As a retired high school administrative secretary I have the following suggestions for locating old year books: The high school's library A local library The archives of the school district High school's alumni association Local historical or/and genealogical society Good luck! Audrey Cox Vogelpohl Seattle, Washington > Hello List Finding yearbooks isn't impossible... but it can be difficult. > The yearbook publishers usually don't keep any extra books after a few years and > neither do the schools. The Best time to look for a yearbook is within the first > year or so... Contacting the PTSA member who handled the sale to see if someone > failed to pick up an ordered book. The next Best time to look for a book is > 50-70 years after graduations... as the kids throw out the "junk"... The best > place to find a yearbook is online or in a local thrift store. Finding a picture > is much easier.... Really General Rule 1... schools will not help you look up > for someone... Schools are worried about privacy issues and lawsuits. General > Rule 2... Reunion people are wonderful. Reunion people have yearbooks and > current addresses. Reunion people like to remember other people. Contact the > school and ask for the reunion person for the 1962 40th reunion back in 2002. > or ask if someone is doing a 45th reu! > nion for 1958. 15 years ago it was a rare Public Library that had copies of > yearbooks... Course that's changed for the better and you can (sometimes) get > yearbooks through interlibrary loan. And don't forget Gen. and Hist. Societies. > For a small fee they would be happy to do look ups. Darilee > > Cyndi Howells <cyndihow@oz.net> wrote:At 05:36 AM 5/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >Hi to all list members, > >I need help locating any high schools in or around Puyallup, WA back in > >the late 1950's and early 1960's. > >Anyone that may have attended Puyallup High between 1958 and 1962 please > >contact me also. > >Would appreciate any help. > >Thank You, > >Dave Hutton > >dehutton@attbi.com > > > > > bookstorelady@prodigy.net > http://www.rootsweb.com/~waskagit - Skagit USGW > http://www.thirdstbooks.com - 3rd St. Book Exchange > http://www.facesfromthewall.com - Faces From the Wall - Vietnam/Washington >