Trudy, As always a point in the right direction! Cheers, polly ----- Original Message ----- From: "Trudy Cowley" <tcowley@bigpond.net.au> To: <AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:37 PM Subject: RE: [TAS-CON] Insane Asylum Hobart 1836 > Hello Polly > This would probably have been New Norfolk Insane Asylum - it started > taking > insane patients in 1833. There are extensive records available - search > the > Archives Online website under 'Royal Derwent Hospital' (it's later name). > > Cheers > Trudy > > Dr Trudy Cowley > List Administrator > TAS Convicts Rootsweb List > tcowley@bigpond.net.au > AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: thebasclains [mailto:thebasclains@aapt.net.au] > Sent: Wednesday, 22 March 2006 3:07 PM > To: AUS-TAS-CONVICTS-L@rootsweb.com > 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 ==== > Visit the Female Factory Historic Site website at > http://www.femalefactory.com.au/ > > ============================== > 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