Since the county clerk has the birth records starting in 1888-1901 that doesn't do you any good. One suggestion is that you order through interlibrary loan with your public library the newspapers from the Kansas State Historical Society. I did and was able to keep them for three weeks. It was all free even the shipping, but if there is a charge it is only a few dollars. They said they were going to charge me $4.95 but my library said they would pay for it. All it cost me every night was for my copies I made. This is the link for Rooks County newspapers. http://www.kshs.org/library/search.php?city=&title=&county=RO&state=KS&begyr=1880&endyr=1882&arrange=title&submit=SEARCH -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.6.2 - Release Date: 3/4/2005