From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Sep 29 13:58:25 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 k8TJwPYn005103; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:58:25 -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 k8TJwO4K007916 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:58:24 -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 k8THG6FI017498 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:16:06 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8THG5H8017497 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:16:05 -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 k8TH6NFI017434 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:06:23 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8TJmV9H004466 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:48:31 -0600 X-Envelope-From: sdm.prowett@gmail.com Fri Sep 29 13:48:31 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 k8TJmVYn004457 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:48:31 -0600 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.189]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8TJlH6d031737 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 13:48:02 -0600 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id n15so1146983nfc for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:47:13 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:from:to:references:subject:date:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:x-priority:x-msmail-priority:x-mailer:x-mimeole; b=Kz+S+QjVLvC0glrX3kIchkXjM3eL8W8ekI8MB7diyL2wcpoGRVJpLHcDPyM2hLVzlgxKEQqFKaZu0XtFesguYODuA7iyJ3LlWFYwWWjhU0yKQiL59MBN/oIxGrdOgj/sgzgzDXIfPUK0cFLAdWRmUeHwUd8cGeq5pq+RQ9z7KHk= Received: by 10.78.200.20 with SMTP id x20mr2656491huf; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:47:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Chewbacca ( [64.146.135.196]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id 35sm2547455huc.2006.09.29.12.47.10; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:47:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <004d01c6e400$0d355610$6901a8c0@Chewbacca> From: "Sondra Prowett" To: "juanita" , References: <200609290143.k8T1h9wp010713@lists5.rootsweb.com> <451D1673.16113.1E7AD218@localhost> Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] RE: School Records (they ARE valuable) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 12:46:39 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2962 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 Juanita- The school records from my grandmother and her brothers, sisters, etc that I have received from other researchers came from a local historical society for her town in Kansas. I also know, from family myth :), that both my grandmothers taught school at varying points in their lives one in Minnesota, and one in Kansas, but I have yet to figure out how to track this down. Good luck with your search, S o n d r a ----- Original Message ----- From: "juanita" To: Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 10:49 AM Subject: [ROOTS-L] RE: School Records (they ARE valuable) > I've tried to find school records in the past and had no luck. I > wonder where I'd find them for students who would have been in school > between 1880's and 1890's. One attended school in Ottumwa IA and the > other in Fairfield, IA....in Wapello Co. and Jefferson Co. IA. > > I happened to have one grade card for my father when he was in the > 11th grade in Eldora IA in 1909. Also with it was a letter from the > principal verifying his grades and the fact he was a good student. > That was the year my dad and his parents moved from Iowa to a > homestead in Colorado. I have this information only because my Dad > had it in his possessions when he died. > > One of our ancestors was in the 2nd grade when he was 18 yrs. > old....because he'd just come to the US from Germany and could not > speak English. > > If anyone can suggest a place to search for school records in either > Wapello Co. or Jefferson Co. IA, I'd appreciate knowing about it. > > juanita > > >> 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 >> > >