This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jhB.2ACI/239 Message Board Post: I am looking for information regarding my great-grandfather George Alexander who spent the last two years of his life at the Western State Hospital in Bolivar. According to his death certificate, his immediate cause of death was General Paresis due to syphillis. He was in the hospital from May 29, 1941- September 28, 1941 and again July 13, 1942 until his death on May 10, 1943. His body was removed from the hospital into the custody of his wife Tempie Alexander and returned to Memphis where he was buried. Do records from this long ago still exist? How do I get access to them? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.