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Records in this collection
- Army Schoolmasters - Punishment Ledgers
- Army Schoolmasters - Punishment Ledgers
- Army Schoolmasters 1847-1876
- Army Schoolmasters 1847-1876
- Army Schoolmasters 1847-1876
- Berkshire, Eton College Register, 1441-1698
- Britain, Business Indexes 1892-1987
- Britain, Business Indexes 1892-1987
- Britain, Children's Employment Commission Part 2, 1842
- Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1835-1857
- Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941
- Britain, Merchant Seamen, 1918-1941
- Britain, school and university register books 1264-1930
- Britain, Trade Union Membership Registers
- Britain, Trade Union Membership Registers, Browse
- British Empire Awards & Medals 1917-2023
- British India Office Assistant Surgeons
- City of London, Haberdashers, Apprentices and Freemen 1526-1933
- City of London, Ironmongers, Apprentices and Freemen 1511-1923
- City of York apprentices and freemen 1272-1930
- Civil Service Commission appointments, promotions and transfers 1871-1942
- Clergy List 1896
- Dental Surgeons Directory 1925
- Devon, Plymouth & West Devon Apprentices 1570-1910
- East India Company & Civil Service pensions
- Electrical Engineering Apprentices & Trainees, 1902-1934
- England, Cheshire school records, 1782-1950
- Gloucester Apprentices 1595-1700
- Lancashire, Barrow-In-Furness Shipbuilding & Engineering Employees
- Lloyd's Register Of Merchant Ships Index 1843
- London Apprentices from Dorset 1605-1799
- London Apprentices from Somerset 1575-1800
- London, Dulwich College Register 1619-1926
- London, Watermen In Royal Navy, 1803-1809
- London, Watermen, Admiralty Muster Of The Port Of London, 1628
- London, Watermen, Birth Register Of Contracted Men, 1865-1921
- London, Watermen, List Of Free Watermen, 1827
- London, Watermen's Petition For The King Charles I, 1648
- Manchester Apprentices 1700-1849
- Manchester Industrial School Registers1866-1912
- Manchester Police Index 1858-1941
- Match workers strike, Bow 1888
- Merchant Navy Seamen [Merchant Marines]
- National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
- Royal Hibernian Military School admissions 1847-1932
- Royal Hibernian Military School Staff List 1864
- Royal Household Staff 1526-1924
- Royal Military Asylum apprentice ledgers 1803-1840 / Royal Military Asylum (Chelsea) admissions 1803-1901
- Scotland, Edinburgh Apprentices 1583-1800
- Surrey, Southwark Congregational Registers
- Surrey, Southwark, Newington Apprentice Register 1891
- Sussex, Lancing College Register 1901-1954
- Teachers Registration Council Registers
- Trinity House Calendars, 1787-1854
- Warwickshire, Coventry, company directories and publications 1908-1966
- White Star Line Officers' books
Find your ancestors in National School Admission Registers & Log-Books 1870-1914
Discover your ancestors who went to school in England and Wales between 1870 and 1914. Explore their school records to find their birth date, admission year and the school they attended. You may also be able to discover their parents’ names, father’s occupation, exam results and any illnesses that led to absence from school.
The National School Admission Registers & Log-books records are the result of a landmark project between schools, record offices and archives in England and Wales. Never before have so many organisations come together to create a digital version of their records. This is an ongoing project to scan and transcribe school admission registers and log-books from around the country. Findmypast would like to acknowledge the significant role played by The National Archives and the Archives and Records Association in conceiving and coordinating this landmark project.
Log-books and admission registers
The difference between log-books and admission registers is that log books don’t contain any information on the student’s birth or admission year; log-books note events or incidents that occurred during the school year. The ‘Remarks/Reasons for Leaving’ field in the admission registers can reveal details of a student’s health problems, as well as other reasons for leaving, which include going to an industrial home or a workhouse, reaching the age limit, dying, moving away, exclusion due to infectious disease or going to a convalescent home. Several have left school to be moved to scattered homes, also known as isolated homes, which placed small groups of orphaned, poor or abandoned children in ordinary houses, in order to save them from workhouses. Schools were clearly less sentimental about their pupils in the 19th century: in one admission register, the stated reason for a pupil leaving is simply “Dead”.
Log-books make for fascinating reading, with a wide variety of details relating to the running of a school. They can contain lesson plans, details of government examinations, results of examinations with comments, staff lists and detailed results of school inspections of teachers. There are also attendance records and information about school closure due to widespread illness. There are occasionally notes about the academic achievements of individual pupils or entire classes, details of students who entered and left the school, and events such as visits from the rector, half-days or church attendance.