MARTINEZ — Nearly one in nine residents of Contra Costa County was illiterate in 1910, and most were foreign-born men from Europe. So said the 13th U.S. census, a snapshot of a century ago. The census ...

Among the occupations of Windsor residents listed in the federal census for 1910 is that of "teamster." Today, truck driving more aptly describes the occupation title. However, in 1910 it likely ...

Here’s how to approach an unrecognized or illegible notation, as well as missing information, in a record. I have come across the abbreviation “WS” in the column for “Place of birth” in the 1910 ...

This one from The New York Daily News doesn’t get the blood boiling so much as it just seems odd. On the 2010 Census, one of the boxes checked for race is classified as Negro. Question No. 9 on this ...

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Life is full of surprises. Who would have thought that my maternal grandmother, who arrived in New York from Italy in 1899 with $10 in her purse, had anything in common with Bertha Palmer, the ...

Is the ‘Tactical Frivolity’ of ‘No Kings’ Enough to Make Americans Forget About Real Left-Wing Radicals? Lawyer Behind Colorado Climate Suit Says the Quiet Part Out Loud: Litigation Is a Tax on Oil ...