Friday, January 27, 2012

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.


1 comment:

  1. That is very interesting! I have never heard of such a thing. Indexing is full of educational opportunities!

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