JACKSON COUNTY HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY

THE MISSION OF THE ORGANIZATION IS THE SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL ADVANCEMENTOF ITS MEMBERS; THE DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION CONVERNING HISTORIC EVENTSBOTH NATIONAL AND STATE; CREATE AND MAINTAIN A SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OFGENEALOGY AND HISTORY; TO COLLECT GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL RECORDS,DEPOSITING THEM IN THE GENEALOGY AND LOCAL HISTORY DEPARTMENT OF THEPASCAGOULA CITY LIBRARY WHERE THOSE RECORDS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO STUDENTSOF GENEALOGY; TO AID MEMBERS IN TRACING THEIR ANCESTRY; PROVIDE ANDMAINTAIN PUBLICE RECREATIONAL GROUNDS AND THE PROCUREMENT AND PRESERVATIONOF HISTORIC RELICS AND PLACES INCLUDING PURCHASING, LEASING, FURNISHING ANDMANAGING OF HISTORIC BUILDING OR BUILDINGS WITHIN JACKSON COUNTYMISSISSIPPI FOR THE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE RESOURCES OF JACKSON COUNTYMISSISSIPPI.