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By: Judy Webster

Judy Webster — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:49:02 +0000

An excellent article, Shauna. I overcame one dead end when I found a school admission register entry in which the ‘parent or guardian’ was the mother’s new partner. She did not marry him, but she and the children later used his surname. This explained why they had ‘vanished’! Many indexes to school admission registers are listed in the book ‘Specialist Indexes in Australia: a Genealogist’s Guide’ (1998 edition and 2006 Supplement), especially in the section entitled ‘Local area indexes’. Some of the indexes are in private hands, in which case you can write to the compiler whose address is shown in the book. From memory (not always reliable!) I think there is a large index to many South Australian school admission registers.

By: Sharn White

Sharn White — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 07:26:40 +0000

Hi Shauna, just read your blog about school registers. I had the same surprise when searching the Qld school registers and found myself there on none other than the BARDON State School as well. I started there in year 3 ( in about 1962). What a coincidence! Thanks for your comment on my new blog last night. Sharn

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