Some of you should be interested in the second URL: Historical data on foreign-born population. Have fun, Carol De Priest >Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 10:58:34 -0600 >Reply-To: H-Net Western History List <H-WEST@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >Sender: H-Net Western History List <H-WEST@H-NET.MSU.EDU> >From: Elliott West <ewest@comp.uark.edu> >Subject: FYI: New Websites >To: H-WEST@H-NET.MSU.EDU > >Dear H-Westers, > > Here are a couple of new websites that might be of interest to some of >you. They are forwarded from the excellent Scout Report provided by the >Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsi, Madison. >Thanks to them. >******************* > >American Women's History: A Research Guide >http://frank.mtsu.edu/~kmiddlet/history/women.html > >Created by Ken Middleton, reference librarian and graduate student in >American Women's History at Middle Tennessee State University, this site is >an excellent resource for researchers, especially graduate students or >advanced undergraduates, interested in US women's history. At the site, >users will find a large number of citations of print and online reference >materials and primary resources. These are grouped into three sections: >General Reference and Biographical Sources, Subject Index to Research >Sources (currently containing resources in 27 topical areas), and State and >Regional History Sources. Middleton supplies full bibliographical >information for print sources and a link for those available in electronic >form. The site also offers two sections on tools and strategies for finding >additional sources and a collection of (unannotated) select bookmarks. > >******** > >Historical Data on the Foreign-Born Population in the United States -- >US Census Bureau >http://www.census.gov/population/www/documentation/twps0029/twps0029.html > >On March 9, the Census Bureau released this report, an update of and >expansion on the last Census report on the foreign-born population, which >was published in 1975. This report contains "decennial census data on >several characteristics of the foreign-born population, including country >of birth, length of residence in the United States, citizenship and age-sex >distribution." Users will also find data on the total foreign-born >population for states and large cities. The report consists of three brief >introductory sections followed by 22 detailed statistical tables and a list >of references. [MD] > > Carol De Priest <http://members.xoom.com/SandSurfer/home.htm> *** check it out - work in progress ***