My dad read a midwife diary. Those women were educated. I know one kept a diary about her excellent statistics on mortality during the late 18th cen. She kept a diary to prove she did the delivery so she could get paid. The author was Thatcher-Ulrich. The book is worth reading. You might try looking at the Aylesbury record office for diaries. My other idea was to look for a record of churching in a vicar's or curate's or church warden's diary. Let me know if you find anything. Tawna Love (nee Cheney) [email protected] > > From: "Mark Ware" <[email protected]> > Date: 2004/08/29 Sun AM 07:53:57 EDT > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ENG-BUCK] Midwives > > Could somebody please tell me if midwives were registered in 1851 with > anybody, and if so, where would I be likely to find any records? > > Many thanks > Mark > > > ============================== > 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 > >