Can anyone help Ruth? She may not be subscribed to our list, so please include her e-mail address in your response. >From: "Ruth Myers" <[email protected]> >Subject: RAMSEY COUNTY QUERY > >June 30, 2007 Ruth >Myers <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] > >Looking for PICTURE of old JAMES J. HILL SCHOOL in St. Paul. My >husband went to school there 1941-43. For all of you looking for school photos. The quickest place besides this list to check for photos of schools is the Minnesota Historical Society Visual Resources Database, free and available through the MHS website at <www.mnhs.org/>. However, there are photos of schools buried in some of the State Archives Collections as well, which may take some digging to find. (I did just that, when I was researching Ramsey County District #10 that used to be on my corner. Been there, done that, not going to do it again!) If you decide to dig, remember that Ramsey County and all of Minnesota underwent consolidation of school districts in the mid-1950s. Before consolidation, there were St. Paul Schools, including high schools, and there was the Ramsey County Supt of Schools, with jurisdiction over the Ramsey County (rural) schools. The K-8 school I researched became part of the brand new Roseville Area School District (#623) at that point, along with various others K-8 districts. What had been Dist. #10 became Lexington Elementary School, in District #623. The Roseville district had NOT existed prior to that time, and a new high school was built. The office of 'County Supt. of Schools' went away, too, as a creator of records, as the rural districts were all subsumed by new districts. Today, all independent school districts in Ramsey County begin with "62" -- it's the county number. So when browsing the MHS main library catalog for State Archives possibilities, remember that records include the creator as part of the catalog entry and be cautious about using district numbers. The time period is VERY important! Mary List mom Mary Bakeman [email protected] Ramsey MnGenWeb Coordintor http://www.parkbooks.com/MnGenWeb/ Park Genealogical Books http://www.parkbooks.com/