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Little Red SchoolhouseArlie Cooper 04/19/04

Have looked at the web site a couple times and find the building to be fascinating. Thanks for the tour.

Arlie Cooper
(425) 234-2913

Web site Maggie Fontanella 04/13/04

What a wonderful a web site...I attended a one room school in Chelsea, New York, in the early fifties. The pictures and the school girl memories are treasures. Thank you for sharing and caring! Maggie Fontanella, East Fishkill, New York

Very Impressive Site! Judy Liscum 04/04/04

I found your wonderful site while searching information for an upcoming book I'm putting together on one room schools. Would love to include some of the information from this site in my book. Our township in northern NY State was fortunate to have 23 country schools, and I have letters from pupils and teachers who attended most of those.(written in 1975).

May I visit your delightful little school/museum? I will be driving from my home in Canton through the Albany area sometime during the week of June 14-20. My daughter lives near Fishkill, NY. The exact date has not been set yet.

Your site is so well-done!

Thank you...
Judy Liscum

Link sites Alfred.Kirmss 03/04/04

Hi. I enjoyed the Little Red Schoolhouse site very much. Ravena Grange has a web site now And I was wondering if you could link it to the Little Red Schoolhouse site also. Small organizations like ours nee all the exposure we can get to stay alive and a valuable part of the community. Our site address is ravenagrange.org. Thank you very much for the consideration and visit the Grange web site too, it is a very avtive and changing one. Thanks again.

Alfred Kirmss President of Ravena Grange.

E-mail-Home avkirmss@aol.com
E-mail- Work alfred.kirmss@ogs.state.ny.us

tuttles tuttles4 05/27/03

William S. Tuttle came from Coeymans to Illinois in 1850's, leaving behind parents and brothers and sisters. My track of the family has been in McLean County ever since. An Uncle owned the Sycamore Country Club property when it was a farm in the 1830's. I visited Coeymans in 1995 and found all my relatives in Grove and Elmwood. Cannot find Stephen Tuttle burial who was William S. grandfather. Enjoyed my stay and hope to visit again....Tuttle, Carhart, DeFriest, Holmes, Burns, Litchfield, Springstead............Solomon Tuttle, William Tuttle and Peter Tuttle were Stephens sons.......

Using One Room Shoolhouse PhotosMary-Jane Cowell 11/16/02

Hello, my name is Mary-Jane Cowell and I am a teacher with the Oswego city School district. In an effort to give our children some actual documents and original pictures of "history" we are assembling a website. the purpose of this nonprofit website is to use actual documents and pictures, and make questions to relate to the document.

I am asking permission to use the inside of the school house photo to give as an example of an actual one room school house. Are the pictures OK to use on the internet, for school purposes?

thanks,
Mary Jane Cowell
mcowell@oswego.org.

the site was wonderful!

Looking Ror Records Dave Stott 05/16/02

Hello there,

My name is Dave Stott. My family lived in Coeymans Hollow in the mid 1800's to present day.
My genealogy research shows that I am related to quite a few of the people on the board of directors. As well as being related to the school teacher, Mr. Stott that is mentioned in some of the articles.
I am probably also related to several others on the board, via some of my family from Rensselaerville, including Lounsbury's & Vincent families.
My current research tells me that I may be related to the other Teacher mentioned, Edna Lawson.
some of the prominent surnames in my family that lived in Coeymans Hollow are: STOTT, CROOKES, FOSTER, WOLFE, COLVIN, LAWSON.
Can anyone tell me how to request information from the Coeymans Hollow Church records?
I am looking for the date of marriage for my ancestor Jacob Stott and his wife Jane Crookes on or around 1870 in Coeymans Hollow as well as other information on their children.

thanks

Dave Stott
29 Willow Bee Lane
Middletown, CT 06457
(860) 344-0697

Research Samantha Fernandez 05/14/02

Hello

I am a student from IS 291 I am 11 years old in the sixth grade I had to do research on one room school houses and this web site made me score an A with the information I found and I am very thankful for this web- site.

Samantha Fernandez

Bell James & Bambi 12/15/00

I visited your web-site and it led me to what I was looking for after a long search.

My husband and I are looking into buying and restoring a one-room schoolhouse for retirement. We plan to keep the outside to period and the interior redone to make comfortable living space. We have found a bell( with divine intervention I believe) and really are looking forward to one day hanging it in the bell tower.

We would like to hear from other owners of one room schoolhouses (19th century) out there.

James and Bambi @ lmsDEERONE@ aol.com

One Room Schoolhouse, Windsor, NY from David 12/15/00

I own a one room schoolhouse in Windsor, NY.. It is listed as a historical site and recorded as schoolhouse #3 in the Windsor School District. I am wondering if you know of any money grants available to restore this structure and what the process would be. It has been written about in a local history book of our area.

I have viewed your website and its a great job. I am currently looking for information to restore a one room schoolhouse of my own.

David

(note from Webmaster: David, please re-send me your e-mail address!)

Little Red School House Chris C. 08/12/00

Lived in the area (1955-1967), & remember my next-door neighbor doing her student teaching (c. 1958) in a one-room schoolhouse in Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk district. If memory serves, believe the use of the one-roomers ceased in the mid-1960s.

It's good to be reminded of "those days," which your page did. There is much that was (and still is) good about the education provided within those facilities. As an earlier visitor (to this site) said, this can indeed have a place in the curriculum. The past can teach all of us.

Continued luck, & success,
Chris C., Bohemia, NY

About the Little Red School House Carol Travis 05/29/00 Mon
Hello,
My name is Carol Travis. Maiden name Filpus. I went to school here. I was in 1st & 2nd grade with Mrs. Ingraham as my teacher. I have some Photos from the school and also the 2 classes on one picture of the 2 classes. I can mail you the photos.
Love your site alot!!!!!

Little Red Schoolhouse - Coeymans Hollow Einie Frangella Stine 05/21/00 Sun
Keith,
As a fourth grade teacher in the RCS School District, your website will be an asset to our Social Studies Curriculum. I will pass the word on to my students and colleagues about this site.

Einie Frangella Stine

I too attended class here Roger and Cyndy 05/12/00 Fri
Keith,
This is really a nice site. I too attended school here. I believe ours may have been the last class to attend the Little Red Schoolhouse. Mrs. Ingraham was the teacher. My class, first grade, sat on the right side of the room. Second graders sat on the left side. I believe one of the reasons we left was that a skunk had gotten into the school, making it uninhabitable! :-) We were sent to the Beck Building (now the K of C Hall in Ravena)... that was in 1957, I believe. I, too, have many happy memories of the place, even though I was only 6 years old at the time.

Website listing -- Jim Mancuso, 10:30:18 03/03/00 Fri
Today I was pleased to add a link to your web page from the website of the Capital District Library Council wherein I maintain a list of the repositories of local historical materials. Thanks to Keith Campbell for contacting me and sending the URL! The Schoolhouse looks great and I look forward to visiting it with my family next summer!
--Jim Mancuso

I attended School There -- Bernice A Caswell Welch, 15:14:40 03/02/00 Thu
I am 83 years old now. Started school there when I was 4 years old. Left when I finished fourth grade moving to Revena. My father was William Caswell. The stories I could write about those happy years could fill a book.

Schoolhouse Collectibles -- Fred & Ann Ditko, 08:51:53 03/02/00 Thu
Ran into your site while searching for collectibles. What a wonderful job. Ann is a 4th grade teacher and I am a maintenace carpenter and custodian for two different districts. We were married 6 months ago in an 1895 two room schoolhouse. We have collected a number of different styles of desks from the early 1900's to the 1950's. We also have slates,primers,and photos of early schoolrooms. Would love to hear from others interested in education collectibles.

Greetings from Little Red School House members -- Ro Woodard and Royce Thompson, 16:18:42 02/24/00 Thu
We viewed the Web page for the first time at the trustees meeting and were very impressed. Though the irony of a web page for a one room school house was not lost on us. A great way to gather people and information together. Ro

I never attended the Schoolhouse as a student, because I am only 10, but I have been attending the annual Christmas Pageants since I was born and have become a member along with my family. My Cub Scout Den has presented plays at the Christmas program and I have played Christmas Carols on my keyboard and hope someday to learn how to play on the pump organ. I wish I could have gone to the Little Red Schoolhouse, because it lookes like it would have been fun!

Royce


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