GPC-2346

American Population Before the Federal Census of 1790
Evarts B. Greene and Virginia D. Harrington

Few books published over 70 years ago are just as useful to the genealogist today as they were in 1932. This is one such book.

The recipients of a social science research grant, Columbia University scholars Greene and Harrington set about to compile a list of every 17th- and 18th-century list (or statistical reference thereto) concerning the American population before the U.S. Census of 1790. Consulting both primary and secondary sources, the end result of their labors was a comprehensive survey, arranged by colony, state or territory--and chronologically there under--of population lists for all units of American government in existence as of 1790.

The lists themselves range from poll lists, tax lists, taxables, militia lists, and censuses; the book's geographical coverage extends to Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, the Illinois Territory, and the Northern and Southern Departments of the Western Indians.

In all, it refers to about 4,000 separate population lists or estimates. The authors provide the sources for all entries, which are keyed to the extensive bibliography at the beginning of the book .While the researcher will find no lists of persons in this volume, they will discover what exists and where to find it in this crucial record category of early American records. Little wonder that amateurs and professional researchers today prize this book as much as it was in 1932!  252 pgs, hardback

GPC-5786

Map Guide to the U.S. Federal Censuses, 1790-1920
William Thorndale and William Dollarhide

The county has always been used as the basic Federal census unit. Genealogical research in the census, therefore, begins with identifying the correct county jurisdictions. This work shows all U.S. county boundaries from 1790 to 1920. On each of the nearly 400 maps the old county lines are superimposed over the modern ones to highlight the boundary changes at ten-year intervals. Also included are (1) a history of census growth; (2) the technical facts about each census; (3) a discussion of census accuracy; (4) an essay on available sources for each state's old county lines; and (5) a statement with each map indicating which county census lines exist and which are lost. Then there is an index listing all present-day counties, plus nearly all defunct counties or counties later re-named.

With each map there is data on boundary changes, notes about the census, and locality finding keys. There also are inset maps that clarify territorial lines, a state-by-state bibliography of sources, and an appendix outlining pitfalls in mapping county boundaries. The detail in this work is exhaustive and of such impeccable standards that there is little wonder why this award-winning publication is the number one tool in U.S. census research.  445 pgs, paperback

GPC-8700

American Passenger Arrival Records
A Guide to the Records of Immigrants Arriving at American Ports by Sail and Steam.
Michael Tepper

Millions of people made their way to America in the most determined and sustained migration the world has ever known. Initially they left traces of their immigration in scattered records and documents. Later their arrival here was documented so minutely that the records resulting are among the largest, the most continuous and the most uniform in the nation's archives.

These passenger arrival records identify by name, place of origin, and other particulars the vast majority of persons who participated in the great Atlantic migration. This work examines the records in their historical and legal framework, and it explains what they contain, where they can be found, and how they can be used. In effect, it is a road map through the mass of records and archival resources documenting immigrant arrivals from the time of the earliest settlements to the passage of the Quota Acts three centuries later. This new edition features expanded coverage of colonial emigration records, finding aids and reference materials, National Archives microfilm programs and publications, current projects and new developments in immigration research, and more.  Updated and Enlarged, 144 pgs, paperback

American Passenger Arrival Records
A Guide to the Records of Immigrants Arriving at American Ports by Sail and Steam.
Michael Tepper

Updated and enlarged.