Rome State School was what was called an "Insane Asylum" in the olden days before political correctness started to take root and they became mental hospitals. In the 1970's or 80's they either put the patients out on the street or housed them in small residential units and closed the school down. State School site is now a Medium security state prison. Neal Carrier On Tue, 24 Jun 2003 10:36:13 -0700 (PDT) Linda Mc <[email protected]> wrote: > I was looking though the 1930 ONeida County census > records this morning, when I found one of my names > listed as follows. > > There was a page of women listed, and along side of it > was written, "All inmates of Rome State School" > > So, what was this 'school'? The ages were in their > 20's and up to the 60's. That was all that was > written there. Hope someone can help with this. > > The name I was working on was Cornelia Betsinger, I'm > trying to trace her life. And ideas? Thanks, Linda >