It's easy to find professional gamblers in the federal population census--here's how!
Suffer the Little Children
Child mortality was a BIG problem in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Not That Kind of Magician…
Magic may not be real, but stage magicians are--and there's an easy way to find them in the U.S. Census!
Who You Callin’ Dummy, Dummy?
How many ventriloquists are there? For the time period 1880-1940, there's an easy way to find out!
Get a Horse?
Technological advances often bring about vocational changes, and these changes can often be analyzed using the federal population census. Here's how!
A Sign of the Times
How much support a nation is willing to provide for scientists (and pseudo-scientists) can be measured using the federal population census: here's how!
WPA Workers
WPA highway project in Texas (TX.gov photo)
Student Nurses
Student nurses in the 1960s (NARA.gov photo)
How Did They Know Where to Go?
How did our ancestors know where to go in the New World? Find out in this blog post!
U.S., Craftperson Files, 1600-1995
It is sometimes possible to find info about early American skilled craft persons using a record collection in Ancestry Library Edition--here's how!
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