What is a congengetional school. I have found it on a family history site.?

Question

I have tried typing it into the search but all it is saying is congregational........

Answer 1

When I was a child, the Church schools were often called Congregational Schools (that's some 70 years ago)

Answer 2

Think you'll find someone couldn't spell.

Answer 3

seems like it has been transcribed wrongly.   it does happen quite a lot in genealogy.  transcribers have to write what they see and of course the original handwriting might not have been too good.  or have deteriorated over time

Answer 4

Sometimes common sense have to overrule spelling. Congregational churches are Protestant Christian churches practicing congregationalist church governance, in which each congregation independently and autonomously runs its own affairs. A school run by the church is often referred to a the Congregational School.  Wikipedia gives a history of Congregational Churches and their mergers over time.