jnrose@webtv.net (Jan J.) wrote: >>Below is 1873 Diary of Mrs. Nellie O. Crosier Ballou written in Wilmington, Windham County, Vt. <snip> [Feb] 22 Saturday Cold the sun shone warm in the middle of the day Addie here to work. Isola my Baby was born to night about 10 oclock Louisa Huber dressed the Baby Mrs Diamonds here to and Dr Harrington Joe was here with me<< Reading about your entry reminded me of "A Midwife's Tale" by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich, it is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book, the story of Martha (Moore) Ballard, b 20 Feb. 1735, in Oxford, Massachusetts; she becomes a midwife, and keeps a diary, analyzed by a historian who weaves a tale of Martha's life in Maine, and shows the many hardships she endured. Granted, it is about a century earlier, the cold weather and transportation from one house to another was the same. The timeline link gives detailed events and has links to the diary entry. PBS - American Experience - A Midwife's Tale http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mwt/ American Experience - A Midwife's Tale - Timeline http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mwt/timeline/ TeacherSource. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/mwt/tguide/index.html Web site to learn about midwifery in colonial times. ---- Msg sent via CWNet - http://www.cwnet.com/