Hi folks, I just returned from a trip to SW MO. While there I went to the Greene County Archives and Records Center too look up some court and probate records. This is were you will find the orginal records for things you can find at: http://198.209.8.166/sheproom/Records/index.htm If you are ever in Springfield and you find something on that site you want to look at (such as the full text of a circuit court record or a probate), it is well worth the visit. They publish a series of plastic comb-bound publications called the "Greene County Archives Bulletin". I don't know what it takes to subscribe to this, but at the office there are back issues avaiable for only $3.00 each! I picked up copies of "An Index of the Springfield Land Office Sales Book, 1833-1892", which includes and index and plat maps, a "Plat Book of Polk County, Missouri" originally printed in 1903, and also with an index, and a reprint of Goodspeeds "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" from 1889. This is reprinted on 11x17 inch paper, 4 pages from the original book on a page. As you may know, reprints of this book (some with a new index) go for as much as $120, so if you can live without an index and are on a budget, this version for three bucks is quite a bargain! They'll probably ship a copy for a small fee. The Springfield - Greene County library is now in a beautiful new building on the south end of town on highway 160. The Shepard Room is the local history and genealogy section. If you haven't been there, it is also worth a visit. On this trip I discovered that they have microfilm of the military records of the entire 8th Missouri Infantry (Union). Quite a few Dallas County men were in this regiment. -- Gary Swift

Gary Swift wrote: > The Springfield - Greene County library is now in a beautiful new > building on the south end of town on highway 160. The Shepard Room > is the local history and genealogy section. If you haven't been there, > it is also worth a visit. On this trip I discovered that they have > microfilm of the military records of the entire 8th Missouri Infantry > (Union). Quite a few Dallas County men were in this regiment. Ooops. That should be the 8th Missour **Cavalry** not Infantry. -- Gary Swift