From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Sep 29 12:40:53 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 k8TIerYn026526; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:40:53 -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 k8TIerfh014847 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:40:53 -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 k8TFwYFI017159 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:58:34 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8TFwY2x017158 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:58:34 -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 k8TFsQFI017084 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:54:31 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8TIaYCL026159 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:36:34 -0600 X-Envelope-From: joe2phil@drizzle.com Fri Sep 29 12:36:34 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 k8TIaYYn026150 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:36:34 -0600 Received: from jetspin.drizzle.com (jetspin.drizzle.com [216.162.192.5]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8TIaLQP011864 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:36:34 -0600 Received: from y9w6c2 (node77.141.136.67.1dial.com [67.136.141.77]) (authenticated bits=0) by jetspin.drizzle.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id k8TIa5SE019018; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:36:13 -0700 Message-ID: <013301c6e3f6$7f2307e0$4d8d8843@y9w6c2> From: To: "Lynn B" , References: Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] RE: School Records (they ARE valuable) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 11:35:43 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1409 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 0639-4, 09/29/2006), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean 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 Hello Guys , as I read these messages I just have to comment ! , School Records can be found in the oddest places !, like the Bottom Drawer of the file cabinet in the corner behind the office door , If you should happen to stumble upon the school district office in the courthouse in Dillon Montana , Which I did back in `95 , I have a copy of the School Census for 1905-7 , which names every person attending school in the area those years , Signed by my Grandparents !!!!! , who just happened to be the school board for those years , , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lynn B" To: Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 9:27 AM 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 >