Stutsman County, ND, 1941 School Census Index

                                                         INDEX
                                                  TO THE 1941 Stutsman County
                                                      SCHOOL CENSUS 

                                                      compiled by
                                                    George L. Barron
                                                        (C)2004


School censuses for Stutsman County, ND exist beginning in 1901 and continue to present day.  The censuses were taken each
year until 1931 when it became an every other year ritual.  These documents have not been microfilmed and exist in piles of
decaying  paper.  The original legal sized  paper is folded twice into legal packets.

Enumerators were asked to determine the birth in the form: year, month, day.  Jamestown school censuses exists in typed
alphabetical lists produced from the census taker's forms.  Those forms no longer exist and the typed list has frequent
errors. 

Since the County Superintendent of Schools position has been eliminated, school records are now under the control of the
County Auditor.  Teacher year end reports have been microfilmed and are also held by the auditor.  Indexes of all censuses
since 1901 are being compiled and printed.  The printed copies are found in the County Auditor's office, the Alfred Dickey
Public Library, and the library of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, in Bismarck. Some indexes are posted on
the internet with a link on the Stutsman County usgenweb page.

School districts were organized in 1883 into sixteen districts, each four townships in size.  In time, townships split off
from the original district and established districts in their early names, later changed to current township names.  

The census included all those children between ages 6 and 20 years.  These children lived in the district but may have gone
to school elsewhere, or not at all. The 1941 index contains all of the items asked for on the census schedule. The P/G
symbol in the heading stands for Parent/Guardian.  Birth dates are shown in the form: year, month, day.  When using this
index please be advised that some of the spelling of names is not good.  The spelling of some names has changed over time.
Expect some errors on the part of the compiler in interpreting the hand writing, and in errors of data entry.  The existing
census is available to search.

A question mark following the name indicates that the handwriting or what is left of the record was not easily read.  The
name is a best guess.

George L. Barron, Jamestown,  November  2004

While only a few selected school censuses are posted on the internet, Stutsman County school censuses have been indexed
from 1901-1941.