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From: C Agthe <>
Subject: Re: [IRISH-IN-PHILADELPHIA] My Catch 22
Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 12:18:12 -0500
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Hi Mary Ann,

I'm running out the door, so don't have time to look up the film
numbers, but, yes, the LDS has the Phila. BMD indexes on microfilm.
What you describe is the register (step two) and it does include both
doctors and midwives. Step 3 is the official Returns supplied by the
doctor / midwife -- which the LDS also have on film, I believe. I
must admit, though, I just go in person to the City Archives, so I
don't know what the LDS has (but I do know that most of the film at
the City Archives was made by the LDS and a copy donated to the
archive, so I know most of the fiimed material is in the LDS catalog,
somewhere.

You can hire a professional to do the work for you, or you can pay
the City Archives to do it. And, yes, you can do it yourself in
person at the archives. Beware, the index is not a pure-alphabetical
index -- it's by year, then initial of last name, then initial of
first name, then chronological as reported, so you have to skim a lot
of entries in the handwritten ledger (the index). There is not a
computerized index, if that's what you're asking.

If you want to hire a pro, you might want to take a look at the pros
listed on the Genealogical Society of Pennsylvania website,
www.genpa.org, under Resources (I think). Here's the direct link --
http://www.genpa.org/profgen.html

Hope that helps.

Claire



On Feb 11, 2009, at 9:47 AM, Mary Ann Mooney wrote:

> Dear Claire, I found your email on birth indexes very helpful. I
> am researching two early 1860's birth dates for Cavanagh in
> Philadelphia. My Cavanaghs came from County Laois.
>
> William Cavanagh, March 29, 1861
> James Cavanagh, June 1862
>
> I ordered LDS Film 1289306, Philadelphia Birth Records
> 1860-1861, and find that it is a list of births by registration
> date, not alphabetical. It is 503 pages long, and I have crawled
> through 247 pages.
>
> This film is a list of birth dates as reported by physicians. It is
> not a list of birth dates as reported by midwives. My Cavanaghs
> were really poor, and probably used the services of a midwife.
>
> There is a series of LDS films for midwife deliveries, and that is
> my next step. I don't see any separate index film in this LDS series.
>
> Please, Claire, where oh where is this index, and how do I access it?
>
> Is there a separate index in the City Archives on all of these
> births? May I look at it myself? How do I hire the services of a
> City Archives researcher?
>
> Can you recommend a professional researcher for this index search?
>
> I await your knowledgeable and sensible answer with great
> anticipation. All my thanks for your sharing of your information
> with this list,
>
> Mary Ann Mooney (Mooney, Cavanagh, Denair, Costelloe, Roche)
>
>
>
>
>
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