Detailed Calendar of Events for 2010 Research Trip
10 locations (including 8 courthouses) and over 2 weeks of research is the plan for the 2010 Atlas Family Research trip. While ambitious, this trip seeks to answer many questions regarding possible ties to other Atlas families as well as those regarding people already identified as being family members.
2010 Research Trip Possible Locations and Logistics
April 9-24, 2010
Segment One – Starting from New Orleans, LA or Jackson, MS, lodging in Jackson, MS
Yazoo Count Clerk of Court – April 12-13
332 North Main Street, Yazoo City , MS 39194 (42 miles – 54 minutes from Jackson , MS )
Items to Search For: Will of William Lovett Balfour, Inventory of William Lovett Balfour, Conveyance Book Transactions of William Lovett Balfour
Jefferson Davis County Clerk of Court, April 14
1025 3rd St., Prentiss , MS 39474-1137 (62 miles – 1.5 hours from Jackson , MS )
Items to Search For: Records on William Steven Atlas, III and his family
Jefferson County Clerk of Court – April 15
Chancery Clerk, 1483 Main Street, Fayette , MS 39069
Items to Search For: Records on Addeless/Atlas family
Claiborne County Clerk of Court, April 16-17
410 Main Street Port Gibson , MS 39150 (59 miles – 1 hour 20 minutes from Jackson , MS )
Items to Search For: Records on Adam and Mariah Atlas Family
Jackson, Hinds County – MS State Archives **If Needed** Possible: April 9 or 10, April 16-17
200 North Street, Jackson, MS 39201
Items to Search For: Records from above counties
Segment Two – Starting from Lake Providence, LA lodging Lake Providence, LA
Madison Parish Clerk of Court, April 19
100 N Cedar Street, Tallulah , LA 71282 (30 miles – 35 minutes from Lake Providence , LA )
Items to Search For: Records on William Steven Atlas, Jr. and Elnora Doan Atlas
East Carroll Parish Clerk of Court – April 20; April 22-23 (possible)
400 First Street, Lake Providence , LA 71254
Items to Search For: Superior court records, any miscellaneous records not previously searched
Way-A-Way Plantation Cemetery – Hollybrook , LA (East Carroll Parish) – April 20
Items to Search For: Gravesites of Atlas family members
Longwood Plantation/Eyrie Plantation Area - East Carroll Parish, LA – April 20
Items to Search For or of Interest: Photograph area that our earliest traceable ancestors first resided in after slavery; Look for cemeteries or burial sites
Warren County Clerk of Court, April 21
1009 Cherry Street, Vicksburg , MS 39180 (53 miles – 1 hour 10 minutes from Lake Providence , LA )
Items to Search For: Records on any Atlas’ we can find , Records on William Lovett Balfour or William T. Balfour
West Carroll Parish Clerk of Court, April 22
305 E Main Street, Oak Grove , LA 71263, (318) 428-2369 (16 miles – 26 minutes from Lake Providence , LA )
Items to Search For: Records on any Atlas’ we can find, Wells, Lindseys, Rosbys
2010 Research Trip Possible Locations and Logistics
April 9-24, 2010
Segment One – Starting from New Orleans, LA or Jackson, MS, lodging in Jackson, MS
Yazoo Count Clerk of Court – April 12-13
332 North Main Street, Yazoo City , MS 39194 (42 miles – 54 minutes from Jackson , MS )
Items to Search For: Will of William Lovett Balfour, Inventory of William Lovett Balfour, Conveyance Book Transactions of William Lovett Balfour
Jefferson Davis County Clerk of Court, April 14
1025 3rd St., Prentiss , MS 39474-1137 (62 miles – 1.5 hours from Jackson , MS )
Items to Search For: Records on William Steven Atlas, III and his family
Jefferson County Clerk of Court – April 15
Chancery Clerk, 1483 Main Street, Fayette , MS 39069
Items to Search For: Records on Addeless/Atlas family
Claiborne County Clerk of Court, April 16-17
410 Main Street Port Gibson , MS 39150 (59 miles – 1 hour 20 minutes from Jackson , MS )
Items to Search For: Records on Adam and Mariah Atlas Family
Jackson, Hinds County – MS State Archives **If Needed** Possible: April 9 or 10, April 16-17
200 North Street, Jackson, MS 39201
Items to Search For: Records from above counties
Segment Two – Starting from Lake Providence, LA lodging Lake Providence, LA
Madison Parish Clerk of Court, April 19
100 N Cedar Street, Tallulah , LA 71282 (30 miles – 35 minutes from Lake Providence , LA )
Items to Search For: Records on William Steven Atlas, Jr. and Elnora Doan Atlas
East Carroll Parish Clerk of Court – April 20; April 22-23 (possible)
400 First Street, Lake Providence , LA 71254
Items to Search For: Superior court records, any miscellaneous records not previously searched
Way-A-Way Plantation Cemetery – Hollybrook , LA (East Carroll Parish) – April 20
Items to Search For: Gravesites of Atlas family members
Longwood Plantation/Eyrie Plantation Area - East Carroll Parish, LA – April 20
Items to Search For or of Interest: Photograph area that our earliest traceable ancestors first resided in after slavery; Look for cemeteries or burial sites
Warren County Clerk of Court, April 21
1009 Cherry Street, Vicksburg , MS 39180 (53 miles – 1 hour 10 minutes from Lake Providence , LA )
Items to Search For: Records on any Atlas’ we can find , Records on William Lovett Balfour or William T. Balfour
West Carroll Parish Clerk of Court, April 22
305 E Main Street, Oak Grove , LA 71263, (318) 428-2369 (16 miles – 26 minutes from Lake Providence , LA )
Items to Search For: Records on any Atlas’ we can find, Wells, Lindseys, Rosbys
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