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'Insanity and Unsound Mind'
Names beginning with Z

Does your family history have someone who 'vanished'? If you cannot find a death certificate, or if children were raised by someone other than a parent, check mental asylum records. Reasons for admission include epilepsy, head injury, alcoholism, congenital defects, depression (including post-natal depression), etc. Many patients (adults and children) spent only days or weeks in an asylum before being discharged, and descendants would be unaware of that. I've spent many years creating indexes to make the information more accessible.

Mental asylums created documents whose usefulness varies. Other agencies and government departments created different types of records that are often even more useful. The records vary in content, but some give reasons for admission, and some have superb details about patients' relatives.

Before you check the list of names, please read this explanation carefully:

 Names beginning with: A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L   M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   Y   Z

ZAHN Moritz
ZAHN Moritz
ZALA John
ZALA John
ZALA John
ZAMMIT Spiro
ZANDER Wilhelmina Maria Anna
ZANIA Deen
ZARNKE Johann Herman
ZEABELL Annie
ZEABILL Annie
ZEIDLER Rachel Ann
ZERNIKE Violet Alice
ZETTO Antonius Jacobus Franciscus
ZIEBARTH Jacob
ZIELKE Catherine
ZIMMARLE Gottleib
ZIMMERLE William
ZIMMERMAN Henry
ZITLOW Minna
ZITLOW Minna
ZITLOW Minna
ZOE Ferdinand
ZOE Ferdinand
ZOE Ferdinand
ZOHN Bastian
ZOHN Bastion
ZOROASTER Ormund
ZORZI Royce Clarence
ZORZI Thomas
ZORZI Thomas
ZUMPF Frederick Wilhelm
ZUMPH Frederick Wilhelm
ZUPP Johanna
ZUPP Johanna
ZURSCHSKI Mary
ZURSCHSKI Mary

Names beginning with other letters

Explanation of these names

Checking, Research and Copying Services

For information about mental asylum patients, follow the instructions on 'Insanity Services'.

Other Suggestions (links open in a new window)

Many useful sources are listed in my mini-guide Researching Mental Asylum Patients.

Children in Mental Asylums.

Annual Reports of asylums (Queensland).

Other records that I'm indexing (watch for announcements on What's New).

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