This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Preston, Taylor, McLemore, Fox, Stephens, Finley, Neill, Van Osdell, Hembree, and many others Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CKB.2ACE/1810.1 Message Board Post: Phil; The main local paper is the Greenfield Vadette. Back then I think there was another paper called the Advertiser. The best place to go, though, is the state historical society newspaper archives in Columbia. It's on the University of Missouri campus, and they have on microfilm papers from all over the state, including thoses from Greenfield. Their url is http://www.umsystem.edu/shs/visit.html I have been there several times, and found a wealth of information.