From 1860 to 1880, Auglaize County’s overall population grew from more than 17,100 people to more than 25,300 people. With a ...

In her 20s, India Peters was one of many 'Rosie the Riveter' WWII factory workers. Now, at 106, she's looking back on her ...

Tracing the tangled lives of two Black Cape Girardeau men named George Bollinger, from WPA slave narratives to death records ...

Professional genealogists have highlighted overlooked census forms that unveil the texture of Irish life in the early 20th century. Accredited Genealogists Ireland (AGI) has released a new resource ...

The first names to describe the area of the Cleveland and Northeast Ohio region were its greatest natural landmarks - Lake Erie and the CUYAHOGA RIVER. Both names are of Native American origin.

If there's one thing we know about baby names, it's that their popularity comes and goes in cycles. If a name peaked in popularity too recently — think the top '80s and '90s names, like Jessica and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are in for a cyber-surprise on Wednesday: They'll be able to plug family names into an online 1940 U.S. census and come up with details about the lives of New Yorkers — from ...

Last week, in spite of President Roosevelt’s huff-puff (“obvious political move”), U. S. citizens continued to mutter against snooping questions in the 1940 Census. New York’s Legislature resolved to ...

If the 1940s could be characterized by one world event, it would be World War II — and the period of postwar changes that followed it. That includes what's been called a Baby Boom, which means that ...