I don't know if this will help. It might be worth a try. Kansas had/has birth and death registers at some Towns City Halls. It's possible Missouri also had/has these registers also. http://www.joplinmo.org/ I doubt if it's mentioned on their site, but an email, letter or phone call might find out if they had them and where they are now. The ones in Kansas also listed either the doctor, midwife or person making the report. If she was a midwife for a period of time, she may have gotten her name in some of the records. This would be if she handled births herself and also reported them to the city. If she only accompanied the doctor on his rounds, it would probably be his name recorded even if she did the reporting. Orlena Andrea Heslin <[email protected]> wrote: Thanks. Andrea -----Original Message----- From: Carrolyn [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 7:22 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [MOJASPER] DR. CHARLES CLINTON COATS Joplin 6-17-1877 born Agency, MO Andrea, Dr Coats according to obit served as city physician op Joplin from 1944 to 1954. Hope the dates help. Carrolyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrea Heslin" To: Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2006 11:15 PM Subject: RE: [MOJASPER] DR. CHARLES CLINTON COATS Joplin 6-17-1877 born Agency, MO Would this doctor have been in practice between 1925 and 1946? I ask this because I have been told repeatedly that my great-grandmother Evalyn "Eve" Schreiner worked as a midwife for a Joplin Doctor during those years but have never found anything officially to prove this. I would love to find something, anything that could prove or disprove this story for me. Andrea Heslin