This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: sarge736 Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.canada.ontario.simcoe/2673.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: If ther person yopu arew researeching died between 1869 and 1934 and you will piost the name we can research them for you. Could be a simple case of active tubuerculosis and not mental illness. Two hospitals come bach if you google hospitals located in Orilla. Health care The Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital is a 179-bed hospital located in the city. It is presently undergoing an expansion to 231 inpatient beds, scheduled to open in 2008. The Province of Ontario also operates the Huronia Regional Centre, a home for people with severe developmental disabilities. This facility is scheduled to close in 2009. The planned closure, which has attracted controversy from patient's families and public-sector unions, will see patients moved into a community setting. " The Huronia Regional Centre, formerly an asylum that later became an institution to house disabled people, was one of the areas largest employers for many decades, until the de-institutionalization movement of the 1980s and 1990's." http://us.three.ebid.net/perl/auction.cgi?auction=16826515&mo=auction http://www.flickr.com/photos/jgraceystinson/3269784708/ http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1504740&auth=COLIN MCKIM, THE PACKET AND TIMES Huronia Regional Centre in Orillia () - Opened in 1876 - Originally called the Orillia Asylum for Idiots. It was renamed the Ontario Hospital School. - Resident population in 1971: 1,875 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.