Margie, It would seem to me that any "list" of those cremated remains is public record. Therefore, all you need to do is send a request under the California Public Records Act, requesting to 1) review or 2) receive a copy for a copying fee. I don't know why these counties keep doing this. This is all public record. Those cremations were paid for by public funds, the county hospitals were all paid for by public funds. The public has a right to access these types of records WITHOUT restrictions. A patients right to privacy dies with the patient. Sue Silver El Dorado County ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie Campbell" <margecam@pacbell.net> To: <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 3:01 PM Subject: [CASANFRA] Urns at SJ county Hospital- there is a list of names..update > Hi everyone: > I spoke with a gentleman today who is connected with the county hospital in > French Camp. He says there is a list of names, but hesitates to release > them in whole. He will check for names (from about 1920-40 ), if you can > provide a name and date. Need not be exact date.. but close, so he can > check. Most were paupers, and families could not bury them.. why they ended > up at county hospital & not rural cemetery, etc.. is not clear. He did > agree that some could have been state hospital deaths, but is not certain, > but the dates are right (after the State hospital abandoned the old > cemeteries of their own). > The 40 graves on the property were moved to Lodi Memorial Cemetery here in > Lodi. > ALL of these urns were left in the building at the county hospital. Someone > intervened and it was decided to just leave them there. The county Hospital > may have a list of names also, if you can prove your person died during that > timeframe. I have a few death certificate copies that show County Hospital > deaths, I am going to submit these names to Steve, to see if this is where > they are (the few without burial information). > If you have an ancestor who may have been sent to county hospital from > another area due to lack of funds during the 1920-40 period, and you can't > find a burial place... may want to see if they could be one of these urns. > I don't have the hospital number in front of me, but you can get it > online... they have a webpage. > Marge > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm > Margie Campbell's Web Page > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/Calif/ > History of Stockton State Hospital (Stockton, CA) > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/ICGS/ > Iron county, MO Genealogy Society Page > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/cem/Napa > State Hospital Oversight Hearing & Links to organizations who need > our help to save old cemeteries. > Stockton State Hospital Cemetery page > > Host of: > Iron county Missouri (MOIRON) mail list > Hermes family name list > Wenstrom family name list > >