Cheers for the heads-up!! Mine would have been in and out well and truly by 1859, they were in NZ by then! Polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "E J (Norm) Simcock" <Simcock@bigpond.com> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [TAS-CON] Insane Asylum Hobart 1836 > Hi Polly > I have had one of my ancestors admitted with no success and was told by > the Archives that the "admission register commences 1859" (HSD247/1 is > the reference) All in the asylum at the time were entered. You might be > lucky, I wasn't. > > Happy hunting > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "thebasclains" <thebasclains@aapt.net.au> > To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 2:07 PM > Subject: [TAS-CON] Insane Asylum Hobart 1836 > > >> Hi listers! >> >> I am researching leah Lazarus who arrived on the Boadicea in 1836, but I >> am led to believe that shortly after she arrived in the colony she was >> sent to the insane asylum. Which hospital would this have been and are >> records of inmates readily available?? >> >> Polly >> >> >> ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== >> Visit the Port Arthur Historic Site website at >> http://www.portarthur.org.au/ >> >> ============================== >> Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. >> Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: >> http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx >> >> > > > > ==== AUS-TAS-CONVICTS Mailing List ==== > To UNSUBSCRIBE from the 'L mode' send an empty email with ONLY the word > UNSUBSCRIBE in the body text to AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L-request@rootsweb.com > > ============================== > Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the > last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx