by Summer O | Nov 13, 2007 | Home and Family
On today’s date, November 12 in the year 1954 Ellis Island closed it’s doors after 62 years of operation. In that period of time, over 12 million immigrants had been processed. Today, It is important to note that not all immigrants who sailed into New York...
by Summer O | Nov 9, 2007 | Home and Family
In a previous post we discussed the United States Census 1790-1840. Today we’ll be taking a look at the 1850-1930 censuses and what they can tell you. 1) 1850 Census – Though remember this doesn’t necessarily mean they were all related. But from 1850 onward, it...
by Summer O | Nov 8, 2007 | Home and Family
Digital picture of my 10th Great Grandmother’s Will, housed at the Maryland State Archives in Annapolis An Archive refers to a collection of public records and/or Also known as Archival Repositories or Archives, these places often hold items of great interest to...
by Summer O | Nov 3, 2007 | Home and Family
The first official census (after the revolution) conducted in the . The last one was taken in the year 2000 and the next one is planned for 2010. As stated in an earlier post, the United States of America has enacted a 72 year privacy law, meaning that census...
by Summer O | Oct 31, 2007 | Home and Family
A census is a periodic count of a population. Whether it be of the human population. The first known census was taken by the Babylonians in 3800 BC and thereafter are a relatively small number of other known census takings until the practice became more common in more...
