Category Archives: My Blog

1850 Slave Census for Gwinnett County, Georgia

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Michael Gagnon

I just added an Excel file of the 1850 Slave Census to the Gwinnett Census page of this website. I know I should create and share using CSV format, but for some reason WordPress won’t let me upload it in … Continue reading →

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Newspapers for 20th Century Historical Research

Posted on June 23, 2016 by Michael Gagnon

Although I’m a Nineteenth Century specialist, I also use Twentieth Century newspapers for teaching and research purposes. I’ve been asked about how to go about researching Post-WW2 civil rights history using historical newspapers. I can only discuss what I’ve used, … Continue reading →

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Greetings and Future Plans

Posted on June 22, 2016 by Michael Gagnon

Greetings from Early US History dot Net!! I hope you’ve enjoyed the website so far. In the near future I will write about how to use the Historic Newspaper sources I’ve identified. If you know of sources I should have … Continue reading →

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Primary Sources Available

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Michael Gagnon

I just completed a page of links to a complete set of Georgia Manuscript Censuses from 1820-1930. Also under census data, I have extracted Georgia county level data from tables the compendium of the census, from 1900 to 2010. In … Continue reading →

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