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Finding Records for Asylums

Finding Records for Asylums

Posted: 6 Jul 2015 1:13AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 6 Jul 2015 1:14AM GMT
Surnames: Blake
Hi - I am looking for more information about my great-uncle, Gerald Lloyd Blake (1927-1984). I only know that he was committed to an asylum at some point in his adult life. It is not really discussed within the family. He lived in Indiana, in Perry County, where he was born. He died in Ferdinand, Dubois County, Indiana. Where can I get started to find more?

Re: Finding Records for Asylums

Posted: 18 Jul 2015 6:28PM GMT
Classification: Query
Go to the state of Indiana's webpage for their psychiatric hospitals and see if there is one near to either of those two counties. Here's the link:

http://www.in.gov/fssa/dmha/4325.htm

You could try calling the hospital and ask if he was there and how you can get copies of his records. Good luck!
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