippi territory census tax rolls and petitions  book 1 strickland moss point mississippi1995 jean strickland and patricia n edwards  residents of the southeastern mississippi territory  book 2 strickland moss point mississippi199 jean strickland and patricia n edwards  residents of the southeastern mississippi territory  book 3 strickland moss point mississippi199 jean strickland and patricia n edwards  residents of the southeastern mississippi territory  book 4 strickland moss point mississippi19 jean strickland and patricia n edwards  residents of the southeastern mississippi territory  book 5 strickland moss point mississippi199 jean strickland and patricia n edwards  residents of the southeastern mississippi territory  book 6 strickland moss point mississippi199 jean strickland and patricia n edwards  residents of the southeastern mississippi territory records of spanish west florida 1806   book 7 strickland moss point mississippi1999 julie suarez compiler  the biloxi cemetery  special issue 7 mississippi coast historical genealogical society biloxi mississippiaugust 2002 pages 286 charles l sullivan  the mississippi gulf coast portrait of a people  windsor publications northridge california1985 charles l sullivan  hurricanes of the mississippi gulf coast1717 to present  gulf publishing company biloxi1986 139 pages charles l sullivan  mississippi gulf coast community college a history 19112000  mississippi gulf coast community college press perkinston mississippi2002 606 pages charles l sullivan   building the old spanish trail the story of a modern american highway   mississippi department of transportationjackson mississippi2003 38 pages charles l sullivan   down south with the dixie press   mississippi gulf coast community college press perkinston mississippi2006 81 pages charles l sullivan   down south with the dixie press  2007 revised edition     mississippi gulf coast community college press perkinston mississippi2007 81 pages charles l sullivan   down south with the dixie press  april 2008 revised expanded edition     mississippi gulf coast community college press perkinston mississippi2008 111 pages charles l sullivan  hurricanes of the mississippi gulf coastthree centuries of destruction  mississippi gulf coast community college press perkinston mississippi2009 174 pages charles l sullivan  gulf coast album a journey in historic photographs 18992011 from nola across the mississippi gulf coast to mobile  mississippi gulf coast community college press perkinston mississippi2011 240 pages glen lyle swetman and glen robert swetman  biloxia banker s daybook  gateway press baltimore maryland1994 615 pages gerald w sweitzer and kathy m fields  the 50 best small southern towns  peachtree publishers atlanta georgia2001 ray m thompson   know your coast   biloxi daily herald19551956 biloxi public library historical and genealogical section dale m titler and ssgt gary m murphy  keesler field inception to pearl harbor 19391941  usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippiapril 1981 dale m titler  gulf tempest major hurricanes and their effects on keesler technical center  usaf office of history 81 st training wing keesler afb technical training center biloxi mississippi1986  twentieth century coast edition of the biloxi daily herald historical and biographical  george w wilkes sons biloxiaugust 1902 100 pages ra wilkinson   the gulf coast   letters written for the new orleans times democrat  passenger department l n railroad louisville kentucky1886 63 pages    colonial history john h blitz c baxter mann and ray l bellande mississippi archaeology vol 30 no 1 june 1995   fort maurepas and vieux biloxi search and research  36 pages  martin d britt  spain and the mississippi soundexploration to the louisiana purchase 15191804   volume i next step publishing ocean springs mississippi2011 martin d britt  spain and the mississippi soundthe final years 18051813   volume ii next step publishing ocean springs mississippi2011  jeffery p brain  indians of north america the tunicabiloxi  chelsea house publishers new yorkphiladelphia1990 103 pages jeffrey p brain  tunica treasure  peabody museum of archaeology and ethnology harvard university cambridge massachusetts1979 329 pages carl a brasseaux  a comparative view of french louisiana 1699 and 1762 the journals of pierre le moyne d iberville and jeanjacquesblaise d abbadie  the center for louisiana studies university of southwestern louisiana1979 159 pages gail alexander buzhardt and margaret hawthorne  rencontres sur le mississippi 16821763  university press of mississippijackson mississippi1993 250 pages margaret rose carraway   the cornerstone of old fort maurepas journal of mississippi history   april 1951 pp 101104 volney j cissna jr reconstruction of fort maurepas the gulf regional planning commission report gulfport mississippi1973 jfh claiborne mississippi as a province territory and state the reprint company spartanburg south carolina1978 591 pages reprinted from an 1880 edition charles l dufour ten flags in the wind the story of louisiana harper row new york1967 antoine simon le page du pratz the history of louisiana claitor s publishing division baton rouge louisiana1972 366 pages reprinted from a 1774 edition robert b fisher the french invade the south and lose shaugnessy company biloxi mississippi1984 50 pages dale greenwell twelve flags triumphs and tragedies dale greenwell biloxi mississippi1968 175 pages peter j hamilton colonial mobile reprint by heritage books bowie maryland1991 two volumes originally published in 1910 david hardcastle the military organization of french colonial louisiana from the military presence on the gulf coast gulf coast history humanities conference pensacola florida1978 virginia c harrell vicksburg and the river university of mississippi press jackson mississippi1982 112 pages jay higginbotham the chaumont concession a french plantation on the pascagoula river journal of mississippi history november 1974 pp 353362 jay higginbotham fort maurepas the birth of louisiana colonial books mobile alabama1968 93 pages may have been reprinted by the university of alabama press jay higginbotham the journal of sauvole colonial books mobile alabama1969 70 pages jay higginbotham old mobile fort louis de la louisiane 17021711 museum of the city of mobile publication no 4 mobile alabama1977 585 pages elbert r hilliard the establishment of the fort maurepas historical site a report from the board of trustees of the mississippi department of archives and history jackson mississippi1973 the history of jackson county mississippi jackson county genealogical society pascagoula mississippi1989 438 pages louise c hoffman  an artist s vision josephine crawford  the historic new orleans collection new orleans louisiana2009 journal of the frigate le marin september 5 1698july 2 1699 blossman printing company ocean springs mississippi1974 70 pages jo merle kennedy dauphin island alabama french possession 16991763 coffee printing company selma alabama1976 richebourg g mcwilliams fleur de lys and calumet the penicaut narrative lsu press baton rouge louisiana1953 281 pages richebourg g mcwilliams iberville s gulf journals university of alabama press tuscaloosa alabama1981 195 pages james h malone  the chickasaw nation  john p morton companylouisville kentucky1922 francois xavier martin  history of louisiana  1892 ce schmidt  ocean springs french beachhead   lewis printing services pascagoula mississippi1972 142 pages out of print but available at all local libraries truman stacey  louisiana s french heritage   acadian house publishing lafayette louisiana1990 julie broussard suarez  bradfordo keefe funeral records  burial books 33 thru 42 19451960 suarez biloxi mississippi1999 charles sullivan  hurricanes of the mississippi gulf coast1717 to present  gulf publishing company biloxi mississippi1986 139 pages charles sullivan  the mississippi gulf coast portrait of a people   windsor publications northridge california1985 200 pages daniel h thomas  fort toulouse  the french outpost at the alabamas on the coosa  the university of alabama press tuscaloosa alabama1989 90 pages greg a waselkov and diane e silva archaeology at the krebs house old spanish fort pascagoula mississippi university of south alabama center for archaeological studies mobile alabama1995 85 pages samuel wilson jr gulf coast architecture historic pensacola preservation board pensacola florida1977 49 pages newspapers   maps the following maps are old and give one an idea of the local geography from the french colonial period to the civil war specific map of fort maurepas and the bay of biloxi and the surrounding area c 1700 scale 1 570 copy available at the biloxi public library new biloxi c 1720 copy available at the biloxi public library map of the coast of new biloxi 1 3 14 miles copy available at the biloxi public library map of part of the coast of new biloxi with surrounding islands 1 7200 us coast survey 1851 harbor and back bay of biloxi 110000 by we greenwell and wm johnson biloxi public library us coast survey 1858 biloxi bay 140000 by we greenwell and sa gilbert biloxi public library sanborn maps 1893 1898 1904 2 sheets 1909 3 sheets and 1925 4 sheets 4626 views  