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What’s In A Name?
I am not a certified genealogist, but I can share with you a basic understanding of what’s in a name from years of experience in searching for my ancestors. Genealogy is the study of family ancestries...
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Willard Suitcases – Darby Penney – Photos by Jon Crispin
Jon Crispin Suitcase 2 – http://joncrispin.wordpress.com/ Like so many others who have discovered that an ancestor was an inmate at Willard, I read the book The Lives They Left Behind Suitcases From A...
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My Story by L.S. Stuhler – July 23, 2012
I include here my story about trying to obtain my great-grandmother’s medical records and photographs from the Willard State Hospital, along with asking for the release to the public of former patient...
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“Lost Luggage, Recovered Lives” by Peter Stastny, MD, and Darby Penney, MLS
The Lives They Left Behind Suitcases From A State Hospital Attic offered a ray of hope for people like me, who had discovered that an ancestor was a former patient who died at Willard State Hospital. I...
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Restoring Lost Names, Recapturing Lost Dignity by Dan Barry – The New York Times
“OVID, N.Y. — For a half-century, a slight and precise man with an Old World mustache resided as a patient at the Willard State Psychiatric Hospital, here beside spectacular Seneca Lake. You are not...
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THE GOOD NEWS: One Man Is Remembered!
On Saturday, May 16, 2015, LAWRENCE MOCHA was honored and remembered as a living, breathing, contributing member of society, 47 years after his death, with a lovely service and memorial. LAWRENCE was a...
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