From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Sep 29 11:13:36 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 k8THDaYn016272; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:13:36 -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 k8THDYOi015974 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:13:34 -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 k8TEVGFI016950 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:31:16 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8TEVGXv016949 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:31:16 -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 k8TDoEFI016797 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:50:14 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8TGWLcD007581 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:32:21 -0600 X-Envelope-From: kith-n-kin@cox.net Fri Sep 29 10:32:21 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 k8TGWLYn007572 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:32:21 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao02.cox.net (fed1rmmtao02.cox.net [68.230.241.37]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8TGW68O002844 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 10:32:21 -0600 Received: from fed1rmimpo02.cox.net ([70.169.32.72]) by fed1rmmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060929163140.SJDD12581.fed1rmmtao02.cox.net@fed1rmimpo02.cox.net> for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:31:40 -0400 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.154.102]) by fed1rmimpo02.cox.net with bizsmtp id UGXc1V00j2CpHxQ0000000 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:31:42 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] School Records Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 09:31:35 -0700 Message-ID: <005701c6e3e4$bbda4390$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <005201c6e379$30d2b0e0$06812340@eozfaqvf> X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by lists5.rootsweb.com id k8TGWLYn007572 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Here are two more examples. "Delayed Birth Certificates" became common around the 1940's, probably mostly because of the requirements of Social Security. Maybe also for passports. I have seen delayed birth certificates where the supporting evidence of age, if not actual birth date, was a school record. Also, a more modern application is that in cases where a party has to prove residence in a particular location at a particular time, as with the current "Downwinders" government reimbursement for diseases/deaths caused in whole or in part because of radiation exposure during the Nevada testing in the 50's and 60's, school records are a big part of that proof. The biggest hurdle, in early records, is that they may simply be gone. From a genealogical perspective, they may not list parent's names (or they may, in the form of a "contact" form), but from a family history point of view, these records provide a glimpse into the lives of the children, which is what this is all about. Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mary Putman |Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 20:42 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: [ROOTS-L] School Records | Normally school records, if they |were held in a school archive, wouldn't help much anyway, as |they wouldn't necessarily list the parent's names or anything |of a genealogical nature. Mary in Washington | |