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    1. [BKM] asylum or similar in Wycome District c. 1891 to early 1900's
    2. Joan
    3. Hello. Following a discussion on unregistered or difficult to find deaths on another list, someone suggested that a mentally ill person might be put into an asylum or similar institution. I doubt this would have happened to Mary HUDSON as her husband had a business in Wycombe and she had several family members still alive. But it is a possibility. I have delved into several "asylum" and hospital sites for Bucks. The name St John's crops up. Would anyone know where I could check for the existence of mental asylum or similar institution records in the Wycombe District area, please, in the post-1891 era? I assume that some asylums would have their own burial grounds? Within the discussion a lister opined that at that time, a death or cremation could not have been conducted without a death certificate, but the problem was that often the original christian, even surname, had been forgotten or changed. Doesn't bode well for those of us chasing the illusive "end of life" details, does it?Thank you. Joan.

    07/01/2009 04:44:34