This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: jhvalet Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.missouri.counties.jackson/6178/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Recently I paid for a subscription to www.genealogybank.com and I was so thrilled with all of the articles I found for my family. They have articles available for the KC Star/KC Times from 9/18/1880 - 12/15/1922 and are constantly adding new articles. On Saturday I found out that you can access this same site for free using your library card for the Mid-Continent Public Libray. I think this is such a great resource and the site covers various newspapers for the whole country spanning from 1690-1977 for historical newspapers and obituaries from 1977-present plus a few other databases. If you have a Mid-Continent Public Library card here are the instructions to access genealogybank.com: Go to http://www.mcpl.lib.mo.us/ Click on Genealogy and Family History Under "Online Resources" click on "Genealogy Databases" Click on "America's Newsbank" You will be taken to the "Remote Log-in" screen and prompted to enter your 14 digig Mid-Continent Library card #. Now you are in! I hope this helps anyone who did not know about this free resource. There are also other databases that you can access from the "Online Resources" page. I don't have a library card for Mid-Continent--that is probably terrible for someone doing genealogy research! So, if you do not have a library card I don't mind looking for you. I hope this helps! Thanks! Jody [email protected] Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.