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From: "DeMarco" <>
Subject: Re: 1870 High school records
Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 14:15:13 -0400


Is it possible that this was Brockport Normal School? My ancestors
went there. I checked my dictionary for "normal school", and the
definition they gave was a two-year school for the preparation of
elementary school teachers. The Brockport Normal School was a
five-story institution erected in 1829 by the citizens of Brockport.

My question - did one go to normal school after finishing 8th grade?
I seem to recall accounts of 19th century elementary school teachers
being very young - 17 years of age or so - which might indicate an
entry into normal school after 8th grade.

In any event, Brockport Normal School is now part of SUNY Brockport.

Margaret


-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Tremble <>
To: <>
Date: Saturday, June 03, 2000 2:12 AM
Subject: Re: 1870 High school records


>Pat
>
>There is a reason for asking for HIGH SCHOOL RECORDS. I was lucky
enough to
>acquire a page from a biography of Michigan People. In the interview
of my
>g-uncle, he stated "He was reared in Tonawanda, NY. and as a lad
attended
>the public schools and also the High School there and in Brockport"
>
>The book is dated 1892. Any suggestions?????


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