http://www.rootsweb.com/~moiron2 Iron County MO Web Page http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm Margie Campbell's Web Page ----- Original Message ----- From: "Margie" <margecam@pacbell.net> To: <NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 7:33 PM Subject: State Hospital Records- note from State Archives. > Hi.. there are some records on file.. hence the following from the State > Archives: > > > > > > Thank you for your recent e-mail requesting information > about > > > > > records of > > > > > patients buried on the grounds of the Stockton > State > Hospital. > > > > > Unfortunately, we are prohibited by Welfare and > Institutions Code section 5328 from releasing any > information about patients. The code > > > > section does > > > > > include > some exceptions (**see code 5329 Marge**) but genealogical research is not > one > > > of > > > > them. If> > > > you > > > > > > wish to read this law you can find it on the following > web > > site: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html > <http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/calaw.html> > Just for your information > > > I've checked our holdings for > records concerning the cemetery at > > Stockton > > > State Hospital and > located only two volumes: 1) Death & Burial > Record, > > Jan. > > 1896 > > > > - Oct. 1897 contains 16 pages of entries covering this time > period > > > and > > does > > > describe the disposition of the patient's remains; and, > 2) > > Register of > > > Deaths, 1969-1970, appears to describe the > disposition of the > > cremated > > > remains of patients of the Modesto > State Hospital which were > > transferred > > to > > > SSH upon closure of > that institution. The commitment registers > > reporting of place of burial > is inconsistent; some of the > early years included information about burial > (usually a grave number for > the SSH cemetery, I assume) while later years > recorded many deaths in the > institution but rarely seemed to include > mention of burial. So it would > appear that these records may not be that > helpful in compiling such a listing even if they were accessible. > > > > > > I hope this information is helpful. Please feel free to > > contact > > > us > > > > > again > > > > if > > > > > we can be of additional assistance. > > > > > > > > > I have replied to this note and sent a copy of my reply to the Mayors > office, hoping they can give me a little help with the list.. as I explained > it is not for my own genealogy.. but a list to have on hand as any other > cemetery has. I even suggested giving the list to Rural cemetery, as they > get many querries on these names. > For those interested.. the old asylum cemetery is on California St.. north > of St Joseph's .. right behind the Alpine market & the doctors > office/convalesent hospital, on the east side of the street. > At present it is a vacant lot, just recently plowed under. It butts up to > Rural Cemetery on the East.. and could easily be incorporated into Rural's > care. > > Marge > http://www.rootsweb.com/~moiron2 > Iron County MO Web Page > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mcampbel/home.htm > Margie Campbell's Web Page > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <NORCAL-D-request@rootsweb.com> > To: <NORCAL-D@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:27 PM > Subject: NORCAL-D Digest V01 #253 > > >