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Date: Sat, 13 Dec 1997 11:03:54 -0500
From: Sharon McAllister <73372.1745@compuserve.com>
Subject: School Districts
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Barbara Haney Martinez explained:

>  If your fellow was a teacher before the state started to register
teachers,
>  you  might want to check regional "normal schools" which had a focus on
the
>  preparation of teachers, or with the school districts near where you
found
>  the fellow in the census. 

I have a couple of related questions --

1.  If you can identify the school district but it no longer exists, how
can you find out which districts it was consolidated with?  

2   If you can pinpoint the location of an old district, how can you find
out the name? 

Sharon McAllister
73372.1745@compuserve.com

