Industrial School?

I just indexed a ship in the 1871 census that stated it was part of the Industrial Schools Act of 1866. There was a captain, his sons (9 and 9mo, respectively) and then about 12 boys ranging in age from 12-15. I had to look it up and it turns out there were a bunch of "schools" set up like this where orphans, neglected kids and others were sent to get an education and learn a trade.

Huh. Interesting. I love indexing.

New Year, New Goal

Shiloh -

Let's try for 750,000 overall total this year. Pre-paying treats last week seemed to have paid off - an entire family signed up and started working. Karrie has done almost 700 since Sunday! Hooray for the J family - especially since 3 of the 4 are in YW.

Here we are so far:

7684 total

Robin B      2066

Neil J      1030 

Bruce B        950

Karrie J         686 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Beth M        612

Joann S        609

Shelby S        501

Shawn K       225

Caroline M 208

Sarah M       142

Jessica J       128 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Scott G          82

Karen P  75

Joshua W      75

Rock J            55 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Katelyn M     50

Kailey J          50 (NEW INDEXER!!)

Carol B          45

Vivian G  30

Micaela G     25

Eric M              25

Amanda H 15