Hi In the 1871 census, Source information: RG10/1412 Registration district: Aylesbury Sub-registration district: Aylesbury ED, institution, or vessel: County Pauper Lunatic Asylum Folio: 101 Page: 7 Household schedule number: 1 i found an entry for a Hannah MARKHAM who could possibly be related to me... She is shown as being a 'lunatic' - How in 1871 did you get catagorised as a lunatic as oposed to an idiot or an imbecile??? How were the catagories defined??? if it is the same person then in 1851 she living in Hardwick with hubby and children... What a way to end up! Kind regards Tezz _________________________________________________________________ It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger

"Family History" <genealogy101@hotmail.com> wrote : <snip> > She is shown as being a 'lunatic' - How in 1871 did you get catagorised as > a lunatic as oposed to an idiot or an imbecile??? How were the catagories > defined??? 'Googling' for 'imbecile lunatic idiot' throws up about 10,000 results, at least some with explanations. One of the first is at http://www.institutions.org.uk/poor_law_unions/imbeciles.htm which seems quite helpful. John B Leic., Eng "Helpful Advice & urls for London Listers" at http://londongenhelp.blogspot.com/