There is a collection of county records housed at Tarleton's Dick Smith Library. Ones that patrons use frequently are in the locked room on the main floor of the library and the others are in the attic. There is a binder there at the library that lists all the the materials that are in the collection and I don't know if those items are available by searching the online catalog of the library. Just in the past few days I have scanned the entire list twice looking for some records that I needed and I think I would have noticed something as exotic as an asylum log book, but I've locked myself out of my car twice in the last four days so who knows! Most of the county materials housed at Tarleton are county commissioner, county court, county school district, and odds and ends. Drop Glenda Stone an email at [email protected] for information about specific items in the collection. We should see if she'd provide us a complete list that we could have Annette and Janice post at the GenWeb Erath County page or add it to the GenWeb archives so that we don't all make Glenda crazy with our questions. And in addition to these original ledgers and indexes (indices?) Tarleton also houses a large collection of filmed county records for both Erath and Brown Counties. A list of those materials at GenWeb would be useful too. I might could find time to compile that list and post it over spring break. Would it be useful to anyone? Cindy ---- Original Message ---- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ERATH] Asylum records Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 05:49:54 -0800 >I believe that the old records that are at Tarlton are in the >genealogy room >on the second floor of the Tarleton library. I have seen them there. >I obtained my records straight from the hospital. I never had >records of >the trial until after I had obtained the records from the hospital. >Linda >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kathy Tate" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 6:32 AM >Subject: [ERATH] Asylum records > > >> The time I found the book, it was a number of years ago but when I >was >told >> that I would have to get a court order, that was maybe last year. >Yes, >the >> people have changed but the folks there now seem more eager to help >than >> they were some years ago. Orginally, the book was with the public >records >> but was no where in sight the last time I was there ...in fact, I >looked >> around in the basement for a long while before I asked. >> >> Cindy, as you keep your eyes open for the book, it was a very old, >small >> (maybe 8" X 12") book ...not like the ledgers the probate records >are kept >in. >> >> Someone told me that many of the old county records (the originals) >had >> been moved to Tarleton but when I asked there, they didn't know of >any (or >> course I might have asked someone that didn't know). I knew some >things >> were on film but I was puzzled by the disappearance of the book and >the >> fact no one knew anything about it. >> >> I've not had a lot of time to *really* dig into this ..too many >other >> things going on. If anyone runs across it, please let me know! >> >> Kathy >> >> >> > How long ago did you visit the Erath county courthouse to >research >> > this?? Just curious--maybe the people in charge have changed? >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== >> --- Author Retains Copyright --- >> -- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved >> Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com >> Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] >> ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >> >> > > > > > >==== TXERATH Mailing List ==== >--- Author Retains Copyright --- >-- Copyright 2003 Author -- All Rights Reserved >Post to List: [email protected] http://www.selfroots.com >Unsubscribe request To: [email protected] >ARCHIVES: http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl >