One other thing: What was the guy's name? Dora --- "Mary Helen E. Chrisman" <mhtruck@gilroy.com> wrote: > Hi Debbie, > The only California asylum that I know of off > hand was Agnews State Asylum > for the Insane near San Jose in Santa Clara > County. You might try tracking > your gr-grandfather in the 1910 census. My > gr-gr-uncle turned up as an > "inmate" at Agnews in the 1920 census (Agnews > was listed as its own > district). I haven't followed up with the info > so I'm not any help on the > next step yet. Good luck. - Mary Helen > > -----Original Message----- > > I am interested in this topic also. I have a > gr-grandfather, who, > according to family stories, died in an insane > asylum in California in > 1911. I don't have a clue WHERE in California, > and he had a very common > name. > > > ==== PACHESTE Mailing List ==== > Stop by our associated website for Chester > County Genealogy at > http://www.rootsweb.com/~pacheste/chester.htm > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/