Welcome to DeSoto County History and Genealogy Presented by Mississippi Genealogy Trails a part of Genealogy Trails Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy Your state host is Gene Phillips Please send any data submissions to me. I will upload them as soon as possible. This Site is Available for Adoption Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data for the free use of all researchers. We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be as successful as it can be. If you are interested in joining Genealogy Trails, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim. (Enough knowledge to make a basic webpage and a desire to transcribe data is required) We regret that we are unable to perform personal research for folks. All data we come across will be added to this site. We thank you for visiting and hope you'll come back again to view the updates we make to this site. If you would like to be kept informed of our state and county website updates, subscribe to any or all of our mailing lists Mississippi is covered under our "Southern" States mailing list. February 9, 1836, marks the calendar as the day DeSoto County was established.  Its name honoring the Spanish explorer Hernando DeSoto, who according to legend passed away there in May of 1542, although there are no known facts to support it. Cities, Towns & Villages Hernando Horn Lake Memphis Olive Branch Southaven Walls Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Church Histories/Records County Records Court Records Deaths Family Bibles Extinct Towns Marriages Military Newspapers Obituaries Surnames Wills/Legal Records  Website Updates: 21 Nov 2009: Added Obituary 9 Nov 2009: Created Cemetery Index for County Previous Updates: Jan 2009: WW2 casualties Indigent & Disabled Confederate Soldiers & Dependents, 1866; Obits Neighboring Counties Marshall County Tate County Tunica County Crittenden County, AK   Shelby County, TN Addresses & Off-Site Links Olive Branch Genealogy Club B.J. Chain Public Library 6619 Highway 305 North Olive Branch, MS 38654 Phone: 662.895.5900 City of Hernando 475 West Commerce Street Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662) 429-9092 Desoto County Desoto County Chancery Clerk 2535 Highway 51 South, Room 104 Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone:  (662)429-1318 Desoto County Circuit Clerk 2535 Highway 51 South Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662) 429-1325 Desoto County Historical Society P O Box 607 Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662) 429-1310 First Regional Library 370 West Commerce Street Hernando, Mississippi, 38632, Phone: (662) 429-4439 Southaven 8710 Northwest Drive Southaven,   Mississippi,   38671,   Phone: (662) 393-6939, Fax: (662) 393-7294 The Desoto Appeal -- The Desoto Times Visit our MS State Site Visit our National Site This page last updated on -- 21 Nov 2009 Copyright © Genealogy Trails All data on this website is Copyright by Genealogy Trails with full rights reserved for original submitters.