Ohio School Records

Case Records of the Ohio Industrial Schools for Boys and for Girls, 1858-1915

 * Boys and Girls Industrial School Index at Ohio Connection - only has girls database, boys are to be added later

Content
This online index of records of the Industrial School for Boys in Lancaster, Ohio and for the Industrial School for Girls in Delaware, Ohio, 1858-1915 makes it possible to access the admission records for these children. Eventually the index coverage will extend to 1920.

The index provides the following information:


 * Inmate Name and Gender
 * Inmate Number
 * Volume Number
 * Page Number
 * Volume Dates

According to the Ohio Historical Society, early records consist of a double page spread is divided into six columns: Name and Parentage (birthplace, date received, parents' names and nationality); Commitment (offense, by whom committed); Education (including Sunday School for some years); Health and Special Marks; Employment (including parents' occupations for some years); and Miscellaneous (bad habits such as tobacco, profane language, intoxicants, truancy; and remarks on discharge).

Beginning in 1913, the form of the entries changed to one page per boy, and added more information, such as previous commitments and family data.