Ever get stunned by the word "INMATE" on a census or other records?
Well the term means ANYONE who lives in an institution and that can be prison, an orphanage, or a reform school, among other places.
Recently found a few ancestors for a friend who were in the Lyman Reform School.
I'm in the process of proving they were orphaned first.
Came across this link that explains the history of Reform Schools in Massachusetts. Wow!
