Hi, all! Thanks, everyone, for all the input about how to get records from the State mental institutions! I've gotten lots of good ideas for follow-up. Mary --- PCorona10@aol.com wrote: > Ann, Mary, et al- > > In the 1980's I was allowed access to the records at > the Ionia State Mental > Hospital for a particular surname. > I do not have the correspondence that I initiated > but I think I wrote to the > MI. State Dept. of Health in Lansing and inquired > about the procedure. They > answered my inquiry & then sent a letter granting me > permission to view the > records. I went to Lansing with the letter in hand > & it may have been the MI. > State Library or the Archives bldg. I just don't > recall now. Upon showing them > the letter of permission they brought a book to me > with a list of patients > with the surname I was researching. > None of the info. fit the criteria for the person I > was interested in but if > I had found that person on the list they then would > have given me access to > the records. > You might write or call Lansing & make an inquiry > about obtaining the > records. > > Hope this is helpful. > Pat Corona in Glen Ellyn, DuPage Co. IL. > > > ==== MIOAKLAN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the listowner at > Judy@BirdGenealogy.org > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion > online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com