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    SARAH’S TOP TIP

    Mar 10, 2020 0 minutes

    Record survival is a random thing. Some counties willMichelle Higgs points out that, if you know an ancestor spent time in a hospital or asylum and their records don’t survive, you can look at other similar examples (many now online) to get an idea of what their treatment may have been like. It all helps to paint a picture of their lives.

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