Posts about census records from the United States, the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and Germany, including finding and interpreting census records.
Ancestors and epidemics preoccupy our thoughts during the COVID-19 pandemic. As I stay safe at home, my thoughts increasingly turn to the families of my immigrant great-grandparents. All eight came to Chicago from various [...]
Today's post is about mapping 1890 German ancestry in the U.S. The 1890 census is long lost. But maps and statistics compiled by the Census Bureau using 1890 data survive. The results are contained [...]
Today, the anatomy of a genealogy mistake I made in my tree when I began researching one of my German lines. It’s human nature to blog about all the brilliant stuff we do to [...]
Where we came from in the United States...and where we went is the subject of today's post. These infographics from the New York Times illustrate domestic migration from 1900 through 2012. You know I love a good set of interactive [...]
