My book on the most interesting/fascinating/heartbreaking/inspirational stories from the Delaware State Hospital ledgers, Flying Whispers, Broken Dreams: Long-Forgotten Stories from the Delaware State Hospital at Farnhurst, 1894-1920, is almost completed. It will contain over 200 case studies of patients at the hospital, combining information from the ledgers, ancestors and descendants from www.ancestry.com and www.familysearch.org, and newspaper articles about the individual from www.newspapers.com, as well as other sources of information. The final Table of Contents has been posted (5/9/2019). If anyone has comments or suggestions, please contact me at xro2581@gmail.com
This site has been created by Kathy Dettwyler to keep track of her research on the Delaware State (Mental) Hospital at Farnhurst, Delaware, 1894-1920, as well as her research on current and former cemeteries for the indigent in New Castle County, including the Almshouse Cemetery (NCCH Cemetery in the Woods at Farnhurst), the DSH Cemetery (Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst), the Boulden Boulevard Potter's Field, the Moore's Lane Potter's Field, and the Baylor Potter's Field. It also served as a resource for the "Friends of the Potter's Fields Committee," tasked with restoring and honoring those buried at the DSH Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst (project completed).
This site has been created by Kathy Dettwyler to keep track of her research on the Delaware State (Mental) Hospital at Farnhurst, Delaware, 1894-1920, as well as her research on current and former cemeteries for the indigent in New Castle County, including the Almshouse Cemetery (NCCH Cemetery in the Woods at Farnhurst), the DSH Cemetery (Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst), the Boulden Boulevard Potter's Field, the Moore's Lane Potter's Field, and the Baylor Potter's Field. It also served as a resource for the "Friends of the Potter's Fields Committee," tasked with restoring and honoring those buried at the DSH Spiral Cemetery at Farnhurst (project completed).