Charles: re: Insanity Question Depending on the state in which you live, you might be able to get records opened with help of a lawyer or doctor because of the medical implications. Good luck. Shirley > ---------- > From: Gerry Hackley[SMTP:gerry@hackley.com] > Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 7:07 PM > To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Insanity Question.... > > Charles - I definitely agree, a key part of genealogy is the medical > mental > and physical facts. What were the names of your uncle and Grandfather > HODGES??? > Gerry Hodges Hackley in Houston > > > At 06:09 PM 8/13/1999 -0500, you wrote: > >My uncle and my granfather, both HODGES, apparentely had serious mental > >problems. My sister and I were shielded from the facts of what was > really > >going on and we probably will never know. Both died in the early 1940's > >when no one really talked about mental problems. And our family members > who > >did know, wouldn't talk about it to us. > > > >I think this is a key part of genealogy...medical facts, both mental and > >physical. > > > >Charles Duncan > > > > > >\-----Original Message----- > >From: Christine Hodges <chodges@erie.net> > >To: HODGES-L@rootsweb.com <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > >Date: Friday, August 13, 1999 5:23 PM > >Subject: Re: [HODGES-L] Insanity Question.... > > > > > >>Hi . when I first started digging into the family history, that was one > of > >>the main reasons that I began, now its just more for fun, as mosy of the > >>answers I have already found. > >> asthma can be gentic > >>glomaca can be gentic > >>obesity , the being if short or tall blur eyed or what ever, > >>also in some cases some types of mental retardation, > >>the futher I dug the more I disliked what I was finding. but in the long > >run > >>it was very helpful to my Doctors. > >> and be ver careful as allergies can be passed from gereration to > >generation > >> Believe me I know! > >>Seems if I got all they had to offer, > >>Now hooked to a 50 foot oxygen tube- just like Father, grandfather, and > >>several others in my paternal line. > >>christy > >>----- Original Message ----- > >>From: <ConPutnam@aol.com> > >>To: <HODGES-L@rootsweb.com> > >>Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 5:57 PM > >>Subject: [HODGES-L] Insanity Question.... > >> > >> > >>> Wondering....? The brother of my maternal g-grandfather ended up in > >>insane > >>> institution. Haven't done any research on insanity per se [yet] and > >there > >>> seem to be no other known instances in this family line...[that's not > to > >>say > >>> that I don't have my share of crazy relatives]....Has anyone done any > >>> research on the genetics of this? Is it primarily considered > >>environmental > >>> and stress related.....or are there several types of insanity and > >multiple > >>> causal factors? Guess I'm not asking a simple yes or no type > question, > >>but > >>> perhaps someone out there has some references for the layperson to > >peruse? > >>> Thanks for suggestions......connie > >>> > >>> > >>> ==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > >>> Searchable Archives at: > >>http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >>> Archives help at: > http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm > >>> New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >>> > >> > >> > >>==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > >>Searchable Archives at: > http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > >>Archives help at: http://www.shelby.net/shelby/jr/robertsn/rwsearch.htm > >>New threaded Archives at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > >> > >> > > > > > >==== HODGES Mailing List ==== > >To subscribe, send a message to: HODGES-L-request@rootsweb.com > >Put only the word Subscribe in the body of the message. > > > > > > ______________________________ >