Mary.Pullara@baycare.org writes: I saw a listing of midwives in some old NYC Directories and was unable to find any lists of midwives in NYC, or when the NYS law required licensure. After some research online, I see that midwives were often nurses. Perhaps this is why old directories often had a separate listing for nurses. In its history, the subject seems to be intermingled with homeopathy, and foreign born were often neighborhood midwives. You might email the NYC Municipal Archives and ask if they hold any license copies> http://home2.nyc.gov/html/records/html/contact/archives.shtml Timeline of the Midwife http://www.midwiferytoday.com/articles/timeline.asp New York State Office of the Professions [medical, teachers, etc] Midwifery License Requirements [Today] http://www.op.nysed.gov/midwifelic.htm & phone (518) 474-3817 "A Midwife's Tale" [film] http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/midwife/filmmore/index.html Book: Laurel Thatcher Ulrich's Pulitzer Prize-winning book, A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812, Polish Midwives in Buffalo NY http://www.pgsnys.org/Midwives/midwives_list.html Barb > > Hi list. My great grandmother and GG grandmother were both midwives in > Brooklyn. Great grandmother, Katie Mauer McClernon, was supposed to have > been licensed by the State of New York. Any ideas where to look for > this? Thanks > Mary ************** Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007)