Showing posts with label census. Show all posts
Showing posts with label census. Show all posts

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Thursday Twofer: New Stories

Yeah, I just keep churnin' 'em out. Deadlines are a godsend to the lazy.

1. How were census forms different in the past and what are the sociocultural implications motivating these changes?

Have you, like me, lost sleep over this question? Then let my new story be your Nyquil!

2. The Gilbert House is one of Ypsilanti's most elegant homes. Surely not the home of anyone who might be a bit of a crackpot inventor.

Right? Well, find out already! Note: The Courier, who writes my headlines, used the word "macabre" for this one. Eek!

Saturday, August 29, 2009

The Precursor of Ypsilanti's Beyer Hospital's 1950s Punch Card System was Hollerith's 1890 Census Machine

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Census Puzzles

Here's a great example of how puzzling the census records can sometimes be.

This is a clip from the 1870 census pertaining to a Detroit resident who moved to Ypsi two years later. What on earth is his occupation, pictured here? Underneath is his wife, "Keeping House," and one of his sons, "Clerk in Store," but I can't for the life of me puzzle out his job.

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lwour wk?
Cnocir wk?