When I ordered Powick asylum records I had to order at least a week in advance as they are kept in a storage facility in Gloucestershire. The good news is that the records are quite detailed - my great grandmother's records ran to over 4 pages, as did many others - so it is worth the wait! The most time-consuming element is that it is hit and miss as to which volume he will feature in - I got to the last available volume before finding the records I wanted. Hope somebody can look through the records for you. ----- Original Message ----- From: <jcweatherby@aol.com> To: <ENG-WORCESTER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 9:50 PM Subject: [WOR] Powick Asylum > If SKS has time, I would appreciate some information from the Worcester > Records Office regarding my ggrandfather, Alfred Hemming, age 50, who died > in the Powick Asylum of pthysis and hemoptsys on July 8, 1875. I > understand the asylum records (approx. 1 page per inmate) are located off > site from the Worcester Records office and must be ordered a day or so in > advance. If SKS wouldn't mind obtaining a copy of this record for me, I'd > really appreciate it. (I'm in the Pacific Northwest of the USA and don't > think I'll be getting to Worcester any time soon). If you need further > information about my ggrandfather, ie. spouse, occupation, dob, etc., > please advise. I'll be happy to reimburse costs. Thanks in advance for > any help you can give me. > > > ==== ENG-WORCESTER Mailing List ==== > Transcribers wanted for Worcestershire FreeREG > for more information see http://freereg.rootsweb.com > UK Census on-line > http://freecen.rootsweb.com/ > > >