A bit of good news on this:

Not all of Pass Christian Historical Society's records were lost.  Some of them, along with some from the City of Pass Christian, were salvaged and are sitting in a freezer truck a couple of blocks from here.  Mississippi Department of Archives & History personnel retrieved them about a week ago and will be sending them off for restoration.  

The Biloxi Library and the City of Gulfport were able to salvage a number of their books and records and sent them to a Munters facility in Chicago.  (this is not a plug for Munters -- that's just who they used; MDAH is using Belfor)  

Unfortunately, not everyone was as lucky.  Gulfport's cemetery records were kept at a historic home on the beach which is no longer there.  Only a few of the recent records were imaged.  Other government offices and businesses lost records either from the storm or because they couldn't salvage them in time.  I just hope that people learn from this; I'm certainly going to be encouraging our county leaders.  Our office wasn't damaged this time, but a "next time" will certainly come!  

Tim Barnard, Records Management Clerk
Harrison County, Mississippi
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