WOw, you have it all going on in NZ! That would be an interest addition to knowledge, as she was only 31 I believe. Is it something I can apply for over the internet? (I'm in the UK)
Hello again.
Been away all day. Recently I looked up an Auckland Hospital record for another RC contributor. The records were hand written until about 1900, then type written sheets that had been bound into very big ledgers. They can be viewed at the archive that holds them, for free, by registered members of the public. A simple first time formality, where all research you do at the archive is then linked back to the individual user number that you are issued. They bring the ordered material to your research table.
Archive staff can look up, and supply paid for emailed copies, but most consider their charges are outside their budget, for any thing other than primary data. The staff need good instructions, and reference numbers, or the charges for search time involved, mount up.
Soon I start regularly passing through Auckland, and usually try passing on the nearby motorway at night, to avoid the terriable Auckland traffic congestion. But if I stay a few days, I have further research there that I would like to do, and a look up for you, would not be a great inconvenience. You can order up five research items at any one time. And as soon as you return items, you can re-order more to be sent up.
I have not looked up Carrington Hospital records, so not sure what form they are in, in that 1913 search period. I believe Carrington specialized in patients with mental problems.
Regards,
Alan.