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From: "Tim de Gruyther" <>
Subject: Royal High School, Edinburgh
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 08:37:53 +0400

The Royal High moved this century from the town centre to new buildings
near Barnton Park in the western suburbs. It still exists, and you can
almost certainly find an address on the internet. The old records may be
kept somewhere else, but they would point you towards them.

Tim de Gruyther
Oman & Edinburgh!

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> From: Hart, Peter <>
> To:
> Subject: RE: Schooling in England
> Date: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 2:21 AM
>
> Dear listers,
>
> One of my GGG grandfathers, namely Thomas Frederick Hart, was sent to
> the High School of Edinburgh when he was "of suitable age". Since he was
> born around 1802 I presume he would have been there by 1812.
>
> Does anyone know the typical age at which boys would have been sent
> to such a school ?
>
> Any ideas about how to obtain enrolment or academic records from the
> abovenamed institution ? I do not think it exists anymore although it
may
> have been absorbed into some other institution.
>
> Thankyou in advance
> Peter Hart
> Sydney, Australia
>
>
> > ----------
> > From: Andrew & Marilyn Berridge[SMTP:]
> > Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 1999 01:49 pm
> > To:
> > Subject: Re: Schooling in England
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Georgina Dridan" <>
> > To: <>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 28, 1999 6:08 PM
> > Subject: Schooling in England
> >
> > Dear Georgie,
> >
> > One note of interest that I would add to Jill's reply. Alumni
> > Cantabrigienses is on-line at http://www.ancestry.com It was available
as
> > a
> > free data-base for a short time, now is available to members only.
> >
> > I also had some information squirreled away from an earlier discussion
on
> > the Oxfordshire list, as follows:
> >
> > ".....But there is no need to pay anyone to photocopy the entries and
post
> > them
> > to you. The Oxford University Archivist provides this service, and it
is
> > completely free. She will send you by E-mail all the entries you need,
as
> > many satisfied customers on this list will testify.
> >
> > Just E-mail her on
> >
> > Then if you find any ancestors you can E-mail the college archivists
> > concerned."
> >
> > I can't vouch for the information as I haven't used the service.
Everyone
> > in our family (that we know of to date) turns out to have attended The
> > Other
> > Place.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Marilyn Berridge
> > East Kingston, New Hampshire
> > USA
> >
> > ______________________________
> >
>
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