The ABCs and 123s of Researching Your Ancestor's School Records

Melissa Barker

Sep 15, 2017

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Welcome

3m 24s

Speaker's Introduction

1m 26s

Introduction

3m 1s

Types of Schools

2m 46s

Kinds of Records

4m 11s

Census

3m 31s

Enrollment Records

3m 33s

Attendance Records

2m 31s

Report Cards

4m 56s

Yearbooks

3m 24s

Newspapers

6m 43s

Photographs

3m 27s

Other Schools

5m 28s

My Ancestor Didn't Go to School

4m 26s

School Board Minutes

3m 27s

Sunday School Records

1m 36s

Finding the Records

4m 46s

Announcements / prizes

5m 58s

Questions / answers

11m 2s

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About this webinar

The records of local public schools and universities can valuable resources for finding information about your ancestors. Even if your ancestors didn't attend school, you would be surprised by what you can find in school records about them. This webinar will show you what types of school records there are and how to find them in repositories.

About the speaker

Melissa Barker

Melissa Barker is a Certified Archives Manager and Public Historian currently working at the Houston County, Tennessee Archives & Museum where she has been the first and only archivist for the pas...

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