Does anyone know where you can find the Midwife records? My Ggrandmother Mary "Line" Hanks Price was a midwife and Dad said she had a license. Thanks Ruby --- Anna Belle Tittsworth <annacat@mindspring.com> wrote: > Thought this might be of interest to my genealogy > friends. > > Anna Belle > > > > The following article is from Eastman's Online > Genealogy > Newsletter and is copyright 2000 by Richard W. > Eastman. It is > re-published here with the permission of the > author. > > > > ============================================================ > > - Hidden Sources > > This week I had a chance to read a new book, called > "Hidden > Sources: Family History in Unlikely Places" by Laura > Szucs > Pfeiffer. Most people who have been researching > their ancestry for > some time have already used the "big name" records, > such as census > records, town clerks records, information from state > vital records > departments, pension applications, etc. However, > this book gives > suggestions for those hard-to-find records. If you > have been > "stone walled" while looking for information about a > certain > ancestor, this book may give you some new ideas > about where to > look. > > "Hidden Sources: Family History in Unlikely Places" > offers > suggestions for: > * Adoption Records > * Holocaust Records > * Coroner's Inquests > * Licenses > * Orphan Asylum Records > * Slavery Records > * Court Records > * Patent Records > * Almshouse Records > * Bankruptcies > * Midwife Records > * Internal Revenue Service Records > * Diaries and Journals > * and a lot more... > > The one that caught my eye was Internal Revenue > Service records. I > always thought these were never released to the > public. According > to this book, today's I.R.S. records are kept > secret, but those of > 1862 through 1866 are available on microfilm. Since > I have been > searching for years for information about one > particular ancestor > who was in his prime earning years at that time and > most likely > subject to taxation, I'm going to look at the I.R.S. > records the > first chance I get! Without Laura Pfeiffer's book, I > wouldn't have > thought of this source. > > Pfeiffer provides clues to the location of the > records mentioned > and also gives a list of books with further > information about each > type. She has also included URLs (Web site > addresses) to sites > with further information about these "hidden > sources." This one is > a keeper. "Hidden Sources: Family History in > Unlikely Places" by > Laura Szucs Pfeiffer is an excellent reference book, > one that I > found very useful. This 312-page hardbound book > retails for $39.95 > (U.S. funds) but may be available at discount in > some bookstores. > Any bookstore can obtain it if you specify ISBN > 0-916489-86-8. It > is published by Ancestry Publishing, a division of > MyFamily.com, > and is available for secure online ordering on the > publisher's Web > site for $35.95 plus shipping. For more information, > go to: > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog/product.asp?pf%5Fid=1447&dept%5Fid= > 10201000 > > > > > > ============================================================ > > > ----------------------------------------------- > A. B. Tittsworth - annacat@mindspring.com > > ___ /) > _.-| | |\__/\ ( \ > { | | |o o |___ _) ) > "-.|___| __.( T ) ` / > .--'-`-. _(((_ `^-' /_< \ > .+|______|__.--||__) `-'(((/ (((/ > ----------------------------------------------- > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/