1830 Census databasing continues. New Canaan added 15 households: 1 enslaved person (a woman aged between 55 and 100), and 3 independent households. One of the latter was an older woman living alone; there is a high probability that she was a Revolutionary War widow living on a military pension, but this Census didn't take … Continue reading Wednesday Research Update
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Tuesday Research Update
Today is the first day of the rest of my blog. (The semester is basically over now, except for some last bits of grading.) I've started databasing the non-white entries in the 1830 U.S. Census for Connecticut. As of start time this morning, I had 312 entries, 106 of whom represented households consisting entirely of … Continue reading Tuesday Research Update
Kristen Noble Keegan, Historical Geographer 