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How to Find Old Yearbooks and School Records Online

By Rick Crume Premium

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What do you know about your ancestors’ schooling? Did your grandparents study in a one-room country school? Did some relatives go to college? Were any of them teachers? The answers may lie in school records: yearbooks, class photos, report cards and graduation announcements that you and your relatives may have in your possession. Obituaries, local View Website VIP Subscription

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A contributing editor for Family Tree Magazine, Rick Crume specializes in online research, genealogy software, DNA testing and British genealogy.

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