Jasper County

Newspapers

On the left are links to articles from various newspapers. Each year has it's own page.
Obituaries that have been submitted have their own pages here.
We also have the Carthage Evening Press Centennial Edition for Wed., June, 18 1961
(scanned images of this paper) and A History of the Joplin News Herald

There are a number of good sites to view images of Jasper County Newspapers.
    NewspapersArchives.com
    Ancestry.com
    Newspapers.com

Missouri Digital Archives has a number of newspapers online.
   Carthage Banner : 1866-1879
   Webb City Register : 1903 to 1910 & 1914 to 1917
   Neosho Times  : 1870-1876

Barry Co., MO Newspaper Items
Newspaper Items Transcribed includes the surrounding areas. Scroll down to "Newspaper Items".

The Joplin Globe carries death notices and obituaries for Jasper County, Missouri as well as for Newton county MO, Cherokee Co., Kansas and Ottawa Co., Oklahoma.

The Carthage Press also publishes death notices and obituaries for the surrounding area.

Webb City Sentinel is now a small local paper which also includes a historical/genealogical column.

Springfield News Leader prints Gloria Bogart Carter's Genealogy Column, which accepts queries at no charge. Send your query, including your mailing address (telephone number and e-mail can be sent along at your discretion) WARNING any personal information sent is subject to publication!  Gloria Bogart Carter
733 South Farm Road 89, Springfield, MO 65802-9525
Phone:417-869-7060 - *** I can't find anything about her article on their website. Not sure if they still publish it or not***