The SFPL web site says that any California resident can obtain a card for free. See: http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/services/librarycard.htm Look at the bottom of the page under Types of Library Cards and Requirements. Mark Lomax Pasadena On 8/18/08, the cohens <the.cohens.in.california@gmail.com> wrote: > > I believe that if you live in the Bay Area, and maybe even elsewhere > in the state, you may be able to get a card from SFPL for free. I > might have gotten special privilege because of being disabled but I do > not think so. I live in the East Bay and have a free SFPL card that > I use regularly to access newspaper and census records online from > home. > > Why not just write them, or call and ask? I found the staff there to > be quite helpful. Contact info is on the website. > > I also could not get the SF Historical tip to work...Proquest said > "Coming Soon". > > On 8/18/08, Doug Urbanus <firstboy@pacbell.net> wrote: > > Apparently this is still in the "coming soon" stage. But I was > wondering... > > SFPL site mentions that anyone can get a visitor's library card "for a > fee." > > No where do they bother to cost that fee or categorize whether the card > has > > full privileges, such as home access to Proquest. Occasionally I get to > the > > City and could actually apply for a card. Can anyone tell me what he > cost > > of the "visitor" library card is and what one gets for having one? > ************************** > Visit SFGenealogy.com! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >