> My ggrandfather Lee MANNING ,b. 1863, N.Y., also was an engineer in >the Elmira NY area and I had been told he received his engineering >background at Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY. >>I emailed Syracuse University to see if there were any records of his
attendance there and they emailed me back within a week or so to say >>there was no record of his attendance. Somewhere he must have gotten >>his engineering background education......maybe correspondence was the
answer...? Does anyone have any other ideas? > >>Gwen Hunt >>airlaunch@thegrid.net >> >>At 09:58 PM 1/1/97 -0500, you wrote: >>>My grandfather, William E. GEDDES, was born in Troy, NY on 3-23-1878. He >>>moved to Braddock, PA around 1900. Before the move, he was supposed to >>>have taken a correspondence course in engineering, or something very >>>close to that. >>>Does anyone know of a college in that time period that offered a course >>>like that? And would I be able to access their records to verify that he >>>did take those classes? >>> >>>Lisa Young >>>Proctorville, OH >>> >>> >>> >> >