I know that many libraries in Cook County have the complete Trib on microfilm. Would it be possible to have your local library get an inter-library loan from a library that owns the microfilm. That way you would bypass any access problems. Anita --- On Wed 01/10, < OBRTE73@aol.com > wrote: From: [mailto: OBRTE73@aol.com] To: cook-co-il@rootsweb.com Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 10:06:27 EST Subject: Re: [COOK-CO-IL] Chicago Tribune Archives I recently contacted Newsbank about accessing the Tribune Archives. I was advised that the Trib is only available, by an agreement with the Chicago Tribune, through Newsbank's institutional access only. Such as libraries. It will not be available for individual access. I asked what is my closed available location that I could visit and was advised that that their in none in Florida. It seems that the Trib has a for pay access (through Quest) to their obit files and will not be giving it away. Even the Ancestry.com newspaper files will not actually open for items dated in the 1960s, 1970s etc. -------------------------------To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COOK-CO-IL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com