There is also a possibility that your grandmother spent time at the Orphan's Home at 1603 Bliss Ave. That is what happened to 3 of my g-grandfather's cousins when their mother passed away in 1897. The eldest children stayed with the father but the youngest went to the Home. Graydon Gorby Gorby Family Web Site: http://w3.one.net/~thegorb/index.htm > -----Original Message----- > From: Linda and Richard Sayre [mailto:Sayre@gte.net] > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2000 12:29 AM > To: OHHANCOC-D@rootsweb.com > Subject: Findlay Schools > > > Does anyone on this list have any information about the early schools in > > Findlay? When I visited there in 1996, I asked at the Board of > Education if there were any lists of students, or pictures, or > yearbooks, etc. and was told that there was nothing that had been > preserved, as far as they knew. That's kind of hard to believe and I'm > just wondering if someone in the historical society or genealogical > society has done any research into this area of Findlay's history. > > My grandmother was Mary (?) Josephine BURNS, b. 1880, d/o Charles F. & > Mary Alice Werts-BURNS. Her mother died soon after her birth and she > was probably raised by an assortment of relatives, which means she moved > > around a bit. But I believe she must have spent some years in Findlay's > > school system. The years between 1886 and 1897 would have been the time > when > she was probably in school. > > I would appreciate hearing from anyone that might be able to supply some > > information about schools that were in existence during those years. > > ______________________________