Notable Features of the 1880 Census At the time the 1880 census was taken, it was significant in many ways. Given the destruction of the 1890 census, both the 1880 and 1900 census have taken on a greater significance for those conducting genealogy research. ...
Frederick Jackson Turner made the document the starting point for his famous 1893 essay on the significance of the frontier. Turner invoked ‘Progress of the Nation’ to declare that the frontier was gone. Researchers have neglected ‘Progress of the Nation’ as a primary source, exploring it ...
In 18th-century Europe, the development of life insurance and growing attention to public health produced an increased awareness of the significance of mortality studies. Civil registries of significant public events (births, deaths, and marriages) began in the 19th century to supplant church registrie...