Berkshire Record Office recently received the records of Broadmoor Hospital. I suggest you look at http://www.berkshirerecordoffice.org.uk/localhistory/broadmoor.htm They will do a search for you - for a fee. Jocie > G'day from Western Australia, > > > > Only minutes ago did I subscribe as I'm trying to track down what happened > to my GG grandmother Lucy HOLMES (nee GILL) > > > > Ancestry has her in the 1891 census as > > > > Lucy HOLMES born abt 1847 in East Keal, Lincolnshire > > > > Resident (as a patient of the Broadmoor asylum) at Sandhurst in Berkshire. > > > > So far I can't find her death or an entry in the 1901 England census and > so > far surviving older family members have not been able to assist. > > > > She entered the asylum between the 1881 & '91 census dates after leaving > the > family farm in Pinchbeck (west) near Spalding, in Lincolnshire. It would > be > interesting to discover some records about that state of her health at > time > of her admission (or the reason for) and before she died if still as a > Broadmoor resident. > > > > Do any of the list members have any ideas how I can knock over this brick > wall - other than by masses of hard work by telephone, letter or personal > visits as I'm not quite "down the road"? > > > > Peter Holmes > > Western Australia. Skype ; p.g.holmes > > [HOLMES (Witham on the Hill, Manthorpe, Spalding, Pinchbeck, Donington > then > Leicestershire)]. [DAVISON (Spalding, Donington, Ingoldmells, Skegness)]. > [CRAGG (Lincolnshire, Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire)] [FREER > (Leicestershire)]. [RYLOTT & WITHERINGTON (Anwick, N & S Kyme, N & S > Rauceby, Surfleet, Gosberton Clough etc., Spalding)] [RYLOTT (Ontario > Canada > & some in New York & Florida USA)] Villages are in Lincolnshire unless > stated. PLUS 4 DUTCH surname lines - from Rotterdam area (in Dutch). > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > BERKSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.409 / Virus Database: 270.13.112/2394 - Release Date: 09/25/09 05:51:00