Janet, and others, William H. Taft's Missouri Newspapers, 1808-1963 (published 1964) indicates that in addition to the Springfield Library having these newspapers bound and on microfilm, the State Historical Society of Missouri also has these newspapers but not on microfilm. The SHSM also has the May 14, 1844 issue which precedes the May 21, 1844 issue at Springfield. The Kansas State Historical Society also has the film. Also, Marsha Hoffman Rising published genealogical abstracts for the Springfield Advertiser 1844-1850, Greene Co., Missouri, in 1984. I recently purchased a copy at the Ozarks Genealogical Society sale (Thanks to Toni Roush!) Rising's book of abstracts includes the estate notices and divorces, etc., but it does not include the very interesting and informative items that Judy has sent about the local history. Keep it up Judy! Obituaries or death notices are abstracted. The surname Byrd / Bird does not appear in the index Janet. The closest similar name is a John Burden whose estate was probated in Ozark County. However, there is a reference to another probable relative of ours: Sept. 27, 1945 [should be 1845]: Whipple, Samuel H., died 17th inst. in Warsaw. (Benton Co.) Caroline Wash Baugh's sister, Maria Goode Wash was married to Samuel H. Whipple. They were in the 1840 Barry Co. census which at the time included what would become Lawrence County in 1845. Samuel's widow Maria remarried on 7 Dec 1845 in Lawrence Co. to Casper Roth. whom she later divorced in Lawrence County. Ross Cameron >>> [email protected] 05/29/03 01:58PM >>> In a message dated 5/29/2003 7:33:15 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > Miscellaneous items (Barry/Dade) 1844/45: Legal notices ran several weeks, > publication date given below a random sample of issues on microfilm. > > >From Springfield Advertiser, Sep/Oct 1844: > > Judy, This is great information, especially given the loss of the early records in Dade County. The Spiers & Hudspeths had to live close by my Pennsboro area folks. Maybe I can find when my John Byrd/Bird died and some other records. Are there obituaries also? Question: Have these papers been microfilmed? I don't see them in the catalog for the LDS Library in Salt Lake at www.familysearch.org Thanks, Janet Hunter ==== MOLAWREN Mailing List ==== Looking for a town, postoffice, cemetery, creek, etc. Try the mapping services at USGS GNIS. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.gnis_web_query_form ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237