If you just go to www.columbuslibrary.org and at the upper right apply for the card you don't need anything else. All the libraries listed I think are if you are doing 'in house' research. There are some things the card won't let you go into. >But there are so many libraries listed, I can't imagine anyone in Ohio not >being able to get a card that will work from some library around them, and >therefore have access. > > >==== OH-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List ==== >To help us find your person, please send the age and birthplace >of the person. Also send the wife and children's names, if known. >If you're looking for a child, please send the parent's names, if known. >Census indexes are mostly by HOH (Head of Household), but the 1850, >1860, 1870, 1880 and 1930 indexes are an ALL-NAME index. The 1910 >census is now indexed by HOH for all states too, at ancestry.com. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > >