Between 1992 and 1995, Barbara, Byron and Samuel Sistler transcribed the 1850 United States Census Schedules for Kentucky, in the original order, providing the names and ages of all individuals, followed by a single head-of-household index for the region covered by each volume. There are 14 volumes in the set, covering the entire state of Kentucky. This work, Volume 1, the regional volume of South Central Kentucky, covers Adair, Allen, Barren, Clinton, Cumberland and Monroe Counties, and includes approximately 48,000 names. Paperback, (1992), repr. 2012, Index, 388 pp.

This book is an exact transcription from the 1880 Census schedules of Cheatham County, Tennessee, household by household. The names and ages of all identified family members are included. Other household members of a different surname are also listed, as well as the occupations of the occupants. A transcription, such as this, in sequence, from the original schedules is very useful in placing the relationships of neighboring families.

The First Census of the United States (1790) comprised an enumeration of the inhabitants of the present states of Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, and Virginia. Unfortunately, during the War of 1812, when the British burned the Capitol at Washington, the returns for several states were destroyed. However, the census records for North Carolina survived and were available for this 1908 publication. In March 1790, North Carolina had a population of 393,751, out of the Nation's total population of approximately 3,920,000. The information provided in this census includes the Name of Head of Family, the number of free white males of 16 years and upward in the household, the number of free white males and under living in the household, the number of free white females, all other free persons, and the number of slaves. Populations are also recorded for Towns and Counties.

A child's wish melds the soul of a kind-hearted simpleton to a toy BEAR. Secret for three generations the GUARDIAN wakes in time of need. Surviving the sinking of the TITANIC the BEAR passes into the hands of the JEWISH community. Aboard the rescue ship CARPATHIA it travels on...to the gas chambers of AUSCHWITZ. The BEAR brings with it...A HISTORY OF FEAR.

The Civil War as well, as time, took its toll in all counties of the South. The War of 1812 saw the destruction of the 1790 census of Virginia, as well as other states, and the Civil War resulted in many burned records throughout the South. Fortunately, though many of the will books containing copied wills were burned, many of the original documents often survived the destruction. The records contained in this publication include: Wills: From 1750s to 1860; Deeds, Leases, Mortgages and Other Instruments: To 1800; Marriage Records 1824-1828; State Census 1782 and 1784; and Revolutionary War pensioners in Hampshire County, 1835. The index, which contains approximately 11,000 entries, has been carefully compiled and while all has been alphabetically arranged in the body of the book, every name appears in the index. Additionally, all married women are listed under maiden name as well as their married name, where this information could be determained. Paperback, (1939), 2006, 2011, Index, 174 pp.

This book explores the strengths and weaknesses of the English state in the sixteenth century. It examines the relationship between monarchy and people in Cornwall and Devon, and the complex interaction between local and national political culture. Popular resistance to the Reformation, and the rebellions of 1497 and 1548-9, are set against the strategies employed by the crown to cultivate the allegiance of its subjects. Royal propaganda, both literary and visual, is identified as a key factor in the development of patriotism and the nation state. This book offers a fresh understanding of government at the allegedly dangerous edges of Tudor England.