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My name is Phyllis Rippee and I am your site host. Although I was born and raised in Springfield, MO all of my roots go deep into Wright County. Research indicates that those early Wright County settlers to whom my father was not related, my mother was and they shared a common set of great-great-grandparents. Now living in Wright County by choice, I give you a cheerful welcome and invite you to browse the  site to your heart's content. Y'all come back. You're always welcome. ,

New: (October 27,2009) 1951-1960 Obits from Hartville & Mansfield newspapers

New:(August 2009) Norwood Tidbits...excerpts from "The Norwood Index" 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

HARTVILLE & STEELE MEMORIAL CEMETERY Memorial Page

New:(August 2009) Hartville & Steele Memorial List & Annotations Page1, 2, 3, 4

NEW:(March 2009)  DUTCH CHAPEL a.k.a. EMBREE CEMETERY Reading contributed by Sharon Brown

NEW:(March 2009) DURBIN CEMETERY Reading contributed by Melissa Sawyers-Sharp

I HAVE SET UP A PAGE "DIFFERING OPINIONS" WHERE YOU CAN SEND INFORMATION THAT YOU FEEL WILL "CORRECT" INFORMATION GIVEN ON THIS SITE.  I WILL NOT CHANGE ANY DATA THAT IS CURRENTLY ON A PAGE, BUT WILL PRESENT YOUR ALTERNATIVE VERSION.  THIS WILL BE TRIED ON AN EXPERIEMENTAL BASIS, WILL BE SUBJECT TO CLOSE IF IT DOESN'T PAN OUT, AND I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CONDENSE/EDIT WHAT YOU SEND, SO THAT YOUR SPECIFIC POINT WILL BE MADE.  I WILL NOT POST COMPLETE FAMILY HISTORIES.  BE SURE TO CHECK TO SEE IF SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY SENT YOUR ALTERNATE VERSION.  BE SURE TO STATE WHAT YOU ARE REFERRING TO.  Example:  Funeral Home Record for "Tater Brown" should be for Jonathan Tate Brownlow.

FEATURE: Stories derived from old Wright County Newspapers.  Some will be autobiographical, or biographical in nature.  They will be found under the heading "They Were Here."  Some will be historical and will be found under "It Happened Here."

A Research Team (of experienced researchers) will look into our personal collections of Wright County Records and try to answer your query.  It is a FREE service to you, so PLEASE be sure to NOT ask us to send you ALL the information we can find on your queried Surname(s).  Give us a time-frame and the specific info that you wish us to search for.  Also be sure to state if it is okay with you for the query to be placed in "Wright County Roots" (the FREE genealogy column in "The Mansfield Mirror" newspaper) and/or Gloria Bogart Carter's FREE genealogy column in the "Springfield News-Leader."

THEY WERE HERE: JESSE COX;  J.C. CLOUSE;

IT HAPPENED HERE: SWAIN ANDERSON MURDER

ANNOTATED PLEASANT HILL CEMETERY Reading updated from book published in 2003. Not just burials since then, but with information added that was not available to me in 2003.

1860 CENSUS PLUS ANNOTATIONS Copyrighted 2002-2008 and Contributed by Gloria Bogart Carter

World Cresset Newspaper Excerpts of genealogical import. Transcribed and indexed by Virginia Stewart Pohlman
                            from microfilm Copyrighted 2008

***IN MEMORY OF VEARL ROWE ***

NANCY NEWTON CEMETERY

Wright County Historical and Genealogical Society (Currently Closed)

County History and Settlements: HartvilleGrovespring
      Mansfield  Mountain Grove  Norwood

Gloria Bogart Carter genealogy column

County Officials (1841-2000)

1930s County Map

Plat Book Index

1850 Census Plus Annotations

1850 Slave and Mortality Schedules

1860 Federal Census: Wright County, MO.(images)

1870 Federal Census: Wright County, MO.(images)

1880 Federal Census: Wright County, MO.(images)

1861 Taxpayers List

Civil War Veterans

Early Marriage Records

Funeral Home Records

Obituaries 1983,'84 & '85 (some missing)

Obituaries 1989-

CLAXTON CEMETERY annotated and photos

Little Creek Cemetery (annotated)

Info from "The Fyanite, 1926"(Mountain Grove Annual)

Family Websites (Wright County Connections)

Surnames List Prior to June 1999
Queries Prior to June 1999

Lookups
Research Helps
Purchasable Publications