Sandy, Your concerns are appreciated. I only hope that everyone doing research has asked themselves the important question, "Before I go looking, am I prepared for what I may find?" I think I might have been happy to discover some of my relatives where in either a sanitOrium/sanitarium! Compared to other possibilities either might not be bad. Good work and enjoy. Rick Lane -----Original Message----- From: Sandy Read [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [NJWARREN] SanitArium vs. SanitOrium I should have checked the dictionary before asking Denise if someone was mangling the English language by confusing sanitArium with sanitOrium, because I now find that Webster defines them both as being from the Latin word sanatorius, to mean giving health. It does not differentiate between between physical or mental, as sanitOrium is also defined as sanitArium. Before we upset anyone whose ancester was in a sanitArium for their physical health, are the words interchangeable? Was this just something I picked up from my mid-western upbringing and there really is no difference?? Sandy ==== NJWARREN Mailing List ==== ============================== Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate your heritage! http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog