1. I need census results NOW!
1930 Oktibbeha County, MS Census
at Genealogy.com (paid access)
at Ancestry.com (most indexed and more added monthly; paid access!)
USGenWeb (volunteer site where census records are transcribed; FREE)
2. I can wait a week or so...
Your local library (through interlibrary loan)
Administration (all available on microfilm)
from SK Publications (actual images)
3. 1870 Winston County Records Online
(FREE, thanks to R. Jerry Everett, Lil Marlau
and Beverly Benson from the USGenWeb
Project!)
Now use the page # you got from the index
and go to the actual page!
Note: Since Sturgis/Whitefield (Beat 4 of Oktibbeha County) is so close to Choctaw and Winston counties, don't forget to page down to #3 and access the census transcriptions available there.
Note: The Oktibbeha 1930 Census is now available through Heritage Quest and the NARA as well as online through Ancestry.com and Genealogy.com.
Oktibbeha County is split up into five beats. As you look through the original census records, you will notice that the records are grouped by beat. These were traditionally the different police beats. Even if you don't know the district number of where your ancestors lived (they changed every census year), you can still find them by knowing the beat. Beats 1 and 2 encompass the area around Starkville, Adaton, Longview, and the university. Beat 4 includes the area of Sturgis, Bradley and Longview. Beat 3 includes the area around Maben and Double Springs. Beat 5 includes the area around Choctaw Agency and near the Noxubee River.
