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County seat: Cleveland

Major ancestry groups reported by Bolivar County residents include:

· Black or African American - 65%
· Irish - 5%
· German - 3%
· English - 3%
· Italian - 2%
· Scotch-Irish - 1%
· French (except Basque) - 1%
· Scottish - 1%
· Mexican - 1%
· Dutch - 1%
· Subsaharan African - 1%
· African - 1%
Libraries in Bolivar County include Benoit Public Library, Cleveland Depot Library, Field Memorial Library, Gunnison Public Library, Mound Bayou Public Library, Robinson-Carpenter Memorial Library, Rosedale Public Library, Shelby Public Library, Thelma R. Rayner Memorial Library

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• Mississippi adoption message board
• National adoption agency search
• National Adoption Information Clearinghouse

Cemeteries in Bolivar County include Anns Tabernacle Cemetery, Asia Cemetery, Aycock Cemetery, Beaver Cemetery, Bellamy Chapel, Beulah Cemetery, Booker Cemetery, Brown Cemetery, Burrus Cemetery, Chrisman Cemetery ... More cemeteries

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Communities in Bolivar County include Alligator, Benoit, Beulah, Boyle, Cleveland, Duncan, Gunnison, Merigold, Mound Bayou, Pace ... View communities

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• Nationwide grave locator - U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs
• Search military records (historic)
More online resources
• Daughters of the American Revolution Library
• FamilySearch (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
• Genealogy page (GenWeb) for Bolivar County

Genealogy message boards:

• Bolivar County forum
•  GenForum
• RootsWeb

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