As Ashley noticed there were public schools in Croatia. More about: Fuzine school was started in 1785. There was a big celebration 200y later. In Otocac (under Vienna military administration) the school started in 1727. Zagreb School Museum (maybe Robert could take his travelers there) has old school books with the names of honor students (in school they were sitting at a separate bench reserved for good students). I have copies of some of the pages from 1828 and 1851.There are names NIKSIC, PERPIC etc. And to switch to "girls' talk" (boys are permitted to listen in after they are finished munching the good food we prepared for them): In 1805 a new building "for instruction of female children" was built. A few years ago the building was still standing, so probably it is as of today. The honor students' book has them on the same page with their male counterparts. The teachers for the female children were mostly but not exclusively female. Tatjana