Actually I've fallen a long way behind on posting these, so this will be one of a series of "catch-up" posts. I'm going to keep them relatively short for ease of skimming. I started Litchfield County a while back, and here's the beginning of the people I've found: Barkhamsted - 24 census pages. 11 nonwhite … Continue reading Wednesday Research Notes

Simsbury, 36 pages of census. 26 individuals in 13 households, 5 of them headed by nonwhites. Mrs.    Jackson    2 Harry    Jackson    8 John    Thomas    2 Gabriel    Reader    4 Emer    Williams 1 Southington has 28 pages of census returns. 26 individuals again, this time in 16 households, 7 of them headed by nonwhites. Lampson    Nichols    2 … Continue reading Sunday Research Report

Happy New Year! I'm actually compiling work for the whole week, since I didn't get around to any daily postings. This will be long. Which is also an excuse for explaining something about why I'm doing this. Yes, it's partly because it helps keep me working on the database. But it's also because it gives … Continue reading Friday Research Report

The 1830 U.S. Census continues. Today I went through three towns! It's nice to not have all the school-related tasks hanging over me. Stamford. 53 pages of census, only 62 non-white persons; a surprisingly large number of pages with no non-white people on them at all. Two additional enslaved persons, one male and one female, … Continue reading Sunday Research Report