Maybe I misunderstood. I wasn't talking about the Erath County Courthouse. I was talking about the State Hospital in San Antonio. Linda ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry W Antoine" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 9:38 PM Subject: RE: [ERATH] State Asylum in or near Austin > How long ago did you visit the Erath county courthouse to research > this?? Just curious--maybe the people in charge have changed? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Tate [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 3:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ERATH] State Asylum in or near Austin > > > Terry, > I tried to locate information about patients in the asylum in Austin in > the 1900-1910 time period and was told that all those records had been > either lost or destroyed over the years. > > I ran across a very old (late 1800's to early 1900's) "asylum record" in > the Erath county courthouse basement and found a family name but was > short on time (and wasn't sure it was *my* family) so didn't follow up > on it. Later I went back and couldn't find the book so asked for help > locating it ...was told that the book was NOT public record and I would > need a court order to see it. Only problem is, they didn't know > anything about the book. That's when I tried to locate the asylum > records in Austin (where he supposedly had been sent). No luck there > either! > > If you locate any asylum records, or other sources of information, > please let me know. I don't know if the man they commited is the person > I'm looking for, but I'm at a brick wall and any lead would help. > > Thanks... > Kathy > > > >> > >> > >> Is there any information about > >>patients in that Austin area asylum > >>available anywhere?? I am trying to track someone who supposed spent > >>some time there about that time (1900-1910)? > > > > > > ==== 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 > >