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Offline Br1gau

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Re: ROSS FAMILY - TRANENT - HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
« Reply #9 on: Monday 30 March 15 12:12 BST (UK) »
The Lothian Health Service Archives hold historical patient records for Hermanflat Hospital.  This pdf outlines their catalogue: 

PDF]Item-level Catalogue (PDF) - Lothian Health Services Archive
www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/collections/LHB47/LHB47.pdf

Contact address:
http://www.lhsa.lib.ed.ac.uk/contact/index.html

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Added: The physical LHSA records are held at:

Edinburgh University Library
George Square
Edinburgh
Scotland
EH8 9LJ

Telephone: 0131 650 3392

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Re: ROSS FAMILY - TRANENT - HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
« Reply #10 on: Monday 30 March 15 16:59 BST (UK) »
Thanks for the further advice and contacts

I was engrossed on Ancestry until the early hours following the wider Ross family around Tranent, Preston Pans and Haddington areas and know I am now on the right track after coming across more instances of deaths in hospitals and mental institutions.  Sadly, those who suffered from Huntington's Disease were locked away in bedrooms or institutions, eventually succumbing to pneumonia or heart attack.  There is no cure or treatment for the neurodegenerative decline, offspring having a 50/50 chance of inheriting.

A further reason for seeking background on my wife's family was her unusual middle name of Gibb.
My own maternal forebears include the that name and I have often thought that there must be some connection.  Now, having found a Ross-Gibb marriage, I will probably find that we were, in fact, ancestral cousins!