Melanie, Harold and Michael, Thanks for the advice. I haven’t found exactly what I am looking for but I am getting a lot closer on the search engines you recommended. I only need to tweak my search criteria and I should have it ☺ Michele

Michele, While I haven't looked for a while, on Google Books I recall seeing census department compilations for past years with statistics in them which might show you some trends. Again, I specifically didn't see any for the 1800s .... NPM On 1/30/2013 1:52 PM, Michele Lewis wrote: > Melanie, Harold and Michael, > Thanks for the advice. I haven’t found exactly what I am looking for but I am getting a lot closer on the search engines you recommended. I only need to tweak my search criteria and I should have it ☺ > > Michele > > > The Transitional Genealogists List was created to provide a supportive environment for genealogists to learn best practices as they transition to professional level work. Please respect the kind intentions of this list. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TRANSITIONAL-GENEALOGISTS-FORUM-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message