My problem at the moment is that I can't seem to find any information on someone who was born in Philly, but is first generation for the US. I never seem to have much luck finding out of country information on my own ..

I would love to use GB but dont know that it would benefit me more then ancestry does now...... what are your opinions on this?

HI Kimberly-
it depends what/when/where you are looking for really.
It does have pretty good modern obits from 1977 to present, I good collection of Philadelphia Inquirer articles esp from 1870s-1920s. it would be nice if they had later Philly articles but you can't have everything.

Even without having a membership, you can see their list of newspapers to see if they focus enough on the area you need.

I have used it for finding articles on my brick wall who was an actor/wild west performer. They have cast lists from plays that were performed, articles on where the troupe he was working with was next performing, that sort of thing.

Also, their SSDI is free.

Hope this helps-
Kate