Can someone please tell me how they determined that someone was a lunatic in the 1870's? Was there a set of standards that they used or what? I have a relative who was committed to the 3rd Lunatic Asylum in the 1870's and it said that he was insane and that his father was insane too. Thank you, Charlotte Miller _http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html_ (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~charlotteamiller/index.html) _http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/c81371/index.html) _http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html_ (http://www.geocities.com/charlotte7274/index.html)