Library plans new genealogy center. From: Kansas City Star (Kansas City, MO) | Date: October 7, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Kansas City Star. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Brian Burnes

Oct. 7--In the 1950s and 1960s, the arrival of the baby boom generation inspired the building of new elementary schools.

Now it is prompting other kinds of brick-and-mortar investments: bigger genealogy libraries.

The Mid-Continent Public Library will build a new $8 million genealogy center in Independence. The new facility, to be completed in 2008, will sit on property not far from the entrance to the Drumm Farm Golf Club, nea...

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