I know they won't give out any info-my husband's great grand aunt passed away there and all I asked for was WHERE they buried the lady! Hope you have better luck than I did! Marthann -------Original Message------- From: bobzmail@juno.com Date: 01/03/05 12:02:18 To: IOWA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [IOWA] asylums Does anyone know about the records at the Mt. Pleasant, Iowa asylums? ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub instructions, list rules and other useful information. Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist ============================== Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search not only for ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx .

I had luck at least confirming the presence of an ancestor in an Iowa asylum by looking at the on-line census records for their name in a year they were said to have been there. The census takers in some years did enumerate the inmates, as well as list their "occupations" which were usually the area of the institution where they were assigned to work if they were able. (i.e., "seamstress," "yardwork" etc. or often, "none.") Good luck. Jeanne S.