It is as follows; "GENEALOGICAL RECORDS; DIRECTORY OF DECEASED AMERICAN PHYSICIANS, 1804 -- 1929 The biographical information included on this Family Archive CD was extracted from the two volume set "Directory of Deceased American Physicians", edited by Authur W. Hafner and Produced by the American Medical Association. You'll generally find the following information about the 149,000 physicians included here: *Full Name *Birth Date and place *Cause of death *Date and place of death *Type of practice and specialties *Board specialties and hospital affiliations *States and years of licenses *Places and dates of practices *Medical school attended *Other education or professorship (if any) *Where you'll find death notice information in the Journal of the American M edical Association *Licensure action if any By learning where your ancester set up his or her practice, You can get a general idea of where he or she lived. More fundamentally, the dates and locations of births and deaths may provide the clues necessary to locate vital records. $39.99 (CD#507) Price is good till 4-30-2000 Sorry I took so long but I only type with one finger. This is what it says in the magizine that FTM sends out every month. Word for word. "R. Houston" wrote: Here are some sources to consult: Called the 'Deceased Physician Master File found with the American Medical Associaton 515 N. State treet Chicago, IL 60610 (312) 464-5000 (312) 464-4184 (fax) This AMA provides biographical details from its database on physicians from 1878 to 1969 for a small fee. There may be a file microfilmed by the Family History Library which was later copied from the original cards which will be deposited with the National Genealogical Society. Almost 150,000 deceased doctors are listed in these two-volumes: "Directory of Deceased American Physicans: 1804 - 1929 (Chicago: American Medical Association) To find out about these two volumes Contact: AMA Library and Archives P.O. Box 109050 Chicoago, IL 60610-9050 (same phone # as above) Then, there are local and state medical association membership lists available that may also maintain old directories, which include those published on a regional level. You'll have to dig around here, but they are available. There are Private associations with printed directories, almanacs, and collective doctors' biographies with information on their members. (This filled a dual need for providing exposure for the budding professional and insuring the client of a given skill in a mobile society.) And finally, there exists a book by R. L. Polk who published a "Medical & Surgical Register of the United States and Canada" which was in its fifth ed. by 1898. (This is hard to find, but is around in some library.)