From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Sep 29 11:13:26 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8THDQYn016195; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:13:26 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8THDPPe015867 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:13:25 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k8TEV7FI016940 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:31:07 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8TEV7O6016939 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:31:07 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k8TDk5FI016784 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:46:05 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8TGSCqg007298 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:28:12 -0600 X-Envelope-From: lynn_gen@hotmail.com Fri Sep 29 10:28:12 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k8TGSCYn007289 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:28:12 -0600 Received: from bay0-omc2-s24.bay0.hotmail.com (bay0-omc2-s24.bay0.hotmail.com [65.54.246.160]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8TGRqHW029030 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:28:11 -0600 Received: from hotmail.com ([207.46.8.212]) by bay0-omc2-s24.bay0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.1830); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:27:48 -0700 Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:27:47 -0700 Message-ID: Received: from 207.46.8.251 by by118fd.bay118.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:27:44 GMT X-Originating-IP: [66.189.210.36] X-Originating-Email: [lynn_gen@hotmail.com] X-Sender: lynn_gen@hotmail.com In-Reply-To: <200609290143.k8T1h9wp010713@lists5.rootsweb.com> From: "Lynn B" To: ROOTS-L@rootsweb.com Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:27:44 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Sep 2006 16:27:47.0497 (UTC) FILETIME=[3309D990:01C6E3E4] X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] RE: School Records (they ARE valuable) Our gen. society has just finished indexing about 30 boxes of school records from a local district. Having done a few of these boxes, I can say that there is valuable information to be had from SOME of the records. Sometimes a teacher noted where they moved to or from during the school year, if they died during the year, birth dates or ages, who parents were, and other miscellaneous items (notes like "very slow", "weak eyes", "delinquent") that nonetheless may be interesting or valuable to a genealogist. After indexing these records, we transferred them to the State Archivist who was very happy to get them. Schools were not how they are today though. I would suggest checking ALL grades. Students changed grades as they qualified by passing tests. I have seen 16 year olds in 2nd grade and 9 year olds in 8th grade. This isn't anything to do with their intelligence necessarily, but with how much schooling they had been able to receive up to that time. Quite often these records are in School District archives (read: basements), State Archives, or other repositories. I would check with the school district in question and see what they do with their old records. If they are unsure what has happened in the past, see if the State Archives might have them, or check with your state office of education. Lynn