Are there any school census and/or records for Bridgeport area for the years 1873 - 1883? My GGGrandfather was somewhere in that area then according to the death certificate of one of his daughters. Dave Pitts has been kind and looked in the birth books but, maybe because it was early, there was no record of his daughter's birth. He would have had at least two children, possibly as many as four, who would be the right ages for attending school. Any suggestions of other records that might exist where I could locate him? His name was Frank Hassenstab (Hasenstab), daughter's name was Mollie born 10 April 1877 in Bridgeport TX. (Am I even looking in the right county??) The family was Catholic at the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you Sara

Yes, Bridgeport TX is in Wise County. I looked for the name Hassenstab/Hasenstab in all our cemetery records, funeral records, and the 1880 and 1870 census, and didn't find that name. ????????? Sorry. The Wise County Heritage Museum does have some old school records. Maybe they can help. Their web page - http://homepages.ntws.net/sites/wisemuseum/ Sue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Highum" <shighum@srt.com> To: <TXWISE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, October 09, 2004 10:04 AM Subject: [TXWISE-L] Bridgeport (?) School Census/Directorys/Records 1873 - 1883 > Are there any school census and/or records for Bridgeport area for the years > 1873 - 1883? My GGGrandfather was somewhere in that area then according to > the death certificate of one of his daughters. Dave Pitts has been kind and > looked in the birth books but, maybe because it was early, there was no > record of his daughter's birth. He would have had at least two children, > possibly as many as four, who would be the right ages for attending school. > Any suggestions of other records that might exist where I could locate him? > His name was Frank Hassenstab (Hasenstab), daughter's name was Mollie born > 10 April 1877 in Bridgeport TX. (Am I even looking in the right county??) > The family was Catholic at the time. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thank you > > Sara > > >