----- Original Message ----- From: Kit Kudukis <kitkudukis@mindspring.com> To: Crilley <crilley@eramp.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [GABALDWI] Re: State Hospital > Even though the person about whom I was requesting records had died over 60 > years previously, I had to get a court order to get them to release what > little information they had about my great-grandmother. All they had on her > was her date of death (which I had not known), and the county from which she > had been admitted (which opened up a whole 'nother can o' worms). Doesn't > the Privacy Act cover 70 years? Perhaps if the information is at least that > old you wouldn't have to get a court order. > > I think the time period for keeping these records is just about as scattered > as everything else in genealogy. > > I don't know anything about burials on the hospital's grounds. > > BTW, getting a court order done was pretty easy, most likely because I > worked with lawyers at the time. I drew up the document, which simply > stated that the information I wanted was for personal genealogical use only, > that the individual was related to me, and that she was deceased. I got it > notarized and sent it off to, if I'm not mistaken, the Probate judge for > Baldwin County. Once it was stamped by the court, they sent it back to me > and I sent it to the hospital. After that it was only a matter of days > before I got the information I was requesting. > > Kit > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Crilley <crilley@eramp.net> > To: <GABALDWI-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2000 1:36 PM > Subject: [GABALDWI] Re: State Hospital > > > > Has anyone ever been successful in getting records from Central State > > Hospital in Milledgeville? > > Do you know the time period of how long they keep these records? > > > > How about the burials? > > > > >From: PJ1211219@aol.com > > >Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2000 13:11:02 EDT > > >Subject: Re: State Hospital > > >To: crilley@eramp.net > > >X-Mailer: AOL 5.0 for Windows sub 101 > > > > > >Central State Hospital is in Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin Co.) It is a > place > > >for mentally ill people. Long time ago people sent family members there > if > > >they could no longer take care of them-they may or may not have been > > mentally > > >ill. > > >My ggrandmother is supposed to be buried there. > > >Thanks, > > >PJ > > > > > > > > Virginia > > > > > > ==== GABALDWI Mailing List ==== > > Your Support Keeps Rootsweb Free ! > > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > > > > ============================== > > Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. > > RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. > > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > >