Mr. When loved it when our spot's bureaucracy began to keep records of who it has hosted over time. They called it the census. The first one was in 1790 and they were/are taken every ten years. The records for 1890 were lost to a fire in 1921. You can read about it here.

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        The information gathered, varies in scope from decade to decade. For the curious, clues abound. It wasn't until 1850 that the names of every household member were listed. From 1790 to 1840, only the head of the household was recorded. In those years the number of males and females between certain ages were tracked and if you have an idea of the genealogy, you can puzzle out who they are but it's tricky. The number of slaves were also recorded. The spot does not recognize such distinctions but historians do. As we know, slavery was abolished in 1865 because it was incompatible with the premise of our founding as exemplified in the Declaration of Independence. All men are created equal. This work presents the data and comments accordingly.

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        Records are made public after 72 years. The 1950 census records were released on April 1, 2022. As mentioned, the questions vary from decade to decade. They reflect the times. For instance, in 1930, they kept track of who had a radio. Occupations, income, education, marital status and many other tidbits of information are available. When enumerators gathered their data as they went from farm to farm, they did so one household at a time . This gives us a glimpse of "neighborhoods", such as they were. For that reason Mr. When has combined some of these galleries. We can see who the neighbors are and often times those neighbors grew up and married.

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        Some observations will be made along the way and there are many to make. Mr. When is not entirely punctual when he reminisces but it's hard to blame him. The spot does not understand time at all because it's always moving. It can't imagine moving. Mr. When does the best he can.