From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Sep 29 17:03:32 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 k8TN3WYn008809; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:03:32 -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 k8TN3SvB008319 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:03:28 -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 k8TKL9FI018085 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:21:09 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k8TKL9KL018084 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:21:09 -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 k8TKFgFI018017 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:15:42 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k8TMvpc8001226 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:57:51 -0600 X-Envelope-From: kith-n-kin@cox.net Fri Sep 29 16:57:51 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 k8TMvlYn001217 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:57:47 -0600 Received: from fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (fed1rmmtao12.cox.net [68.230.241.27]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8TMvhuC004232 for ; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 16:57:46 -0600 Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao12.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060929225739.ZFOF26416.fed1rmmtao12.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:57:39 -0400 Received: from TOWER ([68.0.154.102]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id UNwz1V0062CpHxQ0000000 Fri, 29 Sep 2006 18:57:35 -0400 From: "Kith-n-Kin" To: "'J. Hollenbeck'" , Subject: RE: [ROOTS-L] RE: School Records (they ARE valuable) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 15:57:05 -0700 Message-ID: <006a01c6e41a$99fe2490$6601a8c0@TOWER> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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: <004a01c6e405$454cfa80$7bd36bd8@yourf78bf48ce2> 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 Joyce Do you know when the town reports were done? The "hoggs on the green" reference makes me think of the early years of the colonies, but do you have any idea of the scope? And, of course, do you know if they are in NEGHS? (That's New England Genealogical and Historical Society -- I don't want to get yelled at for using acronyms.) Pat (in Tucson) |-----Original Message----- |From: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com |[mailto:roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of J. Hollenbeck |Sent: Friday, September 29, 2006 13:24 |To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com |Subject: Re: [ROOTS-L] RE: School Records (they ARE valuable) | | |When I was researching my ex-husband's tree I was able to |track many members |of his family using the annual town reports. The town reports were an |invaluable resource for me, giving me birthdates and death |dates, marriages, |maiden names, etc. They also gave me a snapshot of what his |family did when. |School reports were also in them. I loved a phrase from one of |the earliest |ones:"Hoggs (sic.) were voted to roam freely on the green for the next |year." | |I've been doing my tree for the past 15 years and still |consider myself an |amateur. I don't know whether states outside of New England have this |resource available, but if they do, they helped me immensely. | |Joyce Hollenbeck | | |