Hello,   I was just looking for the informative web site about the history of State Hospitals in MA.    It has an unusual web site name, something like   www.   8522 ... com     and I haven't found it, yet.    But, in the search I came across this book mentioned:   http://www.worldcat.org/title/admissions-card-files-for-state-institutions-1910-1950/oclc/180703139   Just a reminder that at    http://www.worldcat.org/        you can try to find a special book in .any.  library.   Here's another related book: http://www.worldcat.org/title/weekly-returns-of-admissions-and-discharges-at-the-state-infirmary-1894-1935/oclc/83716135   That reminds me of all the postings from 6-8 yrs. ago where a researcher went through all the records for the Tewksbury State Hospital, looking for people with connections to Nova Scotia.    She posted them on the Nova Scotia List.   I searched on-line for  "State Hospitals, Massachusetts"  and didn't find the site I was looking for.   OH, I changed the search term to "MA State Hospitals,"  and found an old posting of mine which mentioned it:   http://www.1856.org/   (The man I .hope.  is an ancestor, John DEXTER, went to the Tewksbury State Hospital in 1904 and died there in 1905.    He was born and lived most of his life in Killingly, CT.     During the 1880's  he and his wife  moved up to Melrose, MA, and shortly after in 1892, as an older couple, adopted a toddler.     John and Mary (CLARK) DEXTER left a married daughter in Killingly, and I believe that Mrs. Clara (DEXTER) YOUNG had a pregnancy outside of her marriage in 1888.    So, the toddler being adopted  (my grandmother) was very probably John and Mary's granddaughter.) (long story I've told on the Lists for 10 yrs.)     Betty           (near Lowell, MA, USA)