Joanne, Our staff, here at the Dept. of History & Archives in Fonda, has checked our archival index and files on the shelf for "Papers of a Fort Plain Physician" and we are unable to locate this material. Can you tell me the source from where you got your information that we have that data here? I have checked around with the Fort Plain Museum, the Fort Plain Library, and our former historian here and no one seems to be familiar with this. I was told that someone out in Red Wing, Michigan may have gotten hold of some of the Ayres family papers as Mrs. Ayres was from there originally before marrying Dr. Ayres. Let me know, and I will try to help more if I am able. Kelly A. Yacobucci Asst. County Historian Montgomery Co. Dept. of History & Archives > If anyone is stopping in at the archives in Fonda and would be willing to do > a look-up, I would sincerely appreciate it! > > They have a work called "Papers of a Fort Plain Physician," including > obstetrical record book, 1868-80, Dr. Douglas Ayres papers 1868-1915. > > I am seeking page numbers of any mention of a female child born to Mrs. > Richard Harrison (nee Alvira Van Etta) in Ft. Plain on 23 April, 1873. I > believe that this family lived on the Erie Canal towpath in Ft. Plain. > > Many thanks! > > Joanne Garland > (Massachusetts)