I'm actually trying to make the connection between Martha E. Gray , dau. of Burgess and Elizabeth Gray of LCT, and the Martha E. Gray who married James Nathaniel Davis in Cape Girardeau Co. MO, 12 Jun 1861. Both were born in 1841, and the Gray in MO was born in TN, parents born in NC, which all matches. I was hoping to find a news item such as "local girls marries in Missouri" type of thing. (She is my g-g-grandmother.) Is there a way to access all the archives of the Fayetteville Observer? Martha Reed ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Zielinski" <ZielinskiJ@edaw.com> To: <TNLINCOL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:02 PM Subject: Re: [LCT] LCT Newspapers...and a note on Missouri Records > As I recall, there's not a lot of the VM left. Mostly the obits and > such come from the Fayetteville Observer and later papers, at any > rate...you didn't see much in the VM by comparison. I believe the FO > starts ~ 1850. It's pretty good about obits, even during those times > when they charged for them. Relative to, say, the Huntsville Times, the > FO is a wealth of obit finds...although people are often left out, I've > found many ancestors and ancillary relatives as well. > > BTW, all...many LCTers ended up in Missouri, as we've all seen. > Missouri just changed its law, and death records are going to be > available up to about 1950's. They are cataloguing and working on them > as we speak. MO was always a problem for researchers...now they'll be > at your fingertips in Jeff City or about $1 via e-mail or letter. > >>>> gypsy97@bellsouth.net 4/8/2005 12:17:09 PM >>>