It looks like Independence, Missouri is about to get a facility that at some point could rival the Allen County Public Library in Fort Wayne, Indiana. I was in the library just a short time ago – and the current 12,000 foot facility was packed with books. The new 52,000 foot two-story building will be welcomed by genealogists from all over the country.
“The Mid-Continent Public Library recently bought 6.5 acres in Independence and plans to build what it calls a world-class genealogy center. The new center will be at the southwest corner of Lee’s Summit Road and Kiger Road, just south of the Drumm Farm Golf Course. Construction is expected to start in May and be completed in the spring of 2008.”
