In a message dated 6/13/99 7:26:57 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: << Sometimes you can find doctor's records, There was a woman on the Antique Roadshow last week, she had her mom's records from when she was an obstetrician, I wanted her to read the births out but of course she did not! If you don't watch you should, they have so much wonderful old stuff Sandy in Fla >> Sandy ~ I try not to miss that show. It's great! I still think it's a bit of a stretch though to find a birth record from the late 1700s anywhere except a Family Bible though. Neva