Hi Patricia You mentioned in your email that there is a searchable database dating back to the 1890's. Do you need a Kansas library card to access this? If not, could you send the web-site address? I have one family (SEIP) who moved to Kansas City by 1885. At least two members died between 1900-1910 and I'd like to be able to find their obituaries. Thank you for your help. Kathy Karn

Hi Kathy, The way that I access this database is through the Mid-Continent Library system in MO. It is basically a "country" consortium created for the areas outside of Kansas City, MO, and you must have a library card and live in the areas. I can access all kinds of newspaper databases: Historic Chicago Trib, Hist NY Times, etc......from home. I cannot access the archival KC STar/Times without going to the library if I go in through the front door, however, this service called Elite Archival Newspapers is an umbrella service that searches archival KC Star/Times, as well as many other national papers. And I can search it from my home computer, once logged in with my library card number. It also offers HeritageQuest genealogy services from the home: census, Rev War records, digitized genealogy library. I have no idea what the state of Kansas libraries offer. You might check with your local library and local family centers to see if they subscribe to some of these newspaper services. The library system that I am in is a part of a bi-state consortium that casts a wide net. Most college libraries simply must offer these newspaper services and I have walked in off the street in other towns and accessed their online resources. A word of caution. These search engines leave a lot to be desired. I have minimal luck with names that are common. I have a one-of-a-kind maiden name and although I have gotten a fair number of hits for the KC, MO, papers, there are lots more articles on the family that don't show up in searches. And the searches vary. Seems to me that during busy times of the day you get fewer hits and more hits in the wee hours when the service is apt to be underused and you get more hits. This is true of all the newspaper services. So if you get access and come up with nothing, my advice is to try several times at different times of the day/night. I just did a search for Seip and came up with a thousand hits. Send me some first names and I will see if I can find anything close to an obit on the first few pages of hits. Here's a John Seip who is advertising for a store called "The Bee Hive" in 1903. Pat On 7/6/06, Kathy918@aol.com <Kathy918@aol.com> wrote: > > Hi Patricia > You mentioned in your email that there is a searchable database dating > back > to the 1890's. > Do you need a Kansas library card to access this? If not, could you send > the web-site address? > I have one family (SEIP) who moved to Kansas City by 1885. At least two > members died between 1900-1910 and I'd like to be able to find > their obituaries. > Thank you for your help. > Kathy Karn > > > ==== KSWYANDO Mailing List ==== > KSWYANDO-L Discussion List > List Administrator > John O'Brien > JohnOBrien@kc.rr.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx > >