Several years ago, I learned admission and discharge information of 2 of my ancestors who had been in-patients at Oregon State Mental Hospital. That institution was at that time known as the Oregon Insane Asylum. These records were from about 1920--1925, am not sure right now. This information was available at the Oregon State Archives--address given below: Secretary Of State Archives Division 800 Summer St., NE Salem OR 97310 Phone: (503) 373-0701 Whether that office has volunteers to do look-ups I do not know. They do have a list of local people who are available to do genealogy research, however. The Oregon Death Index is also available at the Archives agency. I don't know if the old records from the Oregon Fairview Home (retarded and developmentally disabled) might also be available at the Archives. I would also like to know if any of this information is available via internet (as Linda Swanson has asked). Marilynn O'Neall meoall@msn.com