,Research Team: Virginia Long, Phyllis Rippee, Carol Robertson and Gloria Bogart Carter. Will search in our personal collections of records pertaining to Wright County. No charge unless copies are required and postage needed. If you want your query published in the free genealogy columns done by two of these member, please be sure and state that you do.
-Wright County Historical and Genealogical Society, P. O. Box 66, Hartville MO 65667 phone: 417-741-6265. Hours are 9:30 - 3:00 Wednesday through Friday. Located in the old Wright County Bank building on the northeast corner of the intersection of Highways 5 & 38. Has a small museum and genealogical library. If you're in town, drop in for research, a visit, or both.
Wright County Courthouse,
P. O. Box 39, Hartville MO 65667-0098.
Circuit Clerk's Office: phone 417-741-7121
County Clerk's Office: phone 417-741-6661
The courthouse was severely damaged during the Civil War when it was set on fire in 1864. Evidence indicates that county records had been removed prior to the beginning of hostilities and safely stored. After the war, the courthouse was repaired and records returned to the proper offices. The courthouse was completely destroyed by fire in 1897, but some records were saved by two courageous men when entered the burning building and threw records out of windows until they were forced to flee for their lives. Staff will search for a record as time permits if you send a name, approximate date and S.A.S.E. They are located on Main Street on the square.
Wright County Library System has its main branch in the Courthouse at Hartville. Their snail mail address is P.O. Box 70, Hartville Missouri 65667. The phone number is 417-741-7595. Hours are 8 - 12 and 12:30 - 4:30 Monday through Friday, Saturday 8 to noon, closed Sundays and holidays. They will do searches as time permits. You must send a full name, approximate date, what you are searching for, a SASE, and reimbursement for any copying expenses. Their genealogy collection includes many Wright County items, some throughout the state and other areas. Their webpage is currently "under construction."
QUERY COLUMNS:
-Virginia
Long, Secretary of the Wright County Historical and Genealogical Society,
does a column in The Mansfield Mirror/Wright County Republican.
Queries are placed at no charge and Virginia will also do research on your
query. Any monetary contributions given to her are passed along to
the Society. You may write her at 2852 Highway MM, Mountain Grove, MO 65711.
Please limit your query to the Wright County area. Also, your query will
be posted on the "Wright County Roots" page of this website.
Springfield-Greene County Public Library, Main Branch, at 397
E. Central, Springfield, MO 65806 (417-837-5000).
Visit their home page here.
Notice you can pick genealogy and get started! An OGS representative is
in the Shepard Room on Wednesdays from 9:30 12:00 and Saturday 9:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. The Shepard Room of
the Main Library is devoted to Missouri and Genealogy. Many census records,
books, and family histories are housed here. A genealogy librarian is on
staff.
Lena Wills Collection at the Meyer Library of Southwest Missouri
State University, 901 South National in Springfield, MO 65804
Unfortunately, this wonderful collection is accessed by appointment
only and times are limited. Contact SMSU at 417-836-4525 for information.
Lena was a local genealogist for years and had the genealogy column until
her death.