Minnesota, Stearns County School Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes digital images of teacher classification registers from the Stearns History Museum in St. Cloud, Minnesota for the years 1909 to 1967.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
School records may contain the following information:
 * The teachers name
 * The names of students
 * Ages of students
 * County
 * School term dates
 * School district

How Do I Search the Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The age of your ancestor
 * The town of residence
 * The names of the child's parents

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How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Download a copy of the record, or extract the genealogical information needed. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. The information may also lead you to other records about your ancestors.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the age to calculate a birth date.
 * Use the residence to locate more family in census records
 * Use the residence to locate more family in marriage records
 * Use the residence to locate more family in birth records
 * Use the residence to locate more family in death records
 * Use the residence to locate more family in additional county records

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for alias names, nicknames and abbreviated names.
 * Look for an index. Local genealogical and historical societies often have indexes to local records.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby localities.
 * A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring locality.
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
 * Remember that there may be more than one person in the records with the same name as your ancestor and that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times.
 * Continue to search the records to identify siblings and other relatives who may have attended the same or nearby school.
 * If your ancestor used multiple names throughout their life, look for all their names.

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Minnesota.
 * Minnesota Guided Research
 * Minnesota Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used.

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