This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Stout, Meyer, Wright, Parker and Palmer Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QKQBAIB/194.208.1.1 Message Board Post: No, I live in Missouri. My mother grew up in the Villa Ridge, Mounds and Cairo area. Her maiden name was Wright. The main surnames in my family tree that lived in that area are Wright, Parker, Palmer, Meyer, & Stout. Are you from the southern Illinois area?