I know a lot of you have ancestors from (or who passed through) Missouri. (URL just checked -- it works.) Best of luck in your researching, Valorie -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [MOMERCER-L] Newspapers published in Missouri Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 04:59:45 -0600 From: "Larry G. Flesher" <lflesher@fidnet.com> To: MOMERCER-L@rootsweb.com Anyone who wants to know what newspapers were published in this county, or anywhere in Missouri, should contact the Missouri State Historical Society. On their website (http://www.system.missouri.edu/shs/newspap.html) they say: "The Society's collection of Missouri newspapers, dating from 1808 to the present, is the largest repository of state newspapers in the nation. The collection includes newspapers from every Missouri county, with 4,500 different titles preserved on 50,000 rolls of microfilm....A complete holdings catalog, "Missouri Newspaper on Microfilm at The State Historical Society," may be purchased for $14.00. Xerox copies of individual county holdings are available for $.10 per page." They can be reached at:1020 Lowry Street, Columbia MO 65201-7298 Phone: 573/882-7083 <=><=><=> Thanks to Margery Wilson for this information