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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Dumfriesshire => Topic started by: AussieKate on Sunday 03 December 17 06:16 GMT (UK)
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i am wondering if anybody can help me i am looking for any records in reference to my 4x Great Uncle Peter Broatch/Broach who died in 1873 in the Southern Countries Asylum in Dumfries. i have him in the 41, 51, 61 and 71 census records but that is it.
thanks
Kate
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Hi Kate ,
Have you seen this ?
http://maxwellancestry.co.uk/mcrtranscript.aspx?mcrid=320703
ev
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Hi, All the Southern Counties records are held in the Ewart library, Dumfries. If you are going though, you need to talk to the Archivist first and make sure you have the right items ordered as they are held on the other side of town. There is a project at the moment to index these records and they will probably end up on https://info.dumgal.gov.uk/HistoricalIndexes/ But for the moment, the Ewart library is the place to go.
Regards
Ian A McClumpha
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Suggest you google Dumfries Asylum - huge number of records for it have been digitised by the Wellcome Library. It might, however, involve a lot of browsing!
William
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thanks for that :)
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I know that the Welcome Trust are involved in the digitisation that is going on right now. Perhaps they will have them online soon.
Ian
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They are online, Imchad -hence my previous post :)
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Perhaps I missed it, but are you able to search patient records via the Wellcome digitised collection?
Kate, do you have Peter's death certificate?
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The Wellcome Library page for Crichton Royal Hospital states that the digitised archive covers the period from 1823 - 2008 and includes records on patients admissions and casenotes from 1838-1913.
William
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Yeah i do have a black and white copy of the entry of the death with the cause of death.
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The Wellcome Library page for Crichton Royal Hospital states that the digitised archive covers the period from 1823 - 2008 and includes records on patients admissions and casenotes from 1838-1913.
William
Thanks William, yes, I noticed the details about the coverage, but I can't find anywhere to "search" these records by the person's name. I'm sure I must be missing something obvious. :)
Kate, I have heard that record keeping was not the best and that some records are missing. Apparently Sheriff's Warrants may also be worth pursuing. If Peter was on the 1871 census and died in 1873 at the asylum, this narrows down his date of admission.
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Hi Kate
The Wellcome records are not easy to search and not all of them are online. I have had a look at them and found Peter Boach (as it is spelled). He was admitted to the Southern Counties Asylum on 10/09/1872.he was shown as married and aged 52 years with no occupation and home address: Nethermill, Kirkmichael. Form of Mental Disorder: Idiocy. Bodily Condition Impaired. Supposed Cause Unknown. His date of death 25/04/1873 which you already have. Hope this helps.
Morag
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Hi again
I have also found the Sherrif Warrant which was signed to put Peter into the Asylum. I can email you a copy if you message me.
Morag
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Scottish news on Friday had Graham Roberts, Archivist at Dumfries, interviewed about the Chrichton Records. Welcome Trist spent £200,000 on the project and it has now been finished.
Ian McClumpha