don't know how much will be gleaned, but you might try Linda Thompson, at Lane Public Library and Butler County Records (also of Southwest Ohio Genealogical Society). She might have an answer or two to your desired path. Being a foster kid myself, I understand your dilemmmma.....been there a time or two myself. Just don't give up. It has taken me 40 years to get to where I am, and I figure that I am only halfway through my search. Sometimes, going sideways seems to break open those brick walls that pop up at different intervals. Most attorneys aren't going to do something unless they get paid for it, and then, they can't guarantee results that will be satisfactory to you.....lots of prickly little problems crop up that nobody can overcome at the moment, but, given time and perserverance, things seem to eventually open up.......JUST DON'T GIVE UP. Lisa Siders <jsiders@ameritech.net> wrote: Cindy, Sorry about the death of your mother and sister. May I ask what type of cancer they had. Cindy here is the other BRICKWALL "PRIVACY ACT", but when you call the Probate Court, just ask them you have a problem in getting information about your G Aunt and explain the problem and then ask them where to direct you for the answer to your guestion. I know you'll need proper affidavit. But surely there will be someone to direct you to where ever you should go. Course sometimes you get a hold of someone who does not care meaning does not know where to send people, there ashamed of not knowing or willing to help you period. Please do not get discouraged, Judges and attorinies do not take the time to help with the genealogical questions. But proper identification and correct paper work should beable to get you some answers. Again please let me know what you have found out, this is a good learning tool for other genealogists. Lisa Cindy Crawford wrote: Hello List Thanks for the replies. I did use an attorney several years ago to write them a letter. They never even answered. I just don't understand why they won't help. Almost feel like something is being hid. I just know my answers are in there. It kills me because my mom and my sister went with me to the nursing home and since then I lost my mom, and my sister and a brother within 6 weeks of each other to cancer. There is no one left of this family except myself and a couple of cousins who are also interested. I will try the Probate office in Butler County..that sounds like a good idea. Like I said, I did talk to a Judge of Butler years ago and he told me that the home being Private they could give me the information. Cindy -----Original Message----- From: Kathleen Dewey [mailto:kdewey@sbceo.org] Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 12:41 PM To: OHBUTLER-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [OHBUTLER-L] Help with Nursing Home Question I am really touched by this. I certanly pray something shakes out for you. Perhaps you could sign a release? One of the things they must be concerned about is liability. Maybe try a local Legal Attorney Service that could direct you to someone. Where I live they call it the Lawyer Referral Service. They might pay more attention to a letter from a lawyer, perhaps accompanied by a signed release. Keep at it. Kathleen Cindy Crawford wrote: >Hello List > >I am hoping someone in a legal capacity can help me with a question on >Nursing Home Records in Butler County. Several yeas ago there was a Judge >who told me if the nursing home was privately owned they could give me >information if they wanted to but state or government run homes were >different and had a different set of laws to follow. > > > >Here is my problem, I had a great, great Aunt who was in a nursing home in >Butler County, OH. She died in 1994. She never knew any of her family, >she had been in institutions for her entire life. My mother never even knew >she existed until we started the genealogy hunt together and found her birth >record and some other records to show us that she belonged to our family. >That was in 1996. We went to this nursing home the lady pulled the records >out and let me see that they had them, the file was probably 8 inches thick. >She wouldnt give me any information out of them. My Aunt never married, >she had epilepsy and they thought she was crazy and she lived in the Orient >in Columbus and in many foster care homes until she was placed in this >nursing home when the Orient closed down. Now she was the youngest of this >family besides a brother. My grandmother and 3 other sisters and the boy >were all put in orphans homes in 1906 when their father died. Now my mother >would be the niece of this lady and my mother and all her siblings are gone. >My grandmother always wanted to find all her siblings she found the 3 >sisters but never found the brother. I have since found where he went. He >was sent to WV to a family there. Now I know the records for my Aunt in >this nursing home will give me answers to a lot of questions because I have >also talked with one family that they would let her visit in Columbus. > > > >I need to know if there is a legal way to be able to see these records? >There is no one left but me to care. If the boy were still alive he would >be 106 years old. All siblings have died, she never married, there are no >children of hers, my mothers entire family are gone. I dont see how Hippa >Privacy can come into play since I have asked many times since 1996 for the >information. So I am hoping someone can tell me how I can legally get >information for genealogical purposes only and to fulfill a wish of my >grandmother of finding all siblings. > > > >Thanks so much in advance for any help you can give. > > > >Cindy > > > > ==== OHBUTLER Mailing List ==== Search for Butler County family names ~ http://surhelp-bin.rootsweb.com/surindx.pl?site=OHBUTLER2 -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.4/320 - Release Date: 4/20/2006 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. 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