Hi, I am thinking that the person of interest to me probably did not die there. I believe they may have just been admitted there for a period of time and then released after threatment. I don't reckon I will find anything any other way but going down there in person in a case like that to see if anything is in their records on a situation like that. This was around 1910ish. This individual does not show up in the OR State Archives records. He was listed in the OR State Hospital as an inmate on 1910 census though. Nathan --- Chantilly <[email protected]> wrote: > At 03:06 PM 2/12/05, you wrote: > Hi Nathan, > > I don't think there is an online index. When > searching for the lady that > went missing there, I had to apply with a registered > death certificate, to > get access to the medical records. This was last > summer. I found her in > the cemetery book, Oregon State Asylum, which is at > the Forum. That listed > all who were taken from the cemetery, and cremated. > It does not tell of > the ones that were taken at that time by their > families. I never have > found the cremains of this woman. The hospital said > they had poor records > back then, and a family member could have picked up > her remains after she > was exhumed and cremated, but they have no record of > this. The family > denies taking her, so I asked for a search. The > lady who does this went > into the basement and looked at each individual urn, > not finding her. I am > still feeling that there is margin for error with > that method. To bad > there wasn't a better system of identification done. > I have been in > contact with the hospital on numerous occasions, and > still no luck. > > You can always call them. If you want a contact > number, let me know. > > Cheers, > Karla Mattila > > Hi all, > > Does anyone know if there is an index > somewhere to > >all those cremanes that are at the State Hospital > in > >Salem? There was another story about them in the > >Oregonian Friday and they are going to have > meetings > >on what to do with all these old containers soon. > It > >seems to me that somebody mentioned quite some time > >ago that there was an on-line index somewhere for > all > >those people but I can't find it. Maybe I am wrong. > >Maybe you have to go there or call them to have > them > >look in their index? > > Thanks, > > Nathan > > > > > >==== ORFORUM Mailing List ==== > >To unsubscribe, send a message to > [email protected] that > >contains (in the body of the message) only the > single word: unsubscribe > > > >============================== > >Jumpstart your genealogy with OneWorldTree. Search > not only for > >ancestors, but entire generations. Learn more: > >http://www.ancestry.com/s13972/rd.ashx > >