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Leather Tinrimh & Leabhar Rolla

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  • 08-03-2016 3:34pm
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    OU812
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    Are the daily roll call books available anywhere? If we knew where an ancestor had lived, we could probably guess the school they attended, would be interesting in seeing the attendance or any other notes.

    Ar maybe I'm wrong?


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    Jellybaby1
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    I found some of my family on Findmypast. They have National School Registers on the site.


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    spurious
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    A great number of them are still in the back of dusty cupboards in the schools.


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    pinkypinky
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    Yes, very few have made their way back into state hands. The NAI has a list of ones available on their website.

    Genealogy Forum Mod



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    L1011
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    There've been cases of them being thrown out or found abandoned in moved/closed schools so there will never be an intact set even if they sought to get them all returned to state ownership.


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    Alan259
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    About two weeks ago, my national school had a heritage night and they had all the old roll books from their beginning up till last year on display. I could find my grandfather and his brothers and sisters, my father and his brothers and sister and myself in them. It might be worth mentioning to your relevant schools to do something similar or maybe offer an transcription service to them. :)


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    Jellybaby1
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    Great idea!


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    montgo
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    A local school for its 100 year old anniversary published a booklet which had pics of school rolls from the early 1900s and class photos from 1920s. It was really delightful and a great resource for local genealogists.


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    L1011
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    School my dad went to did similar; book had the first few decades of rolls and every class photo they could find up to now - so as well as my dad, my cousins and some great-aunts/uncles were in it. My grandfather went to the other school in the parish though!

    Some schools will be VERY resistant to being asked and some will welcome you in with open arms


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