Researching insanity and disability with Kathy Chater

OCT 23, 202429 MIN
Journeys into Genealogy podcast

Researching insanity and disability with Kathy Chater

OCT 23, 202429 MIN

Description

Kathy Chater takes us through a discussion about mental health and disability in the late 18th and 19th centuries and how to find ancestors who may have had these issues. We talk about the differences between private and public asylums, how and where ancestors may have been treated, where to find records and how the poor were treated as well as those who could afford to pay for treatment. There is a transcript of this interview on Substack together with a list of the resources mentioned.