Deborah, I am sorry that you are having such trouble finding out any info. I have a similar problem.... in 1960 my mom and dad had a baby that died while being...
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annystokes
Jun 18, 2008 6:59 pm
Oh Lisa .... I'm horrified at how these things were/are handled. It actually makes me angry. Your mother probably wasn't even given a picture of her precious...
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april_anastasia
Jun 18, 2008 9:20 pm
Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom. ~april "I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once!" ... From:...
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P Hammond
pompam3
Jun 26, 2008 5:44 pm
I am a nurse; all hospitals are required to keep detailed records. Records that old will be in an archived records somewhere, I would think. Otherwise the...
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Debbie Genealogy
debbiegenealogy
Jun 26, 2008 7:53 pm
Pam, Please keep in mind that those detailed meticulous records you kept may have been destroyed. My medical group had signs up in several offices welcoming...
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cliffroff
Jun 26, 2008 7:53 pm
I am looking for the following surnames: Roff, Oakes, Wright, Mingus, Trowbridge. My father was born Harold Oakes but was adopted by a Roff family in ...
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annystokes
Jun 26, 2008 8:35 pm
Pam -- I'm so glad to get this info even though I'm not the one searching. I hadn't thought of court records or the city cemetery. Good to know -- I hope I...
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annystokes
Jun 26, 2008 8:42 pm
You know, this happened to me. My OB/Gyn retired. There was a short period in which we could get our records as no particular doctor was obtaining them. I...
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april_anastasia
Jun 27, 2008 1:39 pm
Simply print out the email for your hard files and then you won't have to rely on your memory! :-) ~april "I try to take one day at a time, but...
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tro_glin
Jun 27, 2008 3:00 pm
my grandfather died in the 1930's at the state hospital in Evanston, Wyo. and all my life I had the preconceived idea that this was the 'nut' house. I...
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Laverne Bailey
laverne1944ga
Jun 27, 2008 3:23 pm
I'm sorry you don't have the answer. Sometimes folk were misdiagnosed and unfortunately committed. ... From: tro_glin <tro_glin@...> Subject:...
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Heidi O'Dette
hmodette
Jun 27, 2008 3:57 pm
Couldn't being in a state hospital also mean that they didn't have money to pay for there care? To: genealogychatfriends@...:...
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annystokes
Jun 27, 2008 5:27 pm
I wonder if your grandfather's records have passed some statute of limitations so the information becomes public (at some point)??? 70 yrs is a long time. I...
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annystokes
Jun 27, 2008 5:32 pm
I've known some folks in state hospitals with a wide range of disability -- from physical, emotional, mental. Sometimes families would put someone in who...
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annystokes
Jun 27, 2008 5:36 pm
Will have to do that as soon as I get a new ink cartridge : ) Thanks for the reminder to do that! Anny ... From: April_Anastasia To:...
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Gale Nash
gale_anne
Jun 27, 2008 5:53 pm
Many people that we in state hospitals weren't insane, many were just old and senile and their families weren't able to care for them or they had no family...
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Michele Vietz
veetzy
Jun 27, 2008 9:42 pm
Hi Folks! I don't contribute much but I have the following information to share on Psychiatric Hospital Patients. I'm from North Dakota & we had an...
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Debbie Genealogy
debbiegenealogy
Jun 28, 2008 9:05 am
Also, way back when simply being a pain in the neck was cause enough to have a relative committed. Also, people would go to psychiactric sanitariums for a...
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Bonnee Caplan
bonneec1
Jun 28, 2008 8:07 pm
Here is what I suggest you doing: Write out a statement giving the particulars of your relationship to the deceased that was in the mental institution. With...
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innit4music
Jun 28, 2008 8:07 pm
i'm looking for the following last names: Halstead Abbott Humphries Williams Bligh Copley Crawford Debnam Letchford Collin Hanson please message me if you have...
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sherry.cormier
Jun 29, 2008 2:37 pm
My Great Grandmother's Paternal Grandmother is a COX. (b) Nov 1858 . . She married a Smith. This family is mostly from the Pennsylvania area, but hard to tell...
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ddisaac
isaacdd2004
Jun 29, 2008 8:48 pm
From son to father (except, of course, Miss Dora) this is my direct line of Cox ancestry: Dora L. Cox, (my g grandmother) b. Feb 1873 Butler Co., KY; d. aft...
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Kay Gordon
krgordon100
Jun 30, 2008 11:59 am
Hi, My name is Kay and I live in Scotland. I've been researching my family for about 3 years and have managed to find abt 3,000 people so far. My focus at the...
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april_anastasia
Jun 30, 2008 2:02 pm
I've just recently learned I have Kerr in the family on my Dad's side. Met my second cousin, once removed online and if I've got my facts straight her...
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Kay
krgordon100
Jun 30, 2008 3:47 pm
Would love to share info with you, April, but all my Kerrs are from Scotland, unless there's a link further back, lol. I'll have a look at my Kerr info and get...
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Patricia Hefner
hefnerpatric...
Jun 30, 2008 3:48 pm
Welcome to the group Kay. I have some Lowe ancestors. Patricia Support your friendly local autistics...........I'm one of them. ... From: Kay Gordon...
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april_anastasia
Jun 30, 2008 5:02 pm
Hey, it's a shot in the dark, but possibly worth the effort. I've just recently broken through to this generation, so I'm looking in all directions. ...
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cathy.c123
Jun 30, 2008 5:13 pm
I am new to the group. Kerr is a name I am researching also. My mother is a Kerr. It is nice to know that there are people in this group who have Scottland...
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april_anastasia
Jun 30, 2008 6:44 pm
I also have DUNCAN in my lineage, which is from Scotland. I just don't know first names yet in order to search further. ~april "I try to take one...
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annystokes
Jun 30, 2008 11:11 pm
Hi, Kay Wish there would've been a Giffen in that bunch of surnames : ) My maternal grandmother was a Giffen -- I have a good amount of information on the...
