This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/GMB.2ACE/681.1 Message Board Post: Dear Ms. Naylor: The Kansas City Star newspaper begins in 1880. I do not know of any other newspaper that goes back to 1868 in K.C. There are city directories from 1860 & up plus the 1870 census. Gary Conwell