MS access db

[DPaul]

Hi,
This question has been asked a 1000 times over the years in various forums.
I had hoped that with python 3.10 things would be smoother. I still can't make it work.
Problem:
I have been given a database with 20 tables with many records in them.
(Genealogical data 16th -18th century.)
In the 16th century a local administrator decided to put all these data in MS access with extension '.accdb'
I imported pyodbc: ok
Then check if drivers are available: ok

print([x for x in pyodbc.drivers() if x.startswith('Microsoft Access Driver')])

Output:
['Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)']

Then I try to read the database with the code provided in the pyodbc site, and get the message:

Error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "D:\FV\20220324 FV\PyOdbc.py", line 28, in <module>
    conn = pyodbc.connect(r'Driver={Microsoft Access Driver (*.mdb, *.accdb)}')
pyodbc.Error: ('HY000', 'The driver did not supply an error!')

I have devised a workaround to get to the data, but it would be faster if I could read them directly.
Any ideas?
thx,
Paul