Many thanks to Viv for the information. I will follow your suggestion. Kathleen Wilson Isle of Man Message: 2 Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:51:01 +0000 (GMT) From: VIVIEN ENGLAND <viv.england@btinternet.com> Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Alice Rhoda COLLINS - Prestwich Lunatic Asylum To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <748985.99300.qm@web87104.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Hi ? I obtained information for Prestwich Lunatic Asylum.? The records are held in Preston, but I am not sure if they cover the dates you wish.? Mine were from 1860.? I paid around ?10 - ?15 and they sent me all the?records.? My ancestor seemed to have had a?mental breakdown, because I also received all the?conversations that his wife had with the Doctor, and the reason why he was sent there.? I also received all the medical records, how they treated him medically, which wasn't good, his mental state, what he was doing while he was there, and eventually how he died. ? I firstly obtained the record numbers from the A2A site and emailed the information over to Preston, they then advised me that they had the records and I posted the cheque.? I received the information within a week.? These records were probably the best I have encountered in all my research. ? So good luck, ? Viv
What a great lead!! Viv, you refer to getting records from the A2A site. Can you please tell me what that is and where to find it? The man I am hunting was born in 1799 and was paralyzed, I suspect, during the Napoleonic wars and I don't know where to look for medical hospital records for injured soldiers. These Lunatic Asylum records might be worth a peek. Thanks, Lorna Rosenstein USA The Wilsons wrote: > Many thanks to Viv for the information. I will follow your suggestion. > > Kathleen Wilson > Isle of Man > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 17:51:01 +0000 (GMT) > From: VIVIEN ENGLAND <viv.england@btinternet.com> > Subject: Re: [ENG-MAN] Alice Rhoda COLLINS - Prestwich Lunatic Asylum > To: eng-manchester@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <748985.99300.qm@web87104.mail.ird.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Hi > ? > I obtained information for Prestwich Lunatic Asylum.? The records are held > in Preston, but I am not sure if they cover the dates you wish.? Mine were > from 1860.? I paid around ?10 - ?15 and they sent me all the?records.? My > ancestor seemed to have had a?mental breakdown, because I also received all > the?conversations that his wife had with the Doctor, and the reason why he > was sent there.? I also received all the medical records, how they treated > him medically, which wasn't good, his mental state, what he was doing while > he was there, and eventually how he died. > ? > I firstly obtained the record numbers from the A2A site and emailed the > information over to Preston, they then advised me that they had the records > and I posted the cheque.? I received the information within a week.? These > records were probably the best I have encountered in all my research. > ? > So good luck, > ? > Viv > > > > > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > Except for personal messages, please post replies to the list. > Other people can learn from them! > > ~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~:~ > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-MANCHESTER-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >