40 Million Reasons to Celebrate
Wed, 02 Nov 2011 05:08:46 -0700

We can learn a lot from that history. Today, immigrants comprise 12.9 percent of the US population. In 1870, 14.4 percent of Americans were immigrants. From about 1860 to 1920 , immigrants were a larger share of the population than they are today. ...

Min Guo Li Shi De Bu Tong Mian Xiang San
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:05:05 -0800

Ke Zi Bi Jiao De Shi Tong Shi Qi Mei Guo Guo Nei Sheng Chan Zong Zhi Jin Zeng Jia 1.98Bei [Bi Zhe Ju USDepartment of Commerce Bureau of the Census ed. Historical Statistics of the United States Colonial Times to 1970. Vol. 1 New York ...

Today in History - Oct. 27
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 23:31:49 -0700

In 1795, the United States and Spain signed the Treaty of San Lorenzo (also known as 'Pinckney's Treaty'), which provided for free navigation of the Mississippi River. In 1829, a patent for the baby carriage was granted in the United States . ...

It's getting crowded around here
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:18:25 -0800

In the 2010, Census it was 905116, more than four times more, about the same increase as worldwide. When I was growing up in the 1930s, Bergen County was still pretty much a collection of small towns separated by woodlands and sprawling farms. ...

Nebraska research made easier with new book
Sat, 29 Oct 2011 23:15:57 -0700

... 1854-1976 has been taken from William Dollarhide's Census Substitutes & State Census Records, and her Maps Showing Nebraska County Boundary Changes have been taken from Dollarhide's Map Guide to the US Federal Censuses , 1790- 1920 . ...

Halloween 2011: Top Costumes, History, Myths, More
Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:43:41 -0700

There are some 36 million potential trick-or-treaters (children aged 5 to 13) in the United States , according to the US Census Bureau. In 2009 the average American consumed 24.3 pounds (11 kilograms) of candy, much of it during the Halloween season, ...

Dakota County History 101: Romanian Women and the Immigration Experience
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 04:38:38 -0700

Their immigration stories detail a complex culture and the struggle of families to acclimate to the United States . A great many never intended to stay here, but to earn $1000, a small fortune, and then return to Romania The following is excerpted from ...

Fact check: Cain's false attack on Planned Parenthood
Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:56:07 -0700

Also, the Guttmacher Institute reported this year that 9% of abortion clinics in the US are in neighborhoods in which 50% or more of the residents are black. That's according to the group's " census of all known abortion providers. ...

Nov. 8, 2011 Jurisdictional Election
Mon, 07 Nov 2011 09:57:31 -0800

The address must reasonably match the precinct register (1 required):Valid Arizona driver license, Valid Arizona non-operating identification license, Tribal enrollment card or other form of tribal identification, or a valid United States federal, ...

Ancestry.com Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2011 Financial Results
Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:09:15 -0700

This is part of a program to aggregate German records from 1875 to 1920 , an important period in German history and a time of significant immigration to the United States . -- In August, Ancestry.com was the first entity to formally place an order for ...

Let's Talk Rusty Iron: Relishing in the history of chickens
Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:22:22 -0800

The US Census held in 1880 was the first to count fowl, and there were 102 million chickens reported, that had produced 457 million dozens of eggs during 1879. The number of chickens kept increasing, with 234 million in 1900, 360 million in 1920 , ...

Loretta Fancher celebrates her 100th
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:47:11 -0700

Later the US Census for Denver, 1930, shows the family living there with Georgetta. In 1931, son George W. Long, Jr. was born. Loretta was married to George, Sr. until he passed away in 1944. It's interesting to note that during WWII, Loretta was a bus ...

What If Middle-Class Jobs Disappear?
Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:01:27 -0700

The economy is in a state of transition, in which the middle-class jobs that emerged after World War II have begun to decline. The most recent recession in the United States began in December of 2007 and ended in June of 2009, according to the official ...

Japan, Britain and the Yellow Peril in Africa in the 1930s
Sun, 30 Oct 2011 22:16:28 -0700

19 The same critic mentioned that by the time of the last census , in 1921, there were already 98 Japanese residents in the Union. At present, he warned, "one of the biggest merchant princes of Japan is visiting us with an eye to establishing wholesale ...

Cleveland Evans: A few kids' names inspired by 'Musketeers'
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 23:07:03 -0700

In 2000, 99 D'Artagnans were born in the US That dropped to 31 in 2010. The greatest all-time fans of "The Three Musketeers" must have been Italian immigrants Joseph and Elvira Longo of Massachusetts. The 1920 and 1930 censuses show their four sons, ...

Jack Daniel unique product in fascinating town
Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:41:59 -0700

During our travels we have toured numerous wineries, breweries and distilleries in Canada, the United States , the United Kingdom and Europe. The Jack Daniel Distillery is the only such facility we've visited where there are no tastings. ...

Lake County 150: The continuing fight to give women the vote
Sun, 23 Oct 2011 02:13:14 -0700

Rebecca J. Mead, How the Vote was Won: Woman Suffrage in the western United States . Anna Howard Shaw, The Story of a Pioneer. Will A. Linkugel and Martha Solomon, Anna Howard Shaw: Suffrage Orator and Social Reformer. Juvenile titles: Anna Bausum, ...

Population to shift by 2040
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:12:30 -0700

And during the past 20 years, the changing demographics of the Grand Island Public Schools have been a reliable indicator that Grand Island's and Hall County's population will be more diverse with each official US Census .

313 Mc Dade St.: Building a narrative
Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:40:47 -0800

According to the 1920 United States census , Merritt, an African-American woman born in 1878, lived at the address with her husband Henry Merritt and their nine children. She lived there until her death in 1966. The last condemned notice was posted to ...