If the URL given has correct info the Rome State School was for the mentally retarded. Marcy State Hospital on the Utica Road a few miles from Rome was for those adjudged, and not always fairly, insane. A case in point. I recall two people one 18 years of age who had a "nervous breakdown" as it was called. She was far from insane. Another party, who had been a music teacher and possibly a bit different, definitely was not insane. She lived there so long she did not want to leave Marcy. G. M. Freeman Vincit Qui Se Vincit ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today!