Ohio, Clermont County School Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in the Collection?
The collection consists of digital images of school records from Clermont County, Ohio for the years 1830 to 1839.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The records may include any of the following information:


 * Name of town and county
 * School District Number
 * Names
 * Ages
 * Gender
 * Names of parents or guardians
 * Beginning and ending dates of grading period
 * Beginning and ending dates for school yea

Sample Images
School records can be very helpful as they can often be used as a reliable substitute for birth records or they can lead you to birth records.

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * The location or date of the event

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page:
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 * 2) Select Record type, volume, and year range to view the images.

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?
Indexes and transcriptions may not include all the data found in the original records. Look at the actual image of the record, if you can, to verify the information and to find additional information.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other church and vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records.
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses. Witnesses were usually family members.
 * Repeat this process with additional family members found, to find more generations of the family.
 * Church Records were kept years before counties began keeping records. They are a good source for finding ancestors before 1900.

I Can’t Find Who I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives.
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching records of a nearby town or county.
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name.
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names. Try searching for these names as well.
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Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in the state of Ohio.
 * Ohio Guided Research
 * Ohio Record Finder
 * Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research

Citing this Collection
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