Hi Susan, When I had my grandmother's Adoption File opened in Cambridge, MA, in the 1990's, one of the documents had the letterhead stating: State House Department of the Out-Door Poor State Board of Lunacy and Charity I know that my mother and aunt always "hated" that "office name." I don't know when they changed the name of that "Board." I learned later that, in general terms, the "Out-Door Poor" were the people living in their own homes .. who needed "Government assistance" in order to get help with food and "heat" and rent, etc. Betty (near Lowell, MA) ----- Original Message ----- From: <SHASTA4737@aol.com> To: <OHHAMILT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [OH-HAMILT] Are adoption and lunacy records sealed forever? > > In a message dated 8/22/2005 7:15:24 AM US Eastern Standard Time, > gilburns@aol.com writes: > > I also have interest in this topic from the lunacy standpoint - I cannot > find death info for a distant great uncle who was listed as insane on census > records from 1850 thru 1880. > > My interest is also regional, since the families he did and could have lived > with were on both sides of the river. > > > > Hi Mark, > > My genealogist found the record in the index of a court book in Champaign > County, Ohio, but the clerk wouldn't let her see it. I have no idea what is in > it or what happened. You could try to find a court "lunacy" record at the > courthouses in Hamilton Co., Ohio and over the river in Kentucky. > > Has anyone heard of a "lunacy" record? I'm so curious about this I can't > stand it! > > By the way, I did find the death certificate and one-line obit for this > ancestor: He committed suicide at his home. I wonder if all suicides had a court > "lunacy" record? Maybe that is what the record contains. The genealogist did > not give me the date of the record, but my ancestor died in 1884. > > Sincerely, > > Susan E. Davis > > > > ______________________________
Dear List, Several people have obligingly looked up cemetery listings for others lately. I also have a request, please. I live in Oregon. My father-in-law visited Kerr Cemetery in Symms Twp in the 1970s and copied the names of four tombstones from the old part of the cemetery, near the bluff. My request is: Eleanor Agnew (died 24 Jun 1866) had a 4 line verse beginning Dear Sister. I would like to know what the verse is. Also, there are three graves (he did not copy) between Eleanor Agnew and Mathilda Sears wife of Joseph Sears, b. 5 Feb 1804 d. 4 Jan 1881. I believe the names and dates of the people in those three graves would be a help to me. I would appreciate it if anyone can get this information for me. Ginny ____________________________________________________ Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs