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School census lists, attendance registers, and enrollment logs are among the most overlooked genealogical sources in the United States and Canada. Many survive at the county, district, or state level, often in handwritten ledgers created annually. These records identify children too young to appear in city directories, families who avoided traditional censuses, and movements between towns that left no other paper trail. School-related records can place an entire family in a specific location, reveal guardianship arrangements, and fill the gaps between the federal censuses.
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